· Supplemented
Immune System - Breast milk also transmits antibodies from the mother to the infant, which are especially vital during the first few months of life when the infant's immune system is immature and lacks the ability to produce its own antib
System - Breast milk also transmits antibodies from the mother to the infant,
which are especially vital during the first few months of life when the infant's
immune system is immature and lacks the ability to produce its own antib
system is
immature and lacks the ability to produce its own antibodies.
Much of the credit goes to antibiotics,
which have thwarted infections such as sepsis and group B strep that a preemie's
immature immune system could not have fought on its own.