Is Hepatitis B Vaccine Safe in Breastfeeding

I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Hepatitis B Vaccine? Is Hepatitis B Vaccine safe for nursing mother and child? Does Hepatitis B Vaccine extracts into breast milk? Does Hepatitis B Vaccine has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Hepatitis B Vaccine influence milk supply or can Hepatitis B Vaccine decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several health professional organizations state that vaccines given to a nursing mother do not affect the safety of breastfeeding infants and that breastfeeding is not a contraindication to the hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended along with hepatitis B immune globulin to be given by injection to infants of mothers who are positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. No differences exist in infection rates between breast-fed and formula-fed infants born to hepatitis B-infected women, as long as the infant receives these preventative measures at birth. Mothers with hepatitis B are encouraged to breastfeed their infants after their infants receive these preventative measures.[1][2] Breastfeeding also appears to reduce infant side effects associated with routine childhood immunization. Breastfed infants should be vaccinated according to the routine recommended schedules.[3][4][5]

Breastfeeding can enhance the response of the infant to certain vaccine antigens.[3][5][6] Breastfed infants are also less likely to have fever[7] and may be less likely to experience anorexia and reduced energy intake[8] after routine childhood immunization than those who are not breastfed. Breastfed infants of hepatitis B surface antigen positive mothers have a different response in the development of immunoglobulin subtypes after vaccination with hepatitis B vaccine than do formula-fed infants.[9] However, breastfeeding does not interfere with the infant's antibody response to hepatitis B vaccine.[10]