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that the baby might become infected through breast milk.
Babies can be infected with HIV by their mothers while in the womb,
during birth and through breast milk. Birth itself may be the most
dangerous time, but scientists still do not know the contribution
each route makes to the number of infections.

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and magnitude of perinatal substance exposures in California.
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The obstetrical and neonatal complications associated with substance
use by pregnant women include low birth weight, prematurity, abruptio
placentae, fetal distress, stillbirth, cerebral infarctions, congenital
malformations, and neurobehavioural dysfunction. There have been few
population-based epidemiologic studies to identify the prevalence and
demographic profiles associated with drugs, alcohol, and smoking
during pregnancy.