Is breastfeeding with Hepatitis C safe? The answer: Yes! But confusion persists today mainly surrounding the serum hepatitis C viral load. That’s the topic and focus of the new publication released March 2024 in the Green journal, Obstetrics and Gynecology. We will highlight this new study in this episode. Yep, we have learned a lot about hepatitis C, and HIV, and breast-feeding. In this episode, we will review: the different hepatitis C genotypes and their implications, current breast-feeding guidelines for women with hepatitis C, the updated guidelines for breast-feeding with HIV, how some may be spontaneously “cured” of hep C postpartum, and why viral load matters for one of these conditions – but not the other!