In a message dated 3/15/00 8:08:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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alexs:
<< -One presumes that "allergic" refers to Rh factors and mother-fetus
 immune incompatibilities. Not a good usage of "allergic", which usually
 refers to reactions to exogenous substances >>



The infant/embryo or whatever word you choose is the exogenous allergen to
the mother, period. The point is that which you find incomprehensibly
illogical is in fact a routine natural occurence without having to invoke
infant formulae. Theses are obviously not a first choice.