Breastfeeding with colds
Most often the woman gets the virus through the upper respiratory tract. Breathing organs work with an increased load, because for the full production of milk requires oxygen. Therefore, the risk of contracting ARI in a nursing mother is very high. From the moment the dangerous virus enters the body before the first symptoms appear, it takes about three days.
There are so many diseases in which there is a need for refusal to feed the baby. In the milk of the mother contains a large number of antibodies, which can become a reliable protection of the baby for the baby. If at this stage the child is transferred to artificial feeding, you can, on the contrary, harm health and cause the onset of the disease.
For the sake of high temperature, do not refuse the baby in the chest. All studies show that this absolutely does not need to be done. Even with a high temperature with breast milk, there is no change in taste and quality. It does not turn sour, does not curdle or become bitter.
Doctors are allowed to breast-feed, even with pneumonia, bronchitis and angina. But in these cases it is necessary to wear a protective bandage. Some women express milk and boil on fire. This should not be done, because all useful and medicinal properties are lost.
Unsuccessful breastfeeding for women with open and dangerous forms of tuberculosis, serious mental disorders, as well as with plague or smallpox. During colds, there are absolutely no contraindications.
The average catarrhal disease lasts about 10 days. But do not hope that everything will pass by itself. It is very important to carry out treatment so that serious complications do not arise.
Only a doctor can prescribe a medical treatment for colds. Properly selected medications will be compatible with breastfeeding and do not harm the baby at all.
Small doses of the active substance of drugs fall into the milk. Therefore, the child may have some side effects. Mom should strictly observe the prescribed dosage and do not increase it by herself. Before use, you should carefully study the instructions. Also it is necessary to closely monitor the condition of the baby. For even small changes, consultation with a specialist is necessary.
Time-consuming drugs should be calculated in such a way that at the time of feeding in moloksesoderzhalos as few active substances as possible. For example, it can be done in front.
Most often to reduce the temperature prescribed ordinary paracetamol. It is considered the most safe for the child and mother. Reduce the temperature should only be used at a low rate or with poor tolerance. High temperature is a natural protective reaction of the body, in which viruses multiply much more slowly. Cough and cold are prescribed symptomatically. In addition to symptomatic and antipyretic drugs, influenza can prescribe antiviral drugs, based on interferon. Assign them to a doctor and in most cases they are completely safe for the baby.
It is very important during this period to drink a lot and periodically ventilate the room. A woman's time for colds may notice a decrease in milk production. Do not worry, this is due to dehydration of the body. During illness, it is necessary as often as possible to put the baby to the breast and eat a multimore or herbal tea. Before using any herbs, you need to carefully study their effects. For example, sage or mint very much suppress the process of lactation, and they are not recommended to drink to nursing mothers.
Many mothers are very worried about taking medications. Therefore, it is allowed to use various folk remedies, but only after consultation with the doctor.
If you catch a cold, you can put mustard in your toes or breathe a potato over boiled in a uniform. Throat should be rinsed with the help of thyme. Very good for cold help garlic-honey inhalation, the duration of which should be about 15 minutes. At the first sign of an advancing cold, it very well supports the body by soaking for the night a mixture of warm milk, raw eggs, honey and butter.
Naturally, with a cold you need to drink a lot. For this, tea from linden or raspberry is very suitable. You can add a small slice of lemon and honey, after recovery, breast milk will be produced in the same amount as before the illness.
Antibiotic treatment with breastfeeding
If the disease is caused by a bacterial infection (sore throat, otitis or pneumonia), then antibiotics will certainly be prescribed. But even with the reception of these drugs, there is an opportunity to continue feeding.
Antibiotics must be taken with great care, because there is a big risk of harm to my mother and baby. When breastfeeding is completely contra-indicated tetracycline and sulfonamides. These antibacterial drugs can adversely affect the baby, causing a delay in development and growth. Negatively affect the teeth, making them yellow and weak.
Macrolides are a vast group of antibiotics that are considered less dangerous and possibly used by a nursing woman. But they are used with great caution in all cases of extreme necessity.
The safest and most harmless is considered to be cephalosporin, its content in molokenezchitelnoe. The only reaction of the child to him is the occurrence of allergies or a small rash. It is also possible to use penicillins, which are also allowed for breastfeeding, but the child may experience diarrhea, rash and drooling.
There is no question of any self-treatment. Antibiotics are prescribed exclusively by a doctor. In most cases, there may be a temporary dysbacteriosis, but this is less dangerous than a full transition of the artful feeding.
Operation with breastfeeding
Vagally severe cases of mum may require an operation. A young woman must always tell doctors that she is breastfeeding. For a long time it was believed that anesthesia was incompatible with breastfeeding and could be very dangerous. But recently it has been proven that most of the drugs used in anesthesia do not practically enter the milk and are safe. Therefore, right after mother regains consciousness after anesthesia, it is possible to resume feeding.
Even if you need to carry out complex treatment with the use of strong drugs, you can try to keep the lactation by expressing, and the baby at this time is weaned from the chest.