Hello everyone, I'm Eleven Mom! Welcome to eleven moms' breastfeeding tips. When you have a cold and fever, many mothers will worry about how to breastfeed, and whether viruses and bacteria will be transmitted to their children through milk. Should I feed it with milk powder for a while?
Today I will talk about how to deal with a cold and fever during breastfeeding, and how to breastfeed.
First, wear a mask to wash your hands frequently, take medicine appropriately, eat more fruits, and use lying breastfeeding
First of all, when you have a cold and fever, the virus bacteria are not transmitted to the baby through milk, but they are transmitted through the respiratory tract.
Therefore, the most important thing about breastfeeding colds is that you need to wear a mask, wash your hands frequently, avoid breathing directly in front of your baby, and can't sneeze at your baby.
Second, safe medications during lactation, such as acyclovir and oseltamivir, can be used to help fight cold viruses.
However, remember not to take proprietary Chinese medicines, because the side effects of the drugs inside are not clear; do not eat combide, white plus black, quick, Tylenol and other compound drugs, such cold medicines usually have tranquilizing ingredients, which have an impact on the baby.
In addition, it is recommended to eat more fruits rich in vitamins and water such as kiwifruit, oranges, strawberries, and watermelons during illness, and relax your mood, rest more, give the task of taking care of the baby to your family, rest efficiently, and strive to recover as soon as possible.
Finally, when you have a cold, the human body is relatively weak, and it is recommended to breastfeed in a semi-lying or side-lying manner. At the same time, prepare more cushion soft pillows to fully support your neck, shoulders, back, elbows and other stressed parts to reduce muscle soreness and discomfort.
Second, if you have a fever, you can use physical cooling, take ibuprofen or acetaminophen
If you have a fever, breastfeeding can still be done as usual. At the same time, you can prepare more breastfeeding cold compress pads or medical ice packs, if not, frozen milk storage bags are also OK. Apply to the forehead, armpits and palms of the hand for physical cooling when fever is developed.
When the body temperature is higher than 38.5 degrees or the headache is severe, taking ibuprofen or acetaminophen to relieve symptoms, after taking the drug, can be safe to breastfeed.
Third, when coughing and sore throat, drink more water and take cephalosporin drugs appropriately
If a cold causes a cough and sore throat, first drink more water, maintain room humidity, and rinse your mouth with light salt water three times a day.
If antibiotics need to be taken, cephalosporins can be used, which are safe to use during lactation. There is no need to take cough medicine, it may be harmful to the baby, and eating it will not have much effect.
Fourth, prevention: during lactation can be vaccinated with influenza
In addition, I would like to remind you that nursing mothers can get the flu vaccine. Vaccinations are recommended before or during influenza season, which can be an effective prevention of influenza.
Question 1: Will a cold be transmitted to your baby through milk? No
After talking about how to deal with a cold during lactation, I will answer the questions that the two mothers are most concerned about. First, will the cold be transmitted to the baby through milk?
The answer is no.
Because the pathogens of upper respiratory tract infections are mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract and not through body fluids. But because babies and moms are in close contact, it's really easy for mothers and babies to spread viruses or bacteria to each other.
The second question is, if the mother has a cold and fever, should she stop breastfeeding and change the milk powder to feed the baby?
The answer is no recommendation.
In addition to what we have always emphasized, if you easily change the milk powder feeding, it will cause confusion of the baby's nipples in the future, or resist breast milk and other issues, which is not worth the choice.
Moreover, breastfeeding during a cold is actually good for the baby.
Because once you have a cold, it is easy to pass it on to your baby through the respiratory tract, but your baby's immunity is low at this time, and it is difficult to protect yourself. When you are sick, the body will quickly produce a large number of immune substances, such as white blood cells, immunoglobulins, cytokines, etc., which can be passed to the baby through milk, thereby helping the baby to obtain antibodies against cold pathogens.
If you suddenly stop breastfeeding because of a cold, change the milk powder to feed the baby, although nutrition can be guaranteed, but even the expensive milk powder can not provide active immune substances, only the composition of breast milk will change with the changes in the contact environment between mother and child, protect the baby anytime and anywhere, as its unique vaccine.
Well, today's article is shared here, I hope that we can have the opportunity to become a better self because of the arrival of our children, be better parents, learn to think, learn to judge, learn to analyze, and accompany our children to grow up with him.
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