How did lactation mother catch a cold to have a fever to do? Can we continue breastfeeding?

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I had a fever during lactation. Fever may be caused by mastitis, may be caused by a cold, then at this time to feed or not to feed? If you don't feed it, what if the baby who is used to breast milk doesn't accept bottles and milk powder? The following is a summary of my own experience in lactation, as well as my answers after consulting books and senior prolactinists

How did lactation mother catch a cold to have a fever to do? Can we continue breastfeeding?

First: Cold & fever can still continue to breast-feeding, generally speaking, if in the lactation period, breast-feeding mother suffering from a common cold, as long as you think you have the strength to breast-feeding. Fever is just a symptom, not a disease. In this case, you can continue breastfeeding. As for the fever caused by what reason, most diseases can insist on breast-feeding, and there is no rule that the fever to how many degrees can not breast-feeding. However, if you have a persistent fever, you should go to the hospital to see what causes it, such as virus infection or mastitis. Especially when we have a cold, fever symptoms, in fact, the virus has already entered the human body, the baby's breast milk has contained cold virus. But precisely because breast milk contains precious antibodies, continued breast-feeding will help the baby get rid of the cold as soon as possible. Do you think it's wonderful? We are infected with the virus, but can produce immune factors to the baby, increase the baby's resistance!

Second: a good prescription for reducing fever and preventing cold. In the early stage of a cold, if you have some symptoms such as stuffy nose and runny nose, you can make a bowl of brown sugar ginger tea and drink it while it is hot. It helps to sweat and dispel cold. The method of brown sugar ginger tea is as follows: take a piece of ginger, chop it into pieces (the more chopped the ginger, the better the effect, but I'm afraid of the taste of ginger, so I just slice it every time I drink it), add a piece of brown sugar, pour in boiling water, then put it in the microwave oven and turn it on high heat for three or five minutes (or steam it in the steamer for a few minutes). It's a simple but effective old prescription. I believe it's well known. You can also add some scallion in ginger tea, which is also helpful for sweating. If you have a fever, after drinking this bowl of ginger tea, immediately hide in the quilt. Finally, you can cover a few quilts and wrap them tightly to make the whole body sweat. After sweating, immediately wipe all the sweat off the body, and then put on clean clothes, so as to help reduce the fever.

Third: when the cold adhere to the precautions of breast-feeding, if the cold symptoms of breast-feeding mother is mild, usually do not advocate medication, mother can drink more water, pay attention to rest to alleviate symptoms, and in breast-feeding mother had better wear a mask to prevent close-up infection. At the same time, we should pay attention to hygiene, wash hands frequently, and try not to talk or make love to the baby. If you continue to have a high fever and have to take medicine, you should consult your doctor and choose the medicine that has no effect on your baby, such as the cold granule of traditional Chinese medicine.

matters needing attention

An important principle of medication during lactation is that it can not only effectively treat the mother's disease, but also reduce the impact of drugs on the baby as much as possible. If you are really worried about the impact of medication on the baby, you can pause one or two meals, but remember to squeeze out the milk, so as not to cause milk deposition.