Can cold feed

summary

The arrival of a baby will always bring endless fun and happiness to the family, but in fact, the most critical period of baby development is in the period of lactation, because the baby's main support for the body's nutrition comes from the mother's breast milk, so what is the mother's fear of lactation? I believe all mothers will answer that they are afraid of getting sick, because illness may pass the virus to the baby in the form of breast milk, which will have a serious impact on the baby. So if mom has a cold, can she still breastfeed? Now let's learn about it.

Can cold feed

First: in fact, if a mother has a cold during lactation, she can continue to feed. Generally speaking, the most common symptoms of common cold are fever, sneezing, runny nose, cough, sore throat and so on. It won't affect the baby either. Generally speaking, the cold virus is not transmitted through lactation.

Second: in fact, breast milk is a good thing, because breast milk will produce antibodies on its own, which is more conducive to the baby's fight against disease. But it should be noted that if the lactating mother has fever symptoms, then it can be appropriate to suspend breastfeeding for one or two days. However is the common cold, is may the normal lactation.

Third: in the choice of drugs, do not take any medicine, try to choose a single ingredient. But most mothers will have a lot of symptoms if they have a cold, so what is the best medicine to take? May wish to choose some children can also use, more safe on breast milk little effect of drugs.

matters needing attention

If the lactating mother has inflammation when she has a cold, it needs to use antibiotics for treatment, but don't blindly choose antibiotics by yourself. You can consult a professional doctor.