Can diabetics breastfeed their children?

Diabetics can of course breastfeed their children.

First of all, we need to understand how diabetes develops, and diabetes is mainly caused by a disorder in the production of insulin by pancreatic islets. Insulin is required for the breakdown of sugar, and pancreatic islets do not have the means to produce insulin that the body consumes enough sugar. Therefore, the excess sugar cannot be digested and absorbed by the body, which leads to an increase in blood sugar levels.

This is called diabetes.

In the case of diabetes, it only affects the mother, not the child. Like when you breastfeed your child, diabetes is not an infectious disease, it does not cause bacteria to develop in your body, it does not travel with the bloodstream, and it does not follow the secretion of milk and then spread to the child.

So as long as your child's islets are okay and he can produce enough insulin to break down the sugar in his milk, then there is no problem, and you don't need to worry about whether he can digest breast milk. Moreover, there will be a lot of antibodies in breast milk, which is good and helpful for the formation of his immunity.

In fact, when many mothers are pregnant, the secretion of insulin will be inhibited because of the growth of progesterone and some other hormones in the body. So in fact, there is a disease called pregnant diabetes, which refers to a kind of diabetes that will be formed by women during the special period of pregnancy.

Most pregnant women have diabetes that goes away on its own a short time after giving birth. But if left unchecked, it can also develop into true diabetes. So in fact, pregnant women are a group with a high incidence of diabetes.

After giving birth, these pregnant women breastfeed their babies normally, so diabetics have no problem breastfeeding.

But as a diabetic mom, you may need to control your diet. Don't consume too much sugar. Only when your body is well, can the child be taken care of by you.

Then when the child is older, try to give her less sugar and foods high in sugar, because if it is inherited, there is a higher probability that he will get diabetes.

Diabetics can breastfeed their children, and such children need a lot of nutrients. If they are not fed, then it is harmful to their health.

Yes, insulin injection by diabetic mothers will not affect the baby's health and will not cause adverse effects on the baby. It is worth noting that breastfeeding will lower blood sugar, to be alert to the occurrence of hypoglycemia, before and after feeding, you can eat some snacks appropriately, at the same time, regularly go to the hospital for follow-up, under the guidance of the doctor, adjust the amount of insulin.

Yes, because as long as diabetic patients control their blood sugar, they will not transmit the disease to their children, and they can breastfeed normally.

Diabetics can breastfeed their children, but if you are on medication, it is best not to feed them to your children.

It is okay to breastfeed the child, and during breastfeeding, the mother should reduce the intake of sugar and supplement more nutrients.

Whether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you should still breastfeed. Because breast milk contains similar fats, calcium, vitamins and minerals, which are important for your baby's development. In addition, breastfeeding can lower your need for insulin, and colostrum can also reduce your baby's risk of diabetes.

You need to eat frequently and monitor your blood sugar levels. Eating frequently can keep you energized and avoid your blood sugar levels fluctuating too much. In addition to three meals, you should also replenish the snack 3 times.

What should I do if I am breastfeeding and have diabetes? As a breastfeeding mother with diabetes, you should only provide solid food after 6 months of age. It is important to breastfeed for at least 6 months so that you can provide the best nutrition for your baby**.

Your breast milk may not be produced immediately after your baby is born, and it will take a little time for your breast milk to start producing smoothly. You can feed hypoallergenic formula for the first few days after consulting your doctor.

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After returning home from the hospital, you should check your baby's weight frequently to make sure everything is okay. Your baby's weight can reflect whether they are feeding enough, and as long as it continues to rise, it means that everything is normal.

You should eat a lot of protein and carbohydrates before breastfeeding. Because breastfeeding burns a lot of calories, if you don't replenish it beforehand, it can cause your blood sugar to get too low while breastfeeding.

If your blood sugar is too high, it will fill your breast milk with too much sugar, which can hinder your baby's weight. Therefore, it is important that you follow your doctor's instructions to keep your blood sugar levels stable.

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Your baby may have jaundice, which is a common problem in newborns born to diabetic mothers. It is normal for newborns to have jaundice because their livers are still immature, and they usually improve with continued breastfeeding.

Drinking alcohol while taking insulin can reduce your milk production and also increase the risk of hypoglycemia. Therefore, you are better off not drinking alcohol. In addition, alcohol can also be transmitted to the baby through breast milk, causing adverse effects of aging.

If you need to take insulin by mouth, you should consult your doctor about safety and precautions, which are very important during your breastfeeding. You need to be on your toes at all times to prevent problems with you or your baby.

The mother of blood sugar can also give the mother who puts blood sugar and can also give the baby breast milk, but the mother of j blood sugar can also give the baby breast milk, but try to control blood sugar and pay attention to dietary conditioning.

High blood sugar can be fed breast milk. If it is simply high blood sugar and there are no other symptoms, it is okay to breastfeed. But you also need to control your blood sugar, because too high blood sugar can easily lead to other complications.

However, if you have symptoms of high blood sugar during breastfeeding, you should also avoid taking medication, because the drug will enter the baby's body with breast milk and cause a certain impact on the baby. If you have already taken medication, you should avoid breastfeeding, and you should eat less vegetables or fruits with high sugar content, eat more whole grains, and exercise moderately.

People with high blood sugar can also breastfeed in moderation, but they must actively correct their blood sugar levels. Because of high blood sugar, if not actively treated, it may lead to acute or chronic complications caused by high blood sugar.

For example, if the blood sugar is high and the diagnostic criteria for diabetes are met, if the sudden increase is more severe, there will be acute complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state, and some patients are prone to chronic complications such as urine and kidney disease if they have poor blood sugar control for a long time. The mother's high blood sugar has little effect on breast milk, and she can breastfeed normally, but you need to pay attention not to use oral hypoglycemic drugs, and it is best to use insulin to stabilize blood sugar in the normal range.

Elevated blood sugar is a metabolic disease, after the occurrence of elevated blood sugar, it is necessary to intervene in time to avoid long-term elevated blood sugar, chronic complications of diabetes, affecting the quality of life, if women planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding, they should routinely screen blood sugar levels to determine whether there is diabetes, early intervention**, drugs ** at the same time, need to cooperate with diet control and appropriate exercise.

Yes, because diabetes is not an infectious disease, it will not be admitted to babies. But for the sake of the mother's health, it is better not to breastfeed the baby.

In general, mothers who are able to give birth are able to breastfeed, and diabetics are no exception. Although the blood sugar of diabetic mothers is unstable, the sweetness of their milk is not enough to cause diabetes in their young children, so it is not easy to stop breastfeeding. Because breast milk is very important for the child, breast milk is not only the best for the baby to digest and absorb, but also contains antibodies that are beneficial to the baby, which the baby cannot synthesize on his own in the first 6 months of life, so breast milk can improve the baby's resistance and protect them from some viruses and bacteria.

Even diabetic patients who take insulin** do not affect normal breastfeeding, because the molecule of insulin is large, and the consumption of insulin-containing breast milk by young children will also be destroyed in the digestive tract, which is not easy to be absorbed, and does not affect the quality of milk, so diabetic mothers can breastfeed. When using insulin to control blood sugar, it is best to use regular human insulin rather than animal insulin. Although insulin analogues are more effective at controlling blood glucose, there is currently insufficient clinical evidence that insulin analogues are not specific*** and therefore insulin analogues are not recommended.

It should be noted that if the mother is breastfeeding oral hypoglycemic drugs, it is necessary to be careful, especially the use of sulfonylureas is likely to cause pancreatic islet cell hyperplasia in young children, making young children prone to hypoglycemia. In addition, sulfonylureas can also affect the development of young children. Therefore, oral hypoglycemic drugs are not recommended for lactating mothers.

In addition, to reduce the occurrence of hypoglycemia, mothers are encouraged to eat carbohydrates regularly and in rations. Eating a snack before breastfeeding may help prevent hypoglycemia from occurring. In addition, during breastfeeding, you should strictly control your blood sugar through diet or exercise** to provide healthy "food" for your baby, otherwise the sugar content in breast milk will increase and the quality of breast milk protein will also decrease.

If the baby is not breastfed but with cow's milk, it is not only difficult for the baby to digest and absorb, but also cannot get the required antibodies, but it is easy for the child to suffer from various diseases. Cow's milk protein may be absorbed into the bloodstream through the baby's imperfect intestines, causing the child to produce anti-cow's milk protein antibodies, which can bind to pancreatic islet cells, thereby destroying pancreatic islet cells, and the child is prone to type 1 diabetes, so the benefit of breastfeeding is that it can prevent the child from developing type 1 diabetes.

Diabetic mothers do not have any special toxins in their milk, so they can feed their babies. However, breastfeeding should only be done if the mother's blood sugar is well controlled; If the mother's blood sugar is high and medication** is required, insulin must be taken**. This is because oral drugs may be transferred from breast milk to the fetus, which can have adverse effects on the fetus.