Can I breastfeed with a flu vaccine while breastfeeding?

Breastfeeding women can continue breastfeeding, but there are many things to be aware of. Once a lactating woman has a cold, she must take medication in time to prevent the cold from becoming more serious, which will lead to a cold in young children. Generally, lactating women can take drugs such as ibuprofen and penicillin, and mothers try to take the medicine after breastfeeding, so that the impact on young children is small, and if the cold is very serious, it needs to be isolated from young children in time.

A cold is a small illness with a high incidence rate, and it is most likely to suffer from a cold when the seasons change or when the temperature difference is large. If it is a normal person, a cold is not too big a disease, but for lactating mothers, then it is very serious, after all, if you are breastfeeding, after the drug ** cold, you don't know whether you can continue to breastfeed, so can you breastfeed a cold during lactation?

1. Can I breastfeed a cold while breastfeeding?

Lactating mothers who have a cold can breastfeed. If it is just a mild cold, then after taking the medicine correctly, it will produce antibodies, so the baby will be immune when he drinks breast milk again, and he will not be affected. If it is a severe flu, mothers should try to express breast milk to their children during breastfeeding, and they need to isolate them from their children in time.

2. Precautions for colds during lactation.

1.Pay attention to your medications.

Lactating women are taking risks, what needs to be paid attention to is how to use drugs correctly, lactation is a special stage, because the nutrition that young children need at this stage needs to be provided by their mothers, so the wrong medication will also affect the development of young children. Lactating women can choose to take ibuprofen, penicillin, and cephalosporins, and it is forbidden to take Gankang, white plus black, and combination cold medicines.

2.Choose the appropriate time to take your medication.

Lactating mothers take medicine after a cold, try to choose the most correct and appropriate time, generally the mother is best to take the medicine immediately after breastfeeding, and the interval between taking the medicine again should be longer, so that the impact of the drug on the child will be very small.

3.Isolate promptly.

If the mother has not recovered from the cold after taking the medicine**, then at this time, try not to contact the child for a long time to prevent the infection of the child, causing the child to also have a cold, until the mother's body improves, and then contact the child.

When women are breastfeeding, their bodies are also very weak, because at this time women will be absorbed by the fetus with their own nutrients such as water, although they will eat a lot of nutrients, but during the lactation period they will still appear weak, in order to ensure their health, it is very necessary to avoid getting sick as much as possible, you can get some vaccines to prevent diseases, such as flu vaccine, so can you get vaccinated during lactation?

Can I still breastfeed if I have a cold?

The common cold is mostly a viral infection, which is a self-limiting disease, does not require special **, and can generally heal itself in about 1 week. The common cold is usually transmitted through the respiratory tract and is not usually transmitted to your baby through breast milk. In addition, the antibodies in breast milk can also increase the baby's resistance.

Therefore, the common cold is generally not transmitted through breastfeeding. However, because of the close contact between the mother and the baby, it is still possible to transmit it through the respiratory route, so the mother can wear a mask, pay attention to washing hands frequently, pay attention to hand hygiene, and have an air purifier at home.

If it is an epidemic, try to prevent it. Getting a flu vaccine is an effective way to prevent the flu before the flu season arrives each year. You can still breastfeed after vaccination, and you can secrete antibodies to your baby through breast milk, thus creating immunity.

Fever, headache, sore throat, etc.: If the body temperature is above, acetaminophen (brand name: Bilitong, Tylenolin) or ibuprofen (brand name:

Motrin, Fenpidex) these two drugs. They are currently the safest antipyretic analgesics during pregnancy and lactation, and are safe to use during lactation.

One thing to remind everyone is that there is a lag in the domestic instructions, and the instructions for ibuprofen say that breastfeeding is prohibited, but in fact, they are recommended by the WHO and the American Academy of Pediatrics to be safe to use with lactation.

Runny nose: budesonide nasal spray, loratadine, cetirizine.

Cough: If the cough is severe, cough suppressants containing dextromethorphan may be given. Dextromethorphan is lactating L1 (safe). However, ethanol-containing dextromethorphan preparations should be avoided.

Use with caution during breastfeeding: It is not recommended to use compound cold medicines, which generally contain pseudoephedrine and chlorpheniramine maleate. Although these two ingredients do not have much effect on the baby, they have a milk return effect, especially the former, which will significantly reduce the milk volume of lactating mothers.

Influenza vaccination can be given during breastfeeding, which does not affect breastfeeding.

The vaccine has the opportunity to be given every year, for the health of the baby, this year the breastfeeding period will not be vaccinated, and next year when the child is weaned, the vaccine can be given.