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Medication while Breast Feeding |
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Usually, the medicines consumed by a breast-feeding mother do not cause any problem to her baby. Likewise, if a breastfed baby is given any vaccine or medicines, it will not interfere with feeding. Vaccines such as OPV or BCG will not cause any side effects to breast fed babies. Even mothers who breast-feed their babies can take medicines for diseases such as epilepsy, diabetes, or high blood pressure. Taking the drug after feeding will always reduce baby's exposure to the medicines taken by her mother. However, there are a few medicines, which have to be totally avoided by a breast-feeding mother. The medicines for Parkinson's disease with Bromocriptine component can reduce the milk production in the mother, drugs used for chemotherapy in cancer which destroy the cells in mother's body can harm the feeding baby, medicines with Ergotamine, used to treat a breast feeding mother for her migraine headaches may cause vomiting, loose motions or fits in babies. Other medicines with severe side effects are Lithium containing medicines given for manic-depressive illness. If you are on any medication take it after breast-feeding the baby. |
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Posted by:
Afsana007(Guest)
Posted on: 12/15/2011 should Pizotifen, Rabeprazole, Montelukast, Fexofenadine, Domperidone effects by baby as i feed by breast to my baby.
please tell me.
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sobia_akhtar(Guest)
Posted on: 11/11/2011 We have a girl baby of 20 days. she used to have mothers milk every half an hour. whether mothers milk is not sufficient for her. sometimes we used to give her powder milk as advised by doctors and she has a nice sleep. please advice us and need a good diet for her mother.
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drmitesh85
Posted on: 06/25/2011 i have 1 and 1/2 months beby girl and now i m suffering from loose motion kindly guide me which antibiotics can i take or can i take loperamide ? please guide me ASAP
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shariff(Guest)
Posted on: 01/28/2011 what are the diet [items]should be avoided during feeding the baby
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Thealea
Posted on: 01/31/2011 When you are feeding the baby you should avoid foods that has spices like garlic, chili, and pepper since this may cause gas problems in the baby. It will later produced bloating symptoms. You should also avoid cow's milk since as we know it is a common cause of food allergies, it can actually cause red patches on your baby's skin. Also, Red pepper should really be avoided too since this may cause dermatitis in breastfeed babies. But, of course you have to ask advice from the expert like the doctors to be sure. There are foods that might not be good to your baby and you unconsciously eat them. |
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AnuradhaSrinivasan(Guest)
Posted on: 05/27/2010 Hi, I have a 4 months and 2 weeks old boy baby. He is weighing 6kgs. But for the past 2 days he is not taking my milk. He is crying a lot when i try to feed him. I cannot understand the reason. Please help. |
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siva_
Posted on: 05/06/2010 Hi, i have 5months baby boy..his weight is 7.5kg if its normal... my milk is decreasing...and i gave my milk only 2 or 3 times if its enough.... what i do....i give him lactogen
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Posted on: 07/06/2010 in hot weathers and months like jun july, dehydration is common, esp for feeding mothers. try to increase the intake of liquid. i experienced the same recently, but i took more milk, juices, lemonade , yougurt etc. more liquid more breast milk. do not go to the formula milk. try to feed more and more, else milk production will quicky decline... |
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