Treating the manipulation of breastfeeding

Around of what can and can not be done to a nursing mother, there are many prejudices. Some women follow only the advice of grandmothers, despite the obvious absurdity of some of them. Prejudice is also surrounded by medical manipulations, which the nursing mother is forced to resort to.

• In fact, the list of restrictions is very small. Specialists are allowed to undergo fluorography, x-rays and tomography, treat teeth and other organs, do massage, exercise, attend salons to maintain appearance, lead an intimate life.

The main thing is to know the measure and to receive benefit or pleasure in order to restore the organism and not to harm the newborn. In all cases, it is useful to consult a gynecologist or pediatrician.

When prescribing medicines, it should be clarified how the active substance is reflected in lactation and the health of the child. At high risk, you can always pick up an analogue, combined with breastfeeding.

Can I massage a nursing mother?

After returning from the maternity hospital, the mother is expected to have high physical and moral loads, lack of sleep, a special regime dedicated entirely to the child. A woman should clearly be guided by what can and can not be done by a nursing mother. At this time, sometimes there are back pain, muscular spasms, in which massage is shown. But you can do massage to a nursing mother or is it not desirable for lactation?

It is noted that a relaxing massage in a pleasant environment stimulates the production of oxytocin, which, in turn, promotes lactation. When contacting the masseur, you need to warn him about your condition so that he suggests the right posture. Usually it's lying on one side or sitting on a chair. It is important to pre-feed the child and do not stretch the procedure for longer than half an hour. To prevent allergies in a newborn, use a high-quality cream or baby milk.

• Anti-cellulite honey and vacuum massage is recommended not earlier than the child turns 9 months old, when he will not be so much susceptible to various toxins entering the bloodstream of the mother due to salon procedures.

A harmless action is self-massage of the head, dousing with a warm shower. If a close person knows how to rub your neck, hands or feet, do not give up such pleasure at home.

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Can I get vaccinations for lactating mothers?

How can vaccinations be given to nursing mothers if antibodies with breast milk enter the baby's body? - reasonably asked modern mummies, heard about the dangers of vaccination. Unlike the previous generations, today women, caring about children's health, do not want to blindly trust either doctors or instructions, searching for reliable information about the drugs, procedures and consequences of their use.

It turns out that this is not about all vaccinations, but only for emergency indications, that is, if the person who was born falls into the epidemic zone and is in danger with the child. Such procedures should be carried out under the medical supervision of an immunologist, after the assay for antibodies.

• To the note to everyone interested to know what can and can not be done to a nursing mother: hepatitis B vaccinations during lactation are also allowed.

Concerning such a common disease as the flu, then it should be protected by preventive measures: to restrict contact with virus carriers, to maintain a healthy diet, personal hygiene and the regime of the day. If, after all, my mother is sick, then the feeding should not be stopped, because thanks to the milk the baby develops her own immunity.

As for the baby, in the first months of his life he is protected from some infections due to antibodies received from his mother - if she was ill with them or was recently vaccinated. In particular, up to 4 months. - from chickenpox, to 5 - from rubella, to 6 and more - from measles, to 7 months. - from diphtheria, tetanus.

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Can I do inhalation for nursing mothers?

According to the previous recommendations about what can and can not be done to a nursing mother, the cold woman should be isolated from the baby and temporarily stopped feeding. Modern medicine is not so categorical. On the contrary, he advises not to stop lactation, because a baby who has become sick from a mother, through breast milk, will strengthen immunity and recover sooner.

If the nursing mother is sick, then she should consult a pediatrician. If necessary - correctly combine the reception of procedures and feeding, so that the baby's body gets a minimum of active components. On the assumption that the maximum concentration in the blood comes after 2 hours after application.

• A mild cold is not an excuse for stopping lactation. In severe cases, with the use of drugs harmful to children, it is required to resort to constant milk decantation and lure the baby with other food. Such actions will help to preserve the process of milk formation in the breast.

With a cold and cough, inhalations with alkaline water, ambroxol, especially with the use of an ultrasound device, are effective.

The tried folk method is inhalation over hot potatoes and soda, eucalyptus, birch leaves. Such procedures are effective and quite safe.

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Can I give an anesthetic to nursing mothers?

Any medications taken during lactation, with milk, enter the body of a nursing baby. Anesthetics are no exception. Therefore, it is so important to answer correctly, you can do anesthesia to nursing mothers, or it is better to wait with such procedures until after lactation.

What can and can not be done by the nursing mother, who is to be operated promptly, depends on the specific situation. This should be discussed with the doctor, and in the conversation to find answers to several questions. In particular, can I wait for a while? Find a harmless alternative without surgery? Replace anesthesia with anesthesia? And also when it will be possible to resume feeding painlessly for a baby, since it is necessary to suspend it for this time unequivocally.

Features of drugs for anesthesia, - a separate topic. After popular anesthetics such as nitrous oxide, feeding can continue almost without interruption, as they are considered harmless during lactation. Drug fentanyl, on the contrary, requires the cessation of feeding.

Means for local anesthesia are most often used in the treatment of teeth. Some of them are contraindicated in breastfeeding. Mom has to choose: can she suffer or not? The pain depends on the specific manipulation, and together with the dentist you need to look for a compromise solution.

Operations on the lower extremities, the pelvis, the pleura and the lungs are performed with spinal and epidural analgesia. This is the safest option in the lactation period. Although it is best, of course, not to get sick and not to be anesthetized.

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Can an enema be made to a nursing mother?

Constipation is the absence of fecal movement and defecation. It is accompanied by swelling and heaviness in the abdomen, headache, poor health, increased nervousness. If we are talking about a nursing mother, then soon digestive problems begin in the baby. To solve the problem, it is necessary to first clarify whether it is possible to make an enema for a nursing mother, or to eliminate constipation somehow differently.

Trying to solve the problem on your own, you can do harm to yourself and the child. Only a doctor will help to establish the cause of the disorder and to prescribe adequate treatment. A competent specialist knows what can and can not be done by a nursing mother in a particular case, why a problem has arisen and how to avoid it in the future. After all, the reasons can be not only physiological; sometimes constipation signals an organic pathology.

If there is no stool until discharge, then the cleansing enema is put in the maternity hospital. And in the future they advise the mother to take more products stimulating the intestines:

• oatmeal porridge;
• dry fruit;
• vegetable oils;
• dairy products;
• bread with bran;
• apricots, plums;
• pumpkin, beets, spinach.

When lactation it is important to drink enough quality water and natural juices. At the same time, limit the food that helps constipation: rice, animal fats and protein, strong hot drinks, crackers, chips and fast food.

Laxatives can not be taken, except for the individual remedies that the doctor must choose. In case of emergency, a glycerin suppository or an enema that cleanses the large intestine mechanically. Constantly, neither an enema nor a suppository can be used. It is necessary to move more actively, walk daily in the air, improve the mood.

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Is it possible to make an iodine grid for a nursing mother?

The therapeutic effect of iodine mesh is based on the bactericidal properties of this chemical. Penetrating through the skin, iodine spreads with blood and destroys pathogenic microbes. As a result, the development of the disease is suspended.

Iodine lines in the form of a grid lead to mass death of pathogens of the disease, since they break and separate their groups. Efficiency is enhanced by the fact that the iodine grid expands the capillaries and warms the surface; In the inflammation zone, the blood flow improves and stagnation decreases.

Is it possible to make an iodine grid for a nursing mother, and under what indications? Definitely not. The fact that iodine completely penetrates into the milk and accumulates, and too high a dose in the mother's body depresses the thyroid gland of the child. Figuratively speaking, in the list of what can and can not be done to a nursing mother, the iodine grid is in the box of banned.

In this regard, the mother should remember that not only the mesh, but any external application of iodine during lactation is undesirable. Under the ban - a whole list of iodine-containing drugs and rich in products, in particular, seaweed. The recommended dose of iodine for nursing mothers does not exceed 290 μg per day.