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If you have a cold or flu, fever, diarrhea, or COVID-19, continue to breastfeed as usual.
Your baby won't get an infection through breast milk - in fact, it will contain antibodies to reduce the risk of getting the same disease.
UNICEF Ukraine writes about this.
Some diseases are still a contraindication to breastfeeding - this is the active phase of herpes infection, HIV infection, Ebola virus, brucellosis.
With tuberculosis, you can feed a child with expressed milk, but not breast.
There are medications that can be used while breastfeeding, and there are medications that cannot.
Before taking the drug, carefully read the instructions for it or consult with your doctor.
This can be done over the phone or through an online consultation.
Also, do not forget to warn that you are breastfeeding when you are prescribed treatment.
If you feel too unwell to feed your baby, ask loved ones for help.
Relatives can bring the baby to feed and pick it up when finished.
If you have to be in the hospital due to illness, express milk so that relatives can give it to the child who remains at home.
If you have had to stop breastfeeding due to illness or medication, it is very important to continue to express milk according to the usual number of feedings.
This will help you resume breastfeeding as soon as possible.
Like any adult, a breastfeeding woman can be vaccinated against various diseases.
Vaccination is not a reason to stop breastfeeding.
We will remind you that earlier
TSN.ua called on mothers to talk about their breastfeeding experience: ordinary Ukrainian women and popular bloggers tell their own breastfeeding stories
.
The importance of breastfeeding
Previously, we talked about
whether it is possible to do sports during breastfeeding
.
Most women can do sports or other physical activities while they are breastfeeding.
It also became known that
a breastfeeding woman loses about 500 additional calories per day by producing breast milk
.
Therefore,
it is worth continuing a balanced and varied diet, and the weight after childbirth will gradually return to normal
.
Meanwhile,
the mother's diet during lactation should be varied and balanced
.
It is important to include vegetables and fruits, starchy foods (rice, bread, pasta, potatoes), protein (meat, fish, eggs, legumes) and dairy products in your diet.
Read also:
Breastfeeding is not contraindicated for children of mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2
Breastfeeding: about cracks, feeding mode and the quality of breast milk
The diet of a nursing mother: what to eat during breastfeeding
Breastfeeding: myths to get rid of
Breastfeeding: facts and myths
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