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Getting sick while breastfeeding is inevitable. However, if you are worried about losing your milk due to medication, please follow the end of the following article to know how to get your milk back after taking antibiotics.
1. Do antibiotics cause milk loss?
There are many mothers who have lost milk after giving birth, this situation can happen for a short time and then improve, or completely disappear. The cause of milk loss can be due to food, psychological or drug side effects...
Most of the antibiotics used by mothers when entering the body cause certain side effects to health. mother and baby health. Antibiotics can inhibit lactation hormone and affect the mother's lactation activity.
In fact, there are many mothers who still produce milk after using antibiotics, but there are also many mothers who feel that their milk is less and have to apply ways to return milk after taking antibiotics. In some cases, milk is completely lost after taking antibiotics.
2. How to get milk back after taking antibiotics
“How to get milk back after taking antibiotics?” or “what is the way to get back milk when milk is lost?” These are questions that many mothers are interested in. According to specialists, depending on the state of milk loss, the mother can perform different ways of calling for milk after taking antibiotics, specifically:
2.1 The way to get milk back after taking antibiotics is to breastfeed the baby. It is a fact that many mothers who use antibiotics have breastfed less or cut off breastfeeding altogether for fear that the drug will enter the milk and affect the baby's health. This has caused the milk glands to be affected, even if the breast milk is full before but the baby sucks less, it will also cause the amount of milk to be reduced and less. If this condition persists, the mother will lose milk completely.
Therefore, the way to regain milk when lost milk is to breastfeed regularly. You should suckle each time to make the milk glands work more efficiently.
2.2 The way to order milk after taking antibiotics is to drink lots of water If you have lost milk and want to return milk after taking antibiotics, drink plenty of water. The best is still warm water or milky drinks. This method is simple but very effective, please try it right away.
2.3 Bring back milk by eating enough nutrients Except for foods that need to be avoided so as not to affect the effect of the medicine, the mother after giving birth should not abstain too much. The fastest and most effective way to regain milk after taking antibiotics is to eat enough nutrients. Mothers should eat a variety of groups of starches, fats, proteins, sugars in their daily meals...
Eating enough will make you psychologically comfortable, so that your milk glands will also work effectively. than.
3. Some antibiotics can cause milk loss
Antibiotics kill bacteria and viruses that cause disease. However, there are a number of antibiotics that are generally not indicated for pregnant and lactating women. If the mother after giving birth, using these antibiotics can affect the health of the baby or even cause a complete loss of milk. The main antibiotics are:
Metronidazol group of antibiotics: This type of antibiotic is effective in treating bacterial vaginosis. After giving birth, taking the antibiotic Metronidazol can cause milk to have an unpleasant smell, change color, baby refuse to breastfeed or have loose stools. Nitrofurantoin antibiotics: Although this antibiotic doesn't make the mother try to get milk after taking antibiotics, it can make the baby anemic. So you need to be careful when using it. Chloramphenicol group of antibiotics: Effective in the treatment of severe anaerobic infections. The side effects of Chloramphenicol can cause osteomalacia and gray syndrome, which can lead to infant death. Mothers after giving birth absolutely do not use this antibiotic while breastfeeding. Tetracycline antibiotics: Effective in treating intestinal diseases. If only short-term treatment, the antibiotic Tetracycline can form complexes with calcium in milk and does not affect the baby. However, in the long term, doctors advise mothers not to use this antibiotic. Penicillins, cephalosporins, macrolides, and aminoglycosides are all contraindicated in nursing mothers because they may cause temporary mild diarrhea in the baby. Antibiotics Vibramycin, Minocine: If mothers after giving birth use these antibiotics, they can cause poisoning, reduce bone growth and affect the baby's teeth color.
4. What kind of antibiotic can a mother take after giving birth?
Most antibiotics are not recommended for use by pregnant and lactating women. In some cases, you must consult your doctor or pharmacist. Also do not be too worried because there are many antibiotics that can still be used while breastfeeding without affecting the health of the baby. Some antibiotics that mothers can safely take because they are excreted very little in breast milk are:
Antibiotics Penicillins are effective in treating bacterial infections; Cephalosporin antibiotics are used to treat infections of the lungs, ears, skin, urinary tract, throat and bones; The antibiotic Fluconazole has an antifungal effect; The antibiotic Miconazole is effective in treating yeast infections; The antibiotic Clotrimazole is effective in treating yeast and fungal infections; The antibiotics Acyclovir and valacyclovir are effective in treating infections caused by herpes; Erythromycin is an antibiotic used to treat infections of the skin and respiratory tract. In addition, in order to minimize the effect of antibiotics on breast milk secretion, it is necessary to pay attention to the following:
Take antibiotics of the right type and dose as prescribed by the doctor; Eat healthy, scientific food, drink lots of water; Get enough rest and avoid stress. During the course of taking antibiotics, the baby should still be breastfed regularly. In short, in case of necessity, the mother still needs to take antibiotics. If you unfortunately lose milk, there is still a way to get it back after taking antibiotics, so you don't need to worry too much. However, in all circumstances, it is necessary to consider carefully before using antibiotics and absolutely follow the doctor's instructions.
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