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The article was professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor I Pham Thi Yen - Obstetrician - Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital.While the mother is breastfeeding, the fetus in the uterus still receives all the necessary nutrients from the mother's body. Therefore, pregnant women need to eat enough nutrients, drink enough water, supplement daily with vitamin D and folic acid.
1. Can I breastfeed while pregnant?
A special thing is that the mother's body continues to secrete breast milk during pregnancy, ensuring breastfeeding. To produce breast milk, the mother's body releases a hormone called oxytocin. Oxytocin is also a hormone released during labor and delivery, so many people are concerned that breastfeeding could cause a miscarriage. However, to date there is no evidence that breastfeeding during pregnancy affects the fetus or induces labor.
In case if you are pregnant with multiples (twins, triplets,...) or have ever had a miscarriage, or have had a premature birth, some experts may advise the mother to be cautious about breastfeeding. while pregnant.
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2. Some notes for nursing mothers while pregnant
Breastfeeding while pregnant can increase some unwanted effects during pregnancy (for example, if you feel nauseous it will get worse). The condition of sensitive nipples in early pregnancy can be worse, more painful if the mother is breastfeeding.
Around the 5th month of pregnancy, the mother may begin to produce colostrum to prepare for the birth of the fetus in the womb, and the amount of breast milk secreted also gradually decreases. As a result, the nursing infant may not like this change in taste and quantity, it may gradually give up breastfeeding. In case the baby does not stop suckling on its own, the mother continues to breastfeed, and this does not mean that the mother lacks colostrum for the baby to be born. If the nursing baby is less than one year old, the mother should monitor to make sure the baby is still growing well after the breast milk is changed.
Cho con bú khi đang mang thai có thể làm tăng một số tác dụng phụ
After giving birth, the mother can still breastfeed two children at the same time and do not need to worry about lack of milk for both children. One benefit of parallel breastfeeding is that mothers are less likely to develop mastitis than those who breastfeed exclusively.
Whether or not to breastfeed while pregnant is entirely up to the mother, based on considerations of the benefit to the child and to the mother herself.
If the mother becomes pregnant while nursing a small child and does not want to breastfeed, the child should be weaned while she is pregnant, because after giving birth, weaning the baby after giving birth, the child may feel sick. abandoned”.
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Article references sources: mayoclinic.org, babycentre.co.uk
