My daughter is breast feeding and her baby boy is only 6 weeks old. Everything seemed fine. She had breast fed her other child and had no problems. She is 30 years old. He suddenly got a white tongue and she knew it was thrush since her daughter HAD had that before. Her appointment is within a week for the baby and her appointment for herself is at the end of this week. Well, a few days after the thrush.....she developed very sore breast....and when she felt terrible and had a fever of 103 and the chills, she went to the e.r. They told her she has a bad breast infection.With the terrible pain they gave her percozat, and antibiotics. She was told she can continue breast feeding and it won't hurt the baby. BUT I feel she should get some formula and put the breast on hold till that infection clears and she is off the meds. She said..no, it'll be o.k. i see the dr. at the end of the week. I told her to call both her dr. and the babies dr. on monday...but daughter knows best. Your opinion?
2007-07-17 06:08:09 · 17 answers · asked by Your Asking Me? 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
What she has is called Mastitis. It is caused by a clogged milk duct. It happens occasionally and is no cause for alarm as far as nursing is concerned. One of the very BEST things she can do to help clear this up is to continue nursing so that baby can help clear the ducts and keep them in top working order.
It is usually better for mom to continue nursing when she is ill because she passes the antibodies on to her nursling, thus ensuring his health. In this case, it's doubly good for her to keep it up.
For more info on mastitis, see the link below. Hope that helps!
2007-07-17 06:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by Evin 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
After doing a little reading, they say that practically all medications are safe to take while breastfeeding (but also that it depends on the medication .. (antibiotic) given). They also say that it's necessary to continue breastfeeding while taking the antiobiotic for the infection, that both are necessary to beat the infection. I'm going to include a link below that lists various medications that are compatible with breastfeeding and some of the side effects . I'm also including a link that says some medications can be excreted into the breast milk and can possibly harm the baby (and gives a list of them with effects to the baby). It seems that you and she need to read both and see what it says regarding this, and decide what she wants to do about it. I hope this helps and that everything clears up with your daughter and her new baby. And Congratulations to both she and you "Grandma" :o) Take Care
2007-07-17 06:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many medications that are safe while breastfeeding. One good way of helping cure mastitis is to continue to nurse on the infected breasts. It is actually better to keep on nursing, for her as well as your grandchild. If she does formula until she's better, unless she's pumping all the time, her supply will be affected then when it's time to put baby back on - she'll have a whole new set of issues.
Here's some information on medications:
http://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/index.html
"Medications and Mother's Milk" by Dr. Thomas Hale is the best reference on the subject. Perhaps picking up a copy for your daughter will give you as much peace of mind as it will help her.
2007-07-17 07:29:46 · answer #3 · answered by Tanya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, since breastfeeding is the best for baby and breastfeeding will actually help the infection clear faster, I think your daughter is right to keep breastfeeding. But, I would have her call a lactation consultant to double check about the meds. Regular Dr's don't know much about lactation and sometimes that assume something is safe while breastfeeding, but it really may not be.
2007-07-17 06:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by iamhis0 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
selection one rule is that infant needs to consume. of direction nursing on the breast is better because of the fact there are some perks to it that are actually not obtainable while bottle feeding which includes bonding and allowing the newborn to be certain how a lot to eat. yet feeding breastmilk in a bottle is greater healthy than feeding formulation. So in case you cant or do not prefer to nurse then exhibit your self. some women individuals who decide for to not nurse do loose their milk supply swifter because of the fact 'different' issues in existence start to intrude with pump timing and the longer you pass between pumping the less milk your physique will make. A mom who pumps each and every 3 hours finally ends up pumping each and every 4 hours and then stretches it to each 5 hours etc and after some days or perhaps weeks starts to observe that they are grabbing greater milk from the freezer then what they are freshly pumping. in case you prefer to precise in straightforward terms then purely be sure you're making it a concern.
2016-09-30 04:51:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the only thing is that if she does stop and wait for the infection to clear up, she will quit producing enough milk for the baby period. She will have no choice but to quit at that point. She'll just dry up. When breastfeeding, you make what is demanded of you. So I say if you wants to continue and doctors say its ok and she can deal with the pain, let her go for it. I know sometimes grandma knows best, but so does mom!
2007-07-17 06:12:29 · answer #6 · answered by starlight_940 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had this too- breastfeeding with an infection will not hurt the baby. The sucking of the baby helps to clear it up. I have had two of these infections and in both cases, it cleared up with no problems for our baby.
Make sure you remind your daughter not to use bras with wire supports- they can cause such an infection. Likewise, nothing too binding on the breasts.
2007-07-17 06:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by NY_Attitude 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well if she put the breast feeding on hold she must lose the milk supplied and the best thing to clear everything its gonna be breast feeding besides the breast always hurts the first 2 months
2007-07-17 06:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by denise m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mastitis is no fun at all, but the worst thing she could do right now is stop nursing on the affected side.
Is sounds like you want to help- fixing a meal, filling her water glass and doing a load of laundry while she goes to bed with her babe would be a great help to her now.
2007-07-17 07:12:55 · answer #9 · answered by GranolaMom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I had a breast infection I was told nursing would help clear it up by the Dr. I was told not to stop nursing at all.
2007-07-17 06:11:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋