Can women breastfeed through intravenous infusion during breastfeeding?

Breastfeeding women should promptly deal with the threat of illness, otherwise it will have a harmful effect on breast milk and pose a hidden danger to the health of the child. If you become ill during breastfeeding, you also need treatment. However, before treatment, you must understand whether the treatment will pose a threat to the health of the child. For example, can a woman receive intravenous drips or breastfeed during breastfeeding? Let’s take a look at the simple explanation below.

It is generally not allowed to breastfeed immediately after infusion treatment. It is recommended to resume breastfeeding after 24 hours. Because some of the drug components after infusion will be delivered to the fetus through breast milk, it is best for the patient to breastfeed after a period of infusion. However, how long after the infusion can I breastfeed? It is best to consult a doctor to decide based on the type of infusion and each person's situation, as the time required is different. In particular, patients with special circumstances should consider whether they can breastfeed under the guidance of a doctor.

Of course, if the doctor does not give special instructions, it means that this liquid will not have much impact on the baby when it enters the child's body through breast milk during lactation, such as injecting glucose and some medicines with little effect. Most drugs pass into breast milk only in small amounts, and only a few affect the baby. Also, the effects of the drug mostly occur in the neonatal period; older babies are less likely to have problems. Therefore, the World Health Organization does not recommend stopping breastfeeding due to medication. However, please note that some psychiatric drugs are contraindicated, and chloramphenicol and tetracycline should be avoided among antibiotics.

What are the effects of breastfeeding immediately after infusion?

If the patient breastfeeds immediately after the infusion, some of the drug ingredients will reach the baby's body through the breast milk, causing mild diarrhea and abdominal pain in the baby, and severe cases affecting the baby's normal growth and development, and even leading to developmental deformities.

Precautions for breastfeeding after infusion:

1. After the infusion, you must constantly squeeze out excess milk, otherwise fresh milk will not be produced.

2. Regardless of the situation, it is recommended to breastfeed the next day after infusion.

3. Mothers should drink more water to excrete the medicine through urine. The drug metabolism time in the human body is eight hours, which means you can drink more water and go to the toilet more often during these eight hours to speed up metabolism.