Does mother’s constipation affect breast milk?

After giving birth, women are very weak, but they have to take care of the baby. If they don't pay attention to their diet, it is easy to cause constipation. Postpartum constipation is very harmful to women's health and needs to be taken seriously. Women with postpartum constipation are best not to take medicine. It is best to relieve the symptoms of constipation through diet. Once you take medicine, it will affect milk, so it is best not to breastfeed the baby.

Does constipation affect breast milk?

If a mother takes medicine to treat constipation, it will affect breast milk. If she does not take medicine, it generally will not have much impact.

Will constipation in breastfeeding mothers affect the baby?

I believe everyone knows why breastfeeding mothers have constipation problems. Postpartum constipation is caused by excessive blood loss and less activity after delivery, which leads to weakened gastrointestinal function and slow intestinal motility. Since the nutrients that a breastfeeding baby needs to consume depend on the mother's diet, constipation in a breastfeeding mother will definitely affect the baby.

Well, the reason for this impact is that all the nutrients a newborn baby needs come from the breast milk secreted by the mother. Once there is postpartum constipation or postpartum hemorrhoids, it will affect the baby. If the mother is constipated and taking medication, she must stop breastfeeding. In other cases, it depends on the severity of the mother's constipation.

Constipation of breastfeeding mothers will affect the baby. Therefore, there are a few points to pay attention to when solving constipation during breastfeeding:

1. Breastfeeding mothers will affect the baby's nutrition. It is recommended to eat more fruits and vegetables rich in plant fiber. Vegetables include spinach, celery, bitter gourd, leek, etc., and fruits include bananas, apples, pears, etc. This will not only relieve constipation during lactation, but also will not affect the baby's nutrition.

In addition, drinking a glass of honey water, warm water or light salt water on an empty stomach every morning can increase intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation.

2. Constipation in breastfeeding mothers is often caused by laziness and lack of exercise. Therefore, it is recommended that mothers who have just given birth can do some turning over exercises 6-8 hours after delivery, or gently massage the lower abdomen. Regular lifestyle and abdominal massage for breastfeeding mothers can help restore intestinal motility and prevent constipation.

3. Since the baby's nutrition comes from the mother's milk, it is not recommended for mothers with constipation during lactation to take Western medicine first.

Take some Chinese medicine appropriately. It is better to use mild laxative Chinese medicine and Chinese patent medicine. Do not use antibiotics or other drugs to avoid affecting breastfeeding.