Can a mother with hypothyroidism breastfeed without taking medication?

It is very troublesome for a mother to be sick during breastfeeding. On the one hand, she is worried about her own symptoms, and on the other hand, she is worried about whether she can breastfeed her baby. How should mothers with hypothyroidism during breastfeeding take certain effective measures? How can they not delay the baby's nutrition intake and at the same time be able to adequately control their own physical symptoms? Let's teach you how hypothyroid patients can breastfeed their babies during breastfeeding?

For breastfeeding mothers with hypothyroidism, it is recommended that medications cannot be stopped. The dosage can be reduced. If the medication is too much, it will affect the milk, and the baby will eat the milk containing the medication, so try to reduce the dosage. You can breastfeed immediately after taking the medicine, but I think it is best to breastfeed three hours after taking the medicine. At this time, the drug effect has been metabolized in the body. In addition, as long as the thyroid function is normal, the thyroxine content in breast milk will not be high. So don't worry too much.

Patients with hypothyroidism need to check thyroid hormone frequently during pregnancy, basically once a month, and adjust the dosage of Euthyrox in time to keep the thyroid hormone level within the normal range or slightly higher, so as not to have a major impact on the brain development of the fetus.

Iodine is the raw material for the production of thyroid hormone, and seafood is rich in iodine. Patients with hypothyroidism have insufficient thyroid hormone. Eating more seafood can not only promote the production of thyroid hormone, but also has a nodular effect, which is helpful in inhibiting thyroid nodules and masses. Therefore, patients with hypothyroidism should eat seafood products such as oysters, kelp, sea cucumber, shrimp, and seaweed.

Patients with myxedema often have swollen hands and feet and gain weight. Salty foods will cause water and sodium retention and aggravate edema. Although patients with hypothyroidism do not have to strictly limit their salt intake like patients with kidney disease, they should still eat less salty foods such as pickled radish and pickles.

It is not recommended to breastfeed patients with hypothyroidism without medication, because patients with hypothyroidism who do not use medication will experience symptoms such as fear of cold, fatigue, always wanting to sleep, lack of interest in surrounding things, and swelling of the limbs.

Breastfeeding will increase the body's stress and make these symptoms more obvious. However, patients with hypothyroidism can breastfeed as long as they take medication and keep their thyroid function within the normal range. Some patients may worry that taking medication for hypothyroidism will affect breastfeeding, but there is actually no need to worry.

Since the drug used by hypothyroidism patients is Euthyrox, which contains thyroxine, and thyroxine is a substance also present in our bodies, it is not harmful to the human body.

Moreover, Euthyrox is not secreted through breast milk, so it will not affect the baby. Patients with hypothyroidism can use drugs instead of treatment to keep thyroid function within the normal range and can work, live and study like normal people.