Can I still breastfeed if I have a cold?

Generally, women will be relatively weak after giving birth, and their body resistance will also decrease, making them more susceptible to diseases such as colds and fevers. However, this will often affect breastfeeding. Many people have questions: Can you breastfeed when you have a cold?

The thing that every new mother fears most during breastfeeding is catching a cold. If she takes medicine for a cold during breastfeeding, she is afraid that the medicine will flow into the baby's body with breast milk. But if she does not take medicine, she does not know when the cold will be cured. So, what should she do?

If a breastfeeding mother catches a cold, can she breastfeed her baby?

Some breastfeeding mothers, for the sake of their baby's health, are too scared to breastfeed their babies if they catch a cold. So is a cold really that scary that it would cut off their baby's food supply?

In fact, you can continue breastfeeding if you have a cold during breastfeeding. The most common cold symptoms for breastfeeding mothers are fever, sneezing, runny nose, cough, sore throat, etc. Generally speaking, cold viruses are not transmitted through breastfeeding, but are transmitted through air droplets. Therefore, when the mother catches a cold, the environment in which the baby lives has already been contaminated.

The most common colds for breastfeeding mothers are fever, sneezing, and runny nose.

Breast milk produces antibodies on its own, which helps the baby fight diseases. However, if a breastfeeding mother has symptoms of fever, she can stop breastfeeding for one or two days. Therefore, breastfeeding mothers don’t need to worry too much if they catch a cold. Just relax and breastfeed your baby.

Can I take medicine for a cold while breastfeeding?

Many breastfeeding mothers are too scared to take medicine when they catch a cold, but if they don’t take medicine, the cold virus will bother them for a long time, which really puts them in a dilemma.

Breastfeeding mothers should remember to take the right medicine to get rid of the cold virus as soon as possible.

When choosing medication, try to choose single-ingredient ones. However, most mothers do not have just one single symptom when they have a cold, but rather all the symptoms at once. What medicine should they take? You may wish to choose some medicines that can also be used by children, which are relatively safe and have little effect on breast milk, such as Shuanghuanglian, Isatis root, Vitamin C Yinqiao tablets, etc.

If a breastfeeding mother has a cold accompanied by inflammation and needs to use antibiotics for treatment, it is recommended not to choose antibiotics blindly. You can consult a professional doctor and purchase antibiotics according to the doctor's instructions.