Can I breastfeed while I have wisdom teeth?

With the news on TV that some infant formula contains factors that are not good for children's growth, more and more people will choose to exclusively breastfeed after giving birth. During breastfeeding, many problems may arise, such as teething, which is painful. Some careful mothers are also worried that it will affect breastfeeding. So can I breastfeed while teething?

Generally speaking, when teeth grow, it is not the wisdom teeth that affect pregnant women, but some complications that accompany the growth of teeth. If it only causes swollen and painful gums, it will not affect the breastfeeding of pregnant women; if teeth grow during breastfeeding, not only will the gums be swollen and painful, but there will also be adverse symptoms such as fever. If the symptoms are serious enough to require medication, breastfeeding should be stopped to prevent the medication from affecting the child. After teething, you should also pay attention to the following:

1. Drink more water. When teeth grow during breastfeeding, the gums are swollen and painful. In order to alleviate this symptom, it is recommended that female friends during breastfeeding drink as much water as possible. Drinking more water can temporarily and effectively alleviate the pain caused by teeth growing during breastfeeding.

2. Oral health. Maintaining oral hygiene is also one of the ways to alleviate the symptoms of wisdom teeth growing during breastfeeding. Teething during breastfeeding will also cause the oral immunity of female friends during breastfeeding to decrease and increase the chance of infection. Therefore, in order to alleviate symptoms and prevent infection, it is recommended that pregnant women brush their teeth in time in the morning, noon and evening to maintain oral health.

If teething during breastfeeding is very painful, women can choose to have the tooth extracted for treatment. However, tooth extraction must be done in a reliable and professional hospital clinic, and the best time to do it is in the morning. Because the morning time allows the doctor to make adequate preparations, and after the tooth extraction there is still time to observe the condition of the woman's wisdom teeth.

Tooth extraction is a long process. Women who are breastfeeding should remember not to have teeth extracted on an empty stomach. Even if they have no strength to swallow, they should eat something to fill their stomachs. Otherwise, women will easily become hungry and dizzy after a long time. After the tooth is extracted, the doctor will prescribe some antiviral drugs for wisdom tooth extraction. Women who are breastfeeding should tell the doctor that they are in a special stage, so that it will be convenient for the doctor to prescribe some drugs suitable for women during breastfeeding.

It is best for breastfeeding women not to breastfeed their babies within one day after tooth extraction, because tooth extraction is done under anesthesia, so it is better to wait until the effect of anesthesia has basically subsided before breastfeeding. Therefore, before tooth extraction, women can prepare milk for their babies in advance to avoid the baby having no milk source. In addition, women who are breastfeeding should be cautious when choosing to have their teeth extracted, and they should ask for more advice from specialists during treatment.