Can I take medicine for a cold during breastfeeding?

During the breastfeeding period, women are very tired. Because they have to feed their children, their physical fitness is prone to decline. At this time, they are susceptible to colds. If a new mother catches a cold, she must be cautious in taking medication. If medication is really needed, she must follow the doctor's advice on the medication and adjust the breastfeeding time when taking the medication.

1. Remember not to take medication at will

Mothers need to know that some medicines have no effect on babies, but some can cause serious consequences such as vomiting, jaundice, and liver damage in babies. Therefore, mothers must be cautious when taking cold medicines, and tell their doctors that they are breastfeeding and not take medicines indiscriminately.

2. Lowest drug with highest efficacy

The more medicine you take, the more it remains in your body, causing the concentration of the medicine in your breast milk to increase. Therefore, breastfeeding mothers must take the least amount of medicine to achieve the greatest therapeutic effect, and it is best to take better medicine.

3. Do not interrupt breastfeeding at will

Mothers need to be aware that when the drug is ingested by the baby through breast milk, the content is generally relatively low, and the baby also has a certain resistance, so if the drug does not have strong side effects or the intake is not large, there is no need to stop breastfeeding.

4. Adjust feeding time after taking medication

If you really need to take medicine for a cold during breastfeeding, please take the medicine immediately after feeding your baby and postpone the next feeding time. You can feed your baby something else during this period to reduce the impact of the medicine on the baby.