How to treat a coughing nursing mom

Cough during lactation: what you need to know

Protective forces of the maternal organismwhen breastfed very often weakened. A woman can easily catch a cold or become a victim of more serious diseases. Cough - the main symptom of acute respiratory disease, ARVI, bronchitis, pneumonia, allergies. What to do in order not to infect the baby? First of all, do not panic and wean the baby from the breast at the first sign of a cold.

Deprivation of a baby of invaluable time,spent with her mother alone during feeding, will make the child moody and restless. Moreover, a sharp transition to an artificial mixture will do him more harm than close communication with a mother who has a cough and runny nose. By the way, there is an opinion that the milk of a lactating mother can be ... boiled and then given to the baby. This is absurd! Boiling will not only destroy the causative agent of the disease, but will also turn a valuable natural product into a "dummy", depriving it of all useful and antimicrobial properties. The possibilities of modern medicine make it possible to choose a sparing treatment for a woman who is breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding during a cold not onlyyou can, but you need to continue! The main precaution is the use of a gauze dressing not only for feeding, but for any close contact with the baby. Milk of a sick mother is the best preventive medicine and medicine for her child. During a cold in the body of a nursing woman, protective antibodies are developed, which, transmitted through milk to the baby, provide him with natural immunization.

How to choose a remedy for coughing during breastfeeding

Reaction to the slightest change in healtha nursing mother should be prompt. If the problem is left to chance, a banal cough can be transformed into much more dangerous diseases, for example, in unilateral pneumonia. A good cough remedy for nursing mother will help to choose a doctor. What means should I prefer?

Folk remedies for cough during lactation

Recipes of traditional medicine are good not only because they are practically free, in comparison with official medicine. Their main advantage is in naturalness and safety for mom and her baby.

1. 
   You can resist a strong cough by taking milk with the addition of alkaline mineral water. A hot drink is gradually drunk during the day.


2. 
   A hoarse cough will soften the milk in which the figs are cooked.


3. 
   An unproductive (dry) cough neutralizes such a remedy: in the onion, onions are cooked, then a small portion of honey is added to the broth. The medicine is drunk three times a day.


4. 
   When you cough, you need to drink a lot. It can be berry smoothies, broth from the hips, hot boiled water with the addition of 2-3 spoons of black currant jam.

We go for the medicine to the pharmacy

Manufacturers of medicines have taken care of breastfeeding mothers too-many cough supplements are on sale that do not prevent the baby from breastfeeding. Let's get acquainted with the most popular of them:

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   Ambroxol (analog Lazolvan, Ambrobene, Bronchostop) - successfully copes with dilution of sputum;


2. 
   Propane is an ivy-based remedy. Has a powerful bronchospasmolytic and anti-inflammatory effect. Take 10 drops to 5 times a day;


3. 
   Herbion (plantain syrup) - good with dry, unproductive cough. Drink 5 ml 3 times a day;


4. 
   Pertussin - 1 dessert spoon 3 times a day;


5. 
   All cough preparations, which include anise or licorice root.
   

   
   

   
   

It should be remembered that the treatment is not pursuedcough suppression, which is just a protective reaction of the body, and the elimination of its cause. The right choice for nursing mothers will help to make a competent specialist.