1. A lactating mother wants to breastfeed but she has a short-term prescription
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1. A lactating mother wants to breastfeed but she has a short-term prescription for antibiotics that have been shown to cross into breast milk and that could affect her baby. What solution is most appropriate in this situation to protect the health of this mother and her baby?
a. Have the mother use a breast pump and discard the milk until the medication is complete.
b. Encourage the mother to take her medication with a large glass of water.
c. Tell the mother to discontinue breastfeeding until she has finished taking her medication.
d. Explain that the mother should discontinue taking the medication.
e. Have the mother continue to breastfeed and monitor for the medication’s effects on the baby.
Explanation / Answer
Dear,
In these options A is somehow right.
BUT AS MOST DOCTORS SUGGEST....
1.Feed the milk to baby and then take the dose of antibiotic,it will lessen the effect
2. Use or ask gyanocologist to give antibiotics which affect less on baby as they do not pass through plasma membrane into milk
3. Use bottle feeding method...sometimes when antibiotic is just taken...
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