It can however affect the baby youre pregnant with if your body gets dehydrated and you dont take proper care of yourself to get re-hydrated 2. However different viruses may cause people to feel sick for different lengths of time.
Norovirus is less common in babies who are exclusively breastfed and your milk will help them avoid developing unpleasant symptoms.
Stomach virus and breastfeeding. In fact as with other conditions your baby may actually gain. Stomach flu typically does not last for a long period. Yesterday I pumped every four hours instead of nursing but today I have been nursing on demand except right now my mom is giving him a bottle of expressed milk.
See active discussions on Breastfeeding Stomach flu and milk supply. If mom has food poisoning breastfeeding should continue. The most common way to develop viral gastroenteritis often called stomach flu is through contact with an infected person or by ingesting contaminated food or water.
As long as the symptoms are confined to the gastrointestinal tract vomiting diarrhea stomach cramps breastfeeding should continue without interruption as there is no risk to the baby. So I have a stomach flu and am EBF my little one. However I am on day 2 of a nasty stomach flu nausea vomiting diarrhea and I am not making enough to feed him.
Breastfeeding can continue with food poisoning if a mother is only vomiting andor has diarrhea and stomach cramps. Its safe to continue breastfeeding even if youre suffering from the symptoms of a stomach virus such as diarrhea or vomiting. If youre otherwise healthy youll likely recover without complications.
Rather than having to get up and make bottle after bottle of formula when you are sick and run-down you can relax and breastfeed your baby. Stomach flu or gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract. Any water I drink comes right back up.
Natural part will be covering things we can try to cure upset stomach while breastfeeding with foods and fluids. Im super scared shes going to get it. Breastfeeding when you have the stomach flu has other advantages.
Is she going to be okay. As Clysta says it passes on your antibodies to Liam and is his best defense against getting the virus himself. I work in early childhood education and when children in my classroom get sick I worry about my own health and about breastfeeding while sick.
Stomach flu and breastfeeding. To answer this we have two approaches that we can choose from. I have a 4 month old son that I am still breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding with stomach flu cannot harm your baby in any way. I know to continue feeding him but I cant keep anything down. I just came down with a really nasty stomach bug.
Nola0805 Oct 14 2010. I am throwing up every half hour to an hour. Breastfeeding While Sick With The Stomach Flu Photo Credit.
In babies and young children the biggest concern is dehydration. While nausea vomiting and diarrhea are uncomfortable symptoms at best stomach viruses cannot be passed through breast milk. The main symptoms of the stomach flu are vomiting and diarrhea and both can cause the baby to lose fluids faster than her body can replenish them.
Unnatural part will be covering things we can use to cure diarrhea or an upset stomach with medicines or relatables. This is the case with most occurences of food poisoning. If your baby toddler or young child has gastroenteritis she may have diarrhea vomiting abdominal pain fever chills and achiness.
The fluids lost through vomiting and diarrhea need to be replaced and thats why sick babies need lots of fluids. A stomach flu cannot directly transmit to the baby youre pregnant with nor will it directly affect them in any way. 1 Stomach flu is a term which is used frequently but it is not the correct term.
But for infants older adults and people with compromised immune systems viral gastroenteritis can. Any tips or ideas. Continuing formula feeding or breastfeeding the.
Breastfeeding while sick with the stomach flu is not only doable but most likely protected him. It is usually a case of Norovirus or Gastroenteritis. Just be sure to wash your hands frequently avoid sharing eating utensils and take steps to avoid spreading germs to your baby.
Gastroenteritis stomach virus or stomach flu. Her symptoms may be mild or severe and they may last for just a few hours or for days depending on the cause. My mother always told me the quickest way to get rid of the stomach flu is to not put anything in my stomach for 12 hours.
You should definitely keep breastfeeding. If you are breastfeeding while sick make sure to thoroughly. If the toxins have passed into a mothers bloodstream she might need to be hospitalized and probably wont feel up to breastfeeding anyway.
You could breastfeed or pump and feed him a bottle - either is fine. You even can breastfeed in the side-lying position.
