Can you breastfeed after sterilizing your breasts with iodine?

You can’t breastfeed after taking iodophor to disinfect your breasts because young children’s intestines and stomachs are weak, and consuming it will easily irritate the gastrointestinal tract and lead to adverse reactions in young children. Povidone-iodine is mainly a disinfectant for external use, and oral administration is strictly prohibited. The application of povidone-iodine on the breasts can easily lead to accidental ingestion by young children. Because the gastrointestinal function of young children is still not well developed, it is more dangerous after accidental ingestion, and it is easy to play a corrosive effect on the esophagus and gastrointestinal mucosa of young children. Therefore, it is forbidden to breastfeed your toddler after applying povidone-iodine. In addition, it is not recommended to breastfeed your toddler in the near future, because iodophor may be absorbed by the chest and eventually enter the breast milk, so that your toddler will not experience any discomfort after consuming it. It is recommended that formula milk should be given to toddlers in the near future and breastfeeding should be avoided as much as possible, and then breastfeeding should be done again in about two weeks. If the breasts are sterilized with iodophor, they need to be wiped with saline in time, and breastfeeding should be carried out again at an interval of about one hour.