Can you breastfeed if you have a cold while breastfeeding?

Whether or not you can breastfeed during breastfeeding a cold needs to be determined according to different situations. If the symptoms are mild and you are not taking medication, you can continue to breastfeed; if the symptoms are severe and you are taking medication, you should not breastfeed. 1, breastfeeding after a cold, if the symptoms are mild and did not take drugs, you can continue to breastfeed After the baby is born, with a certain degree of resistance, although the mother can continue to breastfeed despite the cold. In addition, before the emergence of symptoms, the mother can not tell whether she has a cold, at this time may have been through daily contact with pathogens spread to the baby, stop breastfeeding can not change the fact that the child has been infected with a cold, at this time to insist on breastfeeding, on the contrary, the baby from the breast milk to obtain more resistance to disease, enhance immunity. 2, breastfeeding after a cold, if the symptoms are more serious and have been taking drugs, it is not appropriate to continue breastfeeding After a cold, the symptoms are more serious should be timely to the hospital in the whooping medicine, follow the doctor’s instructions to take medication, depending on the circumstances of the suspension of breastfeeding, to read the instructions to avoid taking the medication through the breast milk on the baby to have an adverse effect. In addition, attention should be paid to suck out breastmilk in time during the cessation of feeding to ensure the normal secretion of breastmilk and prevent weaning. Mothers should rest more, drink more water, eat a light diet, appropriate exercise, maintain a happy mood, pay attention to hygiene and wash hands diligently to reduce contact with the baby, breastfeeding can wear a mask to avoid sneezing pathogens spread to the baby.