Smoke during lactation

Probably sounds at least strange, if not sacrilegious - it is long established that smoking harms not only the fetus during pregnancy, but the baby during breastfeeding. But whether it is strongly urging mothers to stop smoking, nepastūmėjame they refuse ... Breast-feeding? Mothers of breast-feeding mišinukais replace the cigarettes, the other, in a spirit of great conscience graužatį, breast and fog .. Facts and helpful tips on the subject share the PI Breast Center on Zivile Baltrušaitienė.

Naked facts

Female smokers intend to breast-feed less often, and start feeding their infants are breast-feeding for less than non-smokers. Smoking mothers milk fat content is lower, their milk contains nicotine. Rukan mother harms the child spreading his environment of cigarette smoke - the baby inspired a large quantity of carbon dioxide, increase allergies and respiratory diseases. Studies have shown that maternal smoking is 20-35 percent. increases the child's respiratory diseases. Rūkančioms mothers are more common in breast abscesses (bulbs) and the milk duct inflammation.

However, despite these facts, studies show that the reasons why smokers mothers suckled their babies or are breast-feeding them briefly, is psychological rather than physiological. Some female smokers may breast-feed during lactation and long, as if denying smoking influence milk production. It has been shown that smoking adversely affects "milk run" reflex and decreases prolactin levels. But was it really the only way out is smoking mothers to stop breast-feeding?

Is it possible to reconcile?

Maybe sounds paradoxical, however, expert opinion, in most cases, infant is in their interests and Rukan ZINDANI mother than Rukan and nežindanti. This is because smoking is often not so detrimental to the nicotine content of the milk as a baby's inhalation of cigarette smoke. It is not surprising that a baby whose mother smoking and it is powered by a formula, are more vulnerable than those who received breast milk protection. Of course, you should keep in mind certain rules and clearly determine what is still more important - smoking or puppy's health. If klaustume, or is it better to smoke during breast-feeding or not, the answer is unambiguous - better not to smoke. However, if klaustume, or to stop breast-feeding for the sole reason that we can not stop smoking, the answer can not be unambiguous.

If you can not resist the habits ...

Harm both the mother and child is evident and proven. However, we agree that, although many mothers know this, not everyone is able to resist the behavior. And it does not matter - hide it or not. In this case, it is essential to know how to reduce this damage - if not for themselves, then at least our babies.

In particular, it should be noted, that never ought not to smoke in the room where the baby. Rukan mother should refrain from smoking before breast-feeding - better immediately after the power supply. It is also important surūkomų cigarette volume - if you smoke cigarettes more than 8 per day, you might want to think about the reduction or cessation of breast-feeding. Rukan and ZINDANI mother should focus more on your diet and consume twice the vitamin C content.

Research shows that mothers who stopped smoking during pregnancy and used the patch or chewing gum to help giving up smoking, did not interfere with their babies, because nicotine content of these instruments is about one-third of the normal quantity of cigarettes. However, an important condition for using the nicotine patch or gum is that the mother must not smoke at the same time - thus dangerously increase nicotine content.

It is interesting

Recent research shows that children of mothers who smoke more likely to have fertility problems than non-smokers. Theory to justify the number of mice in laboratory studies, they toxin injection, similar to those in the human body within the cigarette smoke. These female offspring of mice after onset of fertility problems due to changed activity of ovarian and male descendants to spend less time in ejaculation of semen, which may also affect their ability to fertilize. The highest risk of offspring smoking occurs when the mother smoke during pregnancy. However, scientists noticed that the smoke contained toxins affects the fruit, even in the earliest stages of pregnancy, until the future mother of the suspect yet changed its position.

Nursing mothers should avoid drugs such as cocaine or marijuana. Cocaine is excreted in breast milk at 6 hours after administration, and nursing infants may cause intoxication. THC - the active component of marijuana, and accumulate in breast milk will keep for more than one day after administration and is found in children's urine and faeces. Abuse of these and other drugs violates his mother's ability to take care of your baby.