How to safe breastfeeding as a covid positive mother?

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2. How to safe breastfeeding as a covid positive mother? • Covid-19 has turned out to be a life-threatening pandemic.  • Always call a doctor if you are suffering from any of the symptoms like :- • Fever • Cough • Trouble breathing • Sore throat or runny nose • Chills • Muscle pain • Headache • Nausea • Tiredness

3. There are a lot of question arises when we talk about covid-19, one of the question is about newborn babies can we feed our new born babies while the mother is covid positive.

4. YES, Research proved that breastfeeding for a newborn is not harmful as the human breast milk does not contain any infection of covid-19. As it is community spread disease it can be transmitted from droplet infection direct contact should be avoided as the droplets while sneezing coughing can infect the baby is the immune system of the child is weak at the early stages mothers breast milk is the only  way to improve overall health and immune system of the baby. Breastfeeding is particularly effective against the infectious diseases because it directly strengthens the immune system of the newborn by transferring the antibodies from the mother. Breastfeeding improve the survival and provide life long health to newborns and infants breastfeeding also improves the health of mother.Breastfeeding decreases the neonatal mortality child mortality and infant mortality. But the chances of spread can be increased if proper precautions are not taken while breastfeeding by the mother which can lead the child to suffer. Some of the precautionary measures that could be taken while breastfeeding are.

5. Precautions taken while breastfeeding:- • Try to limit face-to-face contact from the baby • Maintain hygiene wash your hands thoroughly through water or soap for 20 second • Always wear a medical mask while breastfeeding if not available cover your mouth with a double layered cloth • Damped, dirty mask should not be used • After breastfeeding try to keep the baby 2 metres away from the suspected mother • Use of a shield or a wiser while caring the baby • Always cover the mouth when you are sneezing or coughing • Regularly clean and disinfect the surfaces mother and baby are sitting on 

6. Normal skin to skin breastfeeding is also important just after the birth is it improves the thermal regulation and other psychological outcomes well If the mother is suspected from covid-19 she should always wash the breast with warm water and soap before feeding the child.

7. What if mother is not available for breastfeeding or is admitted to ICU – • some of the alternatives are:- • Expressed Breastmilk hand expression or  using a pump • donor human milk • wet nursing other person breastfeed child All the above precautions and measures to be taken if the mother is symptomatic as soon as mother get asymptomatic or through the 14 days of the infection  normal breastfeeding is advised. If are you looking the best screening in pregnancy hospital in chandigarh, so visit at Chaitanya hospital. Chaitanya hospital is one of the best Baby delivery hospital and provides Baby dr in chandigarh. Visit for more information https://chaitanyahospital.org/ For any queries :-https://chaitanyahospital.org/contact-us/

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