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Breastfeeding after covid vaccination
My child is 8.5 months old
He is still breastfeeding ..and is having 3- 4 meals a day
Can I breastfeed him immediately after vaccination or should I wait for few days before I breastfeed??
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Can feed better to stop feeding after six months. Take care
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You can breastfeed the baby
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Dr. Lakshmi Narayana Munirathi
Pediatrician
29 yrs exp
Hyderabad
There is nothing to stop breastfeed, only thing you need to Wear a mask while handling the baby and during breastfeed. Reason being vaccination sometimes unmasks the covid infection which was already there due to lowering of immune levels.
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Take all precautions of mask and social distance even though you are vaccinated as it does not prevent getting infection but decreases the severity of the disease
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Repeated hand washing before handling the baby is to be important.
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Dr. Laxmi Koppishetty
General Practitioner
8 yrs exp
Rajahmundry
You can continue breastfeeding
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Dr. Khushboo
General Physician
8 yrs exp
New Delhi
You can breastfeed. No issue with that . It’s safe
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