Breastfeeding

One of the biggest concerns of women who have just become mothers has to do with the rise in milk after childbirth. When and how it will occur, if it hurts or not and how to make the best of this moment of breastfeeding.

Every time we are getting to know a little more how the coronavirus behaves, which came to revolutionize our lives so much, and also childbirth. Given the possibility that the virus could affect the newborn, at first it was recommended to separate them at birth if the mother was infected, and they could only see them through video calls, although some hospitals did allow contact in their protocols, except in severe cases . This, without a doubt, is what caused the most anguish for women who were going to give birth.

Many of us cannot resist the tender expressions that babies have: when they smile, when they look into our eyes, when they are learning to take their first steps, when we hear their first babbling ...

Breast milk is the best food we can offer our baby and helps protect him and reduce the risk of certain diseases. But the benefits of breastfeeding are not only for the baby, but also for the mother.

In recent weeks there is no talk of anything else and little by little we are getting more information about the new coronavirus (COVID-19). However, what we know about infection in children is still scarce, and even more what happens during pregnancy and how it can affect newborns.

There are many doubts that arise around the new coronavirus (COVID-19). We have already talked about how the coronavirus affects babies and children, in whom fortunately the infection is mild, what happens in pregnancy, and another question that we want to clear is related to breastfeeding. What happens if a mom is infected with coronavirus and breastfeeds her baby? Is there a risk of transmission?

There is no doubt that breast milk is the best food a newborn can receive for at least the first six months of life; However, breastfeeding is often not easy and we often experience ups and downs. Some of the especially difficult moments that can end in weaning due to ignorance are outbreaks or growth crises. And that is why I usually comment on it in the consultation in some of the first visits of the newborn.

From time to time, we may read up-to-date recommendations from health professionals about caring for babies. Thanks to advances in science and dozens of scientific studies that are frequently conducted, we can discover what is best for them.