Cold while breastfeeding

So I may be wrong but my doula told me that your breast milk will give Him antibodies for whatever you’re fighting I would avoid breathing in his direction. My daughter was sick and the doctor told me skin to skin, and as crazy as this sounds she was super Congested and had a cough I tried an old wives tale which is to put onions or garlic (not directly on) the feet while they sleep and I feel like it accelerated my daughters healing. My husband brought home a cough 2 weeks ago he’s still fighting it and so am I but my daughter is clearing it faster than both of us ! It’s worth a try I promise !

Hope he feels better soon!

whenever i have a cold i make sure to wash my hands before i breastfeed. pretty much just keep washing my hands whenever i’m near her face 😅 out of all the times i gotten sick this year my daughter never caught my colds hAHA

@Lauren it’s only me that’s currently sick though, he hasn’t gotten it or anything yet. But since he wants me to hold him constantly and be touching him, I’m worried at some point he’s gonna get it. Do I try the onion for myself or is that just babies?

@len well that’s good! I’d 100% rather be sick than him, I just don’t want to pass it to him. But I’ll keep making sure I wash and stay outta his face.

I hope you feel better soon, some decongestants, like Lemsip and Sudafed, can negatively impact your supply xx

@Alicia jumping on this but yes try the onion yourself too! my mum used to put half an onion next to our beds when we where poorly and it would literally pull the colds out of us, the difference in when she did and didn't do it was mental and i still do it now. Also may sound weird but the baby calpol vapour plug works for adults too, both me and baby where very snotty and congested a few weeks ago, plugged that in, both of us woke up so much less congested the next morning! xx

@Abby thanks girl! I’ll get an onion tomorrow and be trying that. I have a humidifier that I’ll deep clean too and use. Hopefully that’ll also work. Baby boy has sounded a little congested but only when he woke up this morning. I’m thinking with the heater on, it’s getting too dry in my room, need some moisture in here.

If you’re super worried, you can always wear a mask while feeding, that’s what I did when I had a cold recently.

Your body will give the baby antibodies so the baby shouldn’t get sick from it! Mamas bodies are amazing!🤩, also try an onion on your heel and oregano oil!!! Oregano is good for healing internally! Goodluck mama!

Your breast milk will give him the necessarily antibodies to fight whatever you may have. I ve been sick several times and my baby never got anything from me. Our bodies are incredible engine.