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Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« on: November 12, 2011, 15:51:47 pm »
Am down with a tummy bug and can not eat much. Does anyone know how this can impact my milk supply & quality ????
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Re: Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2011, 19:13:32 pm »
It may affect it, but I don't remember it making a big difference when I had a tummy bug. Keep your fluids up and try to rest. Hugs :-*
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Re: Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2011, 20:09:29 pm »
Agree with pp, just make sure you're well hydrated.
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Re: Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2011, 20:16:30 pm »
Absolutely drink a lot and keep keep feeding, I felt my supply dwindling when I had a tummy bug and I had to encourage LO to keep sucking to keep my supply up xx
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Re: Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2011, 21:00:23 pm »
Fluids fluids fluids as pps said

And have some hugs from me - I can imagine that's no fun at all >:(
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Re: Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2011, 21:03:26 pm »
Thank you everyone!
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Re: Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2011, 04:31:29 am »
Hope you're feeling better!  Definitely keep those fluids up!
Here's a link to a post I made a few months back when I was in the same position -- one of the wonderful ladies here posted a recipe for oral rehydration solution if you're interested
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=210608.0
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Re: Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2011, 17:11:35 pm »
Much better, thank you! My LO seems to have gotten the milk she needs although last night I think the supply was very low as she cried on the breast. Now back to normal I hope!
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Re: Help! Breastfeeding while down with diarrhea and vomiting
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2011, 18:02:29 pm »
Glad you are feeling better and that your supply was okay :)
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