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Covid Vaccine and Breastfeeding
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine has recommended that healthcare workers who are pregnant or breastfeeding who are at high risk of contracting COVID-19 receive the vaccine. Although there is limited evidence to date to show whether this occurs in the case of COVID-19, antibody studies on other respiratory diseases have found that infant protection is likely.
COVID-19 and Its Effect on Breastfeeding
Mothers are being discharged earlier from maternity wards, hospital guests are restricted from visiting, there has been a decrease in access to lactation support services, and an increase in the use of milk substitutes for newborn babies. Earlier discharge also means that mothers are more likely to experience breastfeeding issues at home.
COVID-19 and its effects on breastmilk
COVID-19 positive mothers rarely infect their newborn babies with the virus, and if they do, babies are seldom symptomatic. Mothers with COVID-19 who breastfeed their babies transmit beneficial antibodies that serve to protect the baby from the virus. (3 min read)