Smoking during lactation: what are the risks?

Smoking is detrimental to breastfeeding it?

If you were unable to stop smoking and that you took when you decided to breastfeed, what risks you expose your baby? If you smoke occasionally and reasonable, the risks are reduced, but if you smoke so much it hurts the quality of your milk. In this case, breastfeeding is prohibited to avoid poisoning your baby. Moreover, it has been shown that smoking reduces the levels of hormones trigger the production of milk prolactin. Similarly, smoking decreases the milk ejection reflex: it then flows more slowly. Also, the consequences may be developmentally delayed child, sucking it less and less efficiently.

Smoking while breastfeeding, how?

If you smoke (reasonably) and want to continue breastfeeding, you should absolutely follow these basic guidelines: an insignificant consumption of tobacco, be sure to smoke away from baby, do not smell the smoke as you approach Baby, etc..

Smoking around baby and if I stopped?



If you have not already done so, why not quit? Your child is it not a sufficient reason to stop smoking? While this may not be obvious, let alone a few weeks and months after childbirth but why not try to stop gradually. However, do not try to stop smoking if it has harmful side effects like nervousness, stress, etc.. Also, if you can not stop smoking, go for responsible behavior. Should be preferred to smoke after breastfeeding, do not feed the baby at least two hours before he smoked a cigarette (hence all the interest not to smoke too frequently!). And especially, preferably smoke outside so as not to unnecessarily pollute indoor air at the risk of your baby a passive smoker.

Breastfed baby by a smoker is at risk?

But if I smoke reasonably, baby may he have problems? If you followed the recommendations of some common sense, you can smoke while trying to interfere as little as possible your baby. But in terms of your milk? In fact, baby will not present a particular disorder or developmental neurological disorder. But, fueled by a bit of nicotine that is found in the composition of your milk, babies will be more fragile in the development of colic or various functional disorders. The more you smoke, the more you run unnecessary risks to your child.