Minimise antibiotic in breast milk

[Tomsslave]

Hi,

I'm new to this discussion board but have been avidly reading your words of wisdom for the past few months. I have a ds who is 14 weeks old. Stupidly today I managed to scratch a spot and gives myself an infected arm so the doctor has prescribed me an antibiotic. Apparently this is safe to use while breastfeeding but a small amount does enter the breastmilk. Is there anyway to minimise this, such as taking the antibiotic straight after feeding? would this allow my body to expel as much of the antibiotic as possible before feeding? or does the antibiotic stay there once its in the breastmilk? Would I be better to switch to formula and throw out expressed breastmilk while I'm on the antibiotics?

Your thoughts would be very much appreciated. I am a first time Mum and finding all these decisions difficult to make?

Just feed the baby as normal. Really. I had mastitis and took abs for it and just fed absolutely as normal. No problems.

and, you need to take antibiotics at regular intervals (so if they say three times a day, it means every 8 hours, not a random 3 times),so if you do take a dose straight after feeding, then the next dose may coincide with a feed. Honestly, babies with infections will get a bigger dose of antibiotic prescribed that your baby will get through the milk. Relax. Don't switch to formula, breastfeeding is far better for your baby.

Thank you for your reassurances . I try not to be an intense first time Mum but sometimes I fail badly!!

Now I just have to work out home many times 4 divides into 24 - honestly I used to be a high flying career accountant who could do huge sums in my head in a manner of seconds - now I can't even add 2 and 2 together!!