can i take beechams stuff when bf?

[peskipixie]

feel awful, either v bad cold or flu. baby is 7 months. other kids doing my head in and im going to explode if this doesnt go away. what can i have??? brain too mushy to find anything under search

paracetomal

I don't think so as it has other things in. Best to ask pharmacist, I'm allowed lemsip or paracetomal.

Nothing in the first trimester apart for paracetamol. Think it's ok after that but I'd check first

thought so

thanks for replying

pixiefish she isn't pg, is bf.

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will tell you. what is in beechams?

sorry- the answer is deffo- NO then as the decongestant will dry your milk up

Maybe! More and more cold remedies now have phenylephrine instead of pseudoephedrine.

Phenylephrine doesn't have the risk of reducing your milk supply. I took Lemsip Cold& Flu when ds was 4 months with no side effects to him or me.

thats a relief, i had one this morning and it made a huge difference. thanks for the link i found the website on google this morning but it wouldnt let me get to that page, much happier now

That's good to know. I usually take Boots 'lemsip' - which is just paracetamol & vit C, but makes me feel better!