NHS Advice for Breastfeeding Women to Continue during pandemic

[venetianred]

Hello

While looking into the vaccine a month ago, I came across an NHS recommendation that breastfeeding women to continue feeding through the pandemic - I presume they feel that the extra bit of immunity supplied through mummy's milk is worth it.

Now I am looking for it to show my partner and I cannot find it anywhere.

Does anyone know where it is 'hiding' and can send me a link?

Many thanks.

Sorry - bad grammar - I meant 'an NHS recommendation for breastfeeding women to continue feeding

Do you mean in relation to the mum having been vaccinated..?

No - they recommended to continue breastfeeding during the pandemic, completely irrespective of vaccines. I just can't find it anymore.

Is somebody suggesting that a pandemic means you stop bfing?

why do you need this? of course you would continue. is someone saying not to?

I was going to link to some info on BFing after vaccination of the mum; but maybe you mean if the mum has had SF?

Otherwise it's a no-brainer.

Musukebba - could you do that link anyway? I'd be interested to see it.

Yep sure: it's the Green Book* chapter on swine flu. See bottom of page 12; although it's not very lengthy:

*The DoH publication for immunizing against infectious disease.

thanks

It has nothing to do with vaccinations. I read on an NHS website that they recommended continuing to breastfeed during a pandemic. It may be a no brainer to us women, but to our menfolk who are desperate for us to stop, they may believe it is not going to make a lot of difference. Do you see what I mean, hence why I wanted to forward the paragraph that recommends continuing.

You mean he wants you to stop, but you want to show him that stopping in the middle of a pandemic would be foolish?

Or he thinks that you should stop because of the pandemic?

I originally wanted to stop around 6 months but wondered what the official line was on how much help breastfeeding might be during a pandemic. I found the NHS advice to continue and decided to carry on for a few months longer. He desperately hates it and would love me to stop and I just wanted to show him the advice so he could see I wasn't exaggerating the importance.

I am not keen to give my 7month old the vaccine and think that continuing for a few months more is a help, as if either of us get it, the other one almost certainly would, and then I could pass on the immunity I develop through breastfeeding, or at least take the edge off it.

Keep feeding as long as you want to. It's feck all to do with him.

But yes, it will help with babies immunity.
Here's official advice.

That is the advice to continue breastfeeding while you are sick or when getting vaccination (or Tamiflu).

I meant the general NHS advice about the benefit of breastfeeding through the pandemic as a healthy person not getting the vaccination. It is somewhere in there, I just can't find it!

That's all I could find.

here?

sorry

I've found it. It wasn't on NHS website, but on the NCT website here

Essentially:
If you were considering stopping breastfeeding, you can provide some protection by continuing until the risk of infection is over.

If you are still breastfeeding or can breastfeed, even an older baby or child may welcome a return to breastfeeding and will benefit from an increased frequency of breastfeeds.

Good job venetianred. Good to have a link to that.