Other infections mom might come into contact with include rubella, chicken pox and the flu.
Not exact matches
Though antibiotics are the most common form of treatment for this
infection, there a couple of self - help methods
other moms have tried to help treat this
infection as well:
Besides the surgical incision, a
mom may experience pain,
infection, bleeding, or
other complications.
Recommended for all babies even if
mom is healthy and without chlamydia or gonorrhea because the vagina can contain various normal bacterial flora that can irritate baby's eyes and result in pink eye or
other eye
infections.
According to the La Leche League that a
mom should be healthy, well - nourished, taking no medication, ideally she would have an infant about the same age as the one she's going to be cross-nursing, she should be screened for tuberculosis, syphilis, hepatitis, herpes, HIV and
other infectious agents, she should not smoke, drink alcohol, consume large amounts of caffeinated beverages or artificially sweetened beverages, and her own infant should already be very healthy, gaining weight on a regular basis and free of all
infections.
Antibiotics kill off the bad bacteria but also kill good bacteria that keep yeast in check, and sometimes
moms and babies will pass this
infection back and forth to each
other through breastfeeding.