https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 19:08:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586941 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:53:37 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2586941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just finished a course of dexamethazone &amp; didn't notice any problems with LO. We both also eat yogurt every day &amp; I have a probiotic in my daily vitamin, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586880 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:19:05 +0000 kes18 2586880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was allergic to that so I took cephalexins for mastitis at 3mo. Never noticed any difference in baby </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586841 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:21:08 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2586841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a penicillin based antibiotic a week after delivery for a c-section infection, 4 times a day. I already take probiotics and was told it might impact my newborn's tummy and poo. It did make her poo runnier I think, but other than that she was fine and I was off it after a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586835 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:14:25 +0000 LulaBee 2586835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took antibiotics with DD2 and gave her a probiotic as a precaution but her ped said such a small amount in bm that it shouldn't affect her much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586514 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:06:18 +0000 Alba4 2586514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took antibiotics for mastitis and it didn't affect my DS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586470 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 16:11:22 +0000 Foodnerd81 2586470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Iced Tea: we have powder probiotics from whole foods that I'm giving her now, plus I'm having yogurt every day. Hoping that's enough to avoid any real issues like thrush. </p> <p>So maybe she's not really affected by the mess at all and it's just everything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586466 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 16:02:17 +0000 PawPrints 2586466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took two courses of antibiotics for sinus infections this past winter and I didn't notice any effect on LO. The only way it sort of came back to bite me was when I got screened to donate my freezer stash to an organization that gives milk to preemie/NICU babies, I had to hold back all the milk I pumped during that time. (Since so many of those babies area already on antibiotics plus they're so tiny that you really wouldn't want to put any extra into them). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586462 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:51:51 +0000 Iced Tea 2586462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm taking it right now and still breastfeed my 16 month old regularly. It's been a few days and hasn't affected her yet. </p> <p>I am giving both of us Florastor, which is a probiotic that utilizes a healthy yeast, so it can't be killed by your antibiotic. It is a powder inside a capsule, which you can open and put into food. It can be used from the age of 2 months. </p> <p>My plan is to follow up with a round of powerful probiotics from Whole Foods after I finish the antibiotics. </p> <p>I took an antibiotic when she was about 3 months old also, and we got thrush. It was awful. I didn't know about the Florastor then and just took acidophilus. I'm hoping we can avoid thrush this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586450 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:25:43 +0000 avivoca 2586450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It didn't really affect her much, but I was on a once-a-day pill and nursed her right before I took it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/antibiotics-and-breastfeeding-2#post-2586448 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:23:42 +0000 Foodnerd81 2586448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finally decided to take amoxicillin for my never ending sinus infection- and they are working, hooray! I know they are safe for breastfeeding, but to expect some weird poop. Only thing is my 6 month old also just started solids so of course poop is already "weird". </p> <p>She's been extra fussy this week, but there is a lot going on- still teething, starting solids and getting a little backed up from that, and a developmental leap, since she is super close to full crawling. I'm giving her prunes and other P foods mostly, and mixing some probiotics in most days. </p> <p>So if you went in amoxicillin while breastfeeding, how did it affect your baby? I'm more just curious what effect it could behaving mixed in with everything else- I'm halfway through the course and needed them so no changing that. </p>