I am having a some mild oral surgery and the surgeon recommended I wait 2 days to breast feed. I called the pedi and they recommended 24hours and my gyno said i could breast feed pretty much immediately since I will only be under for 45 minutes and that wasnt enough time to reach the breast milk. Wondering if anyone else has had general anesthesia and how long you waited to breast feed. My son is 13 months and he doesnt nurse too often. I am just worried about that night because he loves to nurse all night:) I also read on Kellymom that it is fine to nurse as soon as I am fully awake.
You can breastfeed the moment you're able to handle the baby. General anesthesia does NOT remain in the body...you'd still be asleep if it did!
Been there done that. No issues.
Wasnt necessary. The only reason a mom would pump and dump would be for cancer treatments or iodine or radioactive meds. :)
OP. I got cha in my MMM group. Same as gdiamante.....nurse as soon as you can hold your baby safely.
Quoting mommy_2_Hayden:
I'm pretty sure it depends on the meds they give you. I waited 12 hours and my surgery took 45 minutes. I pumped and dumped.
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They had me under general for over 2 hours when I had my daughter. As soon as I woke up and had her we were nursing. I wouldn't bother with waiting at all.
Yep :D
I have been to the dentist MANY times when Nicolai was a newborn and it didnt affect him at all :)
Quoting gdiamante:
You can breastfeed the moment you're able to handle the baby. General anesthesia does NOT remain in the body...you'd still be asleep if it did!
Been there done that. No issues.
If they're using the standard drugs, you're fine. There's only a possible issue if they're using something novel to knock you out. Ask what drug they're using, check that it's safe, and you're good to go. Especially since your LO is older.
This is probably just classic "I know nothing about breastfeeding or the passage of drugs through breastmilk, so I'm going to give mom bad advice instead of doing the research pertinent to my chosen career in healthcare."
In ER with baby
- chays
on Feb. 8, 2010 at 4:31 PM