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Chicken pox in breastfeeding
Hi , my baby is 16 days old and on breast feeding. I have got chicken pox . Can i still breastfeed him?
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You can give Expressed Breast milk to the baby via spoon feeds by some other person
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Dr. Aditi Birje
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Yes chicken pox is not a contraindication for breast feeding. You can express breast milk and ask some relative to give it via wati spoon feeding. Thank you
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