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Covid vaccine for lactating mothers
I am a lactating mother of a 3 months old baby. Shall I take covid vaccine or not. Earlier it was mentioned as nursing mothers should avoid the vaccine. what are the risks?
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Yes Mam you can take vaccination. Based on how these vaccines work in the body, COVID-19 vaccines are thought not to be a risk to lactating people or their breastfeeding babies. Therefore, lactating people can receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Recent reports have shown that breastfeeding people who have received COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have antibodies in their breastmilk, which could help protect their babies.
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It’s absolutely safe for lactating women .
The recent guidelines allow the use of covaxin and covishield for lactating woman .
However Pfizer and moderna have better study results in lactating women .
So, if you can get the latter , prefer them
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As per latest guidelines, you can take the vaccine
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According to the recent ICMR guidelines, vaccination of the lactating mother should be done.
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Dr. Dyuti Navadia
Gynecologist/Obstetrician
5 yrs exp
Pune
Recent guidelines says lactating mothers can take
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