Antipyretics for children are prescribed by a pediatrician. But there are emergency situations with fever when the child needs to be given medicine immediately. Then the parents take responsibility and use antipyretic drugs. What is allowed to be given to infants? How can you lower the temperature in older children? What medications are the safest?
The nervous system after childbirth becomes extremely vulnerable. In pursuit of calm, women are flocking to natural remedies. Many people have heard of tincture or extract of valerian, also known as valerian. Can women who are breastfeeding their children take the drug?
From this article you will learn:
Life after childbirth
After childbirth, there is an emotional struggle between the joy of having a baby and the fear of caring for a newborn. Added to this is the inability to perform household duties to the same extent, physical and mental exhaustion. All this, like a snowball, can lead to stress and depression. Nervous excitement requires calming.
Before you think about using medications, try the following:
- help from relatives;
- walks in pleasant places;
- relaxing music;
- warm shower or bath;
- pleasant massage;
- change of environment;
- receiving positive impressions.
Why use valerian when breastfeeding?
Paradoxically, insomnia occurs in nursing women who sleep little.
This sedative helps cope with nervous system disorders and mental stress. The medicine can provide a way out of depression. Supports hypertension and heart patients. Has an antispasmodic effect on the digestive and urinary systems. These problems sometimes await women after childbirth.
Most often, valerian is used in the first months after childbirth. The calming effect accumulates gradually and lasts for a long time. Provides a soft effect. It is gratifying that the drug does not cause dependence on it.
Does not interact with other medications. Dispensed from pharmacies without a prescription. First, you should try other methods of normalizing the mental state, since the effect of the remedy also extends to the child.
Risks and side effects
How to weigh the benefits of a medicine and the possible harm? Let's look at the negative impacts.
- allergy;
- stupor;
- nervous overexcitation;
- increased intracranial pressure;
- memory impairment;
- stimulation of the baby’s central nervous system instead of calm;
- lethargy and passivity of the child when feeding.
For example, when soon after treatment a child’s skin irritates, feelings of guilt may be added to the existing depression.
Continuous use of sedatives harms the body, regardless of whether you are breastfeeding or not. The nervous system is depressed, fatigue with headaches and nausea appears. Performance decreases. Is this the state a mother should be in when taking care of her baby?
If you drink valerian very often, your concentration will drop significantly. And watching a child is an integral part of motherhood. You should not drive a car with the help of the drug. Despite the list of side effects, valerian is considered the safest sedative during breastfeeding.
