Caffeine is not only contained in coffee but also in other beverages such as tea and chocolate. Actually consume caffeine for breastfeeding mothers is relatively safe as long as the boundary that is not excessive considering that everything that is consumed by breastfeeding mothers will affect the baby through breast milk. A study revealed that the limit of caffeine is safe for breastfeeding mothers is 95 milligrams per day, equivalent to one cup of coffee beverages. Some literature states that consume large amounts of caffeine will affect the breast milk.
The effect of caffeine is bad for the baby would be more apt to occur in infants aged under 6 months of age, because they have not been able to ingest caffeine. Also in babies born prematurely and infants born with heart disease. Effect of caffeine directly on the milk production is still debated by many. A study showed that caffeine is contained in milk will accumulate in the digestive baby while your baby has not been able to digest it properly, as a result the baby becomes fussy due to irritation of the digestive and because it is difficult to sleep.
Other researchers expressed similar things that the influence of caffeine found in breast milk of breastfeeding mothers. As explained above the baby becomes fussy and rarely suckle. One of the factors that influence the production of breast milk is often a baby sucking mother's breast, the baby is a lot of sucking the milk glands will be more stimulated to produce milk. So if the baby will suckle infrequently result in a decrease in the amount of breast milk produced by the breast glands.
Levels of caffeine in breast milk reaches its highest level at 60 minutes after the mother's taking it. And if the mother feeding the baby at the time the baby will absorb the milk with more caffeine content. In 1994 sebuat research found a decrease in calcium in the breast milk of mothers who consumed three cups of coffee per day, equivalent to 285 milligrams of caffeine. The composition of calcium in their breast milk 3 times lower than breastfeeding mothers who do not consume caffeine. These events occur because caffeine is inhibiting the absorption of calcium by the body, so women who breastfeed have less supply of calcium that can be transmitted to infants through breast milk.
Observations have also been carried out by researchers who suspect the influence of caffeine on the decrease in hemoglobin and hematocrit levels in the blood of infants who suckle at the mother's coffee drinkers. Conditions of decreased levels of hemoglobin and hematocrit in the blood cause a baby suffering from anemia. This is reinforced by the many cases of anemia in countries whose inhabitants consume lots of coffee. In addition, a counseling agency for breastfeeding mothers in America released data that mothers who breastfeed infants coffee drinkers often complain of poor conditions such as infant colic, restlessness and difficulty sleeping.
Based on a lot of influence of caffeine on breast milk then you should always avoid taking it for the health of your child. Do not feel safe when breast-feeding mothers drank only one cup of coffee in one day, because it could be the caffeine content in the body will be doubled if the mother is also drinking tea, eating chocolate, drinking soda, and eating ice cream on the same day.
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