Question
Will my baby be okay now I stopped giving him water?
2 January 2018. Related: All topics, Children, Pregnancy.
My baby is 3 weeks 6 days, he is formula feeding and i just recently found out that i should not be giving him water when he is on nevirapine and i have stopped. What negative effects does this have on my son?
Answer
Hi
You are right that your baby doesn’t need water or any other foods – just the formula milk.
Now you have change to this it will be better.
Your son is likely to be fine now, but it is also good for your doctor and nurse to advise you on this.
Congratulations on your new son too.
Hi Lubanzi, congratulations on having a baby. Giving baby medication is not going to increase their risk of HIV. Often babies are given medication too early. Has baby been alright? Are you on treatment? and do you know your viral load?
My gal is 3mnths and negative. I’m breast feeding. I had no information on why not to give her to drink or eat. I gave her panado,muthi wenyoni,purity and nustum. It’s 3 weeks now. Reading dis I know I did wrong and has to stop. Is it too late to stop.. What will hpn to her now. Wild she get posite too. Plz help
Hi Gertrude, congratulations on having a baby. After 3 months, regardless if you are breastfeeding or formula feeding, there is no need to be giving baby nevirapine. After 3 months there is no longer a benefit to continue with the treatment. Though before stopping it would be advised to check with your doctor.
Hi my baby is 3 months and 2 weeks, he is taking nevirapine, so I want to stop breastfeeding switch to formula. So should I continue giving him nevirapine until when.
Hi Thandeka, I am sorry but I can’t give advice for the constipation because you need to talk to your doctor or nurse or clinic about this. In general, a baby only needs milk for the first six months. It in not usually adviced to give anything else, including water and juice.
I have a 1 month old whose on Nevirapine and he’s constipated. Will giving him water or prune juice effect him negatively?
Hi Gugulethu, thanks – and congratulations on your new baby. It is really good news that the first PCR was negative. Please dont worry about the one day of breastfeeding. Please enjoy this time with your baby, as it is really likely that your baby will not have HIV :)
Hi my baby is 14 weeks now.her first pcr results was negative and now im waiting for second pcr results.I was breastfeed for one day after birth and switched to formula on the second day.and i was never breastfeed again. And give nevarapine for 3 weeks. And my viraload was detected on 40.weeks.can my baby be transmitted?
Hi Nobuhle, are you on treatment? If you are and with a suppressed viral load it is common for nevirapine to only be given for 6 weeks. What is this other medication that you have found?
Good
I’m HIV positive a worried mother at hospital gave me nevirapine but when I’m going to the clinic for 6weeks didn’t have me a medicine it about 3weeks now today I decided to check on the internet I found out that there’s another medicine…I’m real woried that mybe my child is affected