can you still breast feed with bacterial menengitis? while being treated?
no. i would not recommended it since formula would be a safer alternative for the baby and reduce the risk of transferring a bacterial pathogen from the mother. there are ways to keep up the supply of breast milk (and discarding it) until the meningitis is cured and the blood/breast milk are safe again. if the mother has bacterial meningitis she is usually too ill to be caring for a baby. she is most likely going to be on intravenous antibiotics some of which are excreted in the breast milk and not safe for the baby.