Echinacea and BFing ... would it make milk taste ick for bub?

[AndiE]

So my question is kind of explained in the title ... if I took some echinacea (trying to ward off getting DS2's snotfest), would the icky taste transfer through to my breast milk and potentially cause DS3 to not want to BF??

Has anyone taken echinacea while BFing and had any problems?

A sales assistant at a pharmacy seemed to think it would make my milk taste yuck, but I'm not so sure. I drink a bit of milo, and I don't imagine that makes my milk taste milo-ey or malt-ey

[OceanPrincess]

Interesting question. It seems echinacea is safe to take while breastfeeding, but as for the taste of your milk, don't know! We all know that things you ingest can affect the taste of your milk, anecdotally anyway, but hmm don't know how "ick" it'd be!

You could always try it and see if bubs is happy or not?

Not very helpful sorry!

[njon2]

Ive been taking echinacea for over a month now for the same reason and my daughter hasn't changed her feeding habits at all. 15 months and still feeding ever few hours :-)