Hedges against a white fence. noun. The definition of a hedge is a boundary or fence formed by closely planted bushes or trees. An example of hedge is a line of bushes planted close together creating a border. Hedge is defined as something you do to minimize loss.
Almost without exception, as the level of the medication in the mother's plasma begins its rise, the concentration in milk begins its rise as well. Drugs both enter milk, and in most cases, exit milk as a function of the mother's plasma level.
Clindamycin passes through breast milk. There has been a report of bloody stools in a newborn whose mother was taking clindamycin and gentamicin (another antibiotic) by IV. The baby improved rapidly once breastfeeding was stopped.