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.
Drugs do not enter the breast milk directly from the motherâs blood. It enters the milk indirectly through the mothersâ breast tissue. During the first two weeks postpartum, medications may reach their highest concentration in the milk.
Breast-feeding is contraindicated during treatment with alkylating agents, antimetabolite medications, anthracyclines, topoisomerase inhibitors, and mitotic inhibitors. Although the AID in milk is generally small, these agents are unusually potent and capable of causing serious, long-term toxicity.