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.
Diazepam and its metabolites are highly bound to plasma proteins (diazepam 98%). Diazepam and its metabolites cross the blood-brain and placental barriers and are also found in breast milk in concentrations approximately one tenth of those in maternal plasma (days 3 to 9 post-partum).