Nutrition While Breastfeeding
Many mothers wonder about nutrition while breastfeeding. What is safe to eat or not to eat while breastfeeding? Nutrition, as we all know, is important, especially while your body is feeding another person! In the articles in this section, we will discuss how much water should a breastfeeding mother drink per day, tips for remembering to stay hydrated, food and drink to avoid while breastfeeding, why eating enough should be your goal and not losing weight, understanding “healthy calories”, medicines while breastfeeding, and how what you eat affects your breast milk.
Check out the articles below to learn more!
How Much Water Should A Breastfeeding Mother Drink?
Dehydration is very common among American adults. Breastfeeding mothers should take great care to drink plenty of water while nursing their baby. How much is enough? How do you know if your baby is dehydrated? Click below to learn the answers to these questions!
What’s OK and Not OK To Eat And Drink While Breastfeeding?
This is such a common question among breastfeeding mothers. If you are worried about what you put in your mouth hurting your baby in some way, then check out this article! It will lay everything out clearly for you. You leave feeling confident in what you can and cannot eat. Also, you will understand the difference between foods that are “likely” to make your baby colicky or dislike your breastmilk, and foods that can potentially harm your baby.
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Foods And Drinks To Be Careful Of While Breastfeeding
Click below to read all about which foods are ok for you to have while breastfeeding and what you should avoid. Also, you will learn which drinks you should avoid and how they affect your body’s ability to produce milk. Click below to learn all about it!
Calories And Milk Production
Another important topic to discuss with nutrition and breastfeeding is calorie intake. Calories are necessary for our bodies to function. If we don’t have enough calories, our bodies cannot function appropriately. Certain tasks may become difficult for the body to accomplish. This is true with breastfeeding mothers.
We need to eat enough to ensure a good milk supply. However, this is challenging with the American culture idolizing the perfectly thin and sleek womanly body. Mothers find it hard to fit into this category, but they still strive for it. One way they strive for it is through cutting down on their calorie intake.
In this article, learn about calorie intake and breastfeeding. Learn how they affect one another. Also, learn how many calories a breastfeeding mother needs to consume each day in order to make enough breastmilk for her baby. Click below to read all about it!
Why Eating Enough Should Be Your Goal And Not Losing Weight
Click below to learn why eating enough should be the goal of every breastfeeding mother instead of trying to lose weight.
“Healthy Calories” And Milk Quality
Ever wonder if the quality of the food you eat makes your breastmilk a higher quality for your baby? I’ve heard mothers say that they wanted to eat “healthy calories” to help their milk be the best it could be for their babies. That’s great, but does it work?
In this article, you will learn what the professionals have to say, hear from a group of moms I surveyed, and hear my personal story on eating fatty foods and how that impacted my breastmilk.
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Healthy Calories and Breastmilk
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Medications And Breastfeeding
There are so many medications out there it is impossible to address each one and discuss how they affect breastfeeding. In this article, we will look at medications that may decrease milk supply. I can relate to this topic and share my personal story with what my doctor told me. However, there still seems to be conflicting information on this topic out there and not enough data to draw strong conclusions.
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Medications That May Decrease Milk Supply
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