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Eating For Breastfeeding
 
Eating For Breastfeeding – are you eating the right food?
While you are breastfeeding your diet is uniformly as essential as whilst you were pregnant as you are still the chief source for your baby’s nourishment. As a brand newMum you will also require lots of energy to cope with the stress of looking after anewborn. For this reason you must endeavour and keep up the healthy eating practicesyou took up during pregnancy.Although new Mum's can feel a huge amount of pressure to regain their pre-pregnancyfigures rapidly after their baby is born it is recommended that you shouldn't embark ona diet or exercise regime until at least 6 weeks after the birth and then only after consulting your healthcare professional.Breastfeeding alone burns about 500 calories a day which is why Mums that breastfeedlose their baby weight at a naturally faster rate. If you do want to lose weight youshould focus on consuming between 2000 and 2200 calories each day from healthyfoods and combine this with mild exercise such as walking, swimming, yoga or pilates.As an evolutionary mechanism, it is your body rather than your milk supply that willsuffer if you aren't taking on enough of the right foods. This is because the favourableelements of the foods you eat are passed on to your baby through your breast milk andonly the surplus is used to nourish your body. For this reason the quality of your milk islikely to remain constant regardless of your diet (with the exception of extremenutritional deprivation), however the quantity is likely to be affected. Having said thatevery baby needs a healthy Mum with plenty of energy to care for them so a well balanced diet is vital.Essentials of the food and drink you eat are passed on to your baby through your breastmilk - this includes alcohol and nicotine from cigarettes. If you do go on smoking(although this is strongly discouraged) you should delay at least an hour betweenhaving a cigarette and feeding your baby to allocate some of the chemicals to disperse.Moreover, as alcohol passes into your milk source in less than an hour you should waituntil after a feed before having an alcoholic beverage.While it is not thought that caffeine has any long term unfavourable effects on babieswhen taken in moderation, if you note that your infant becomes frantic or finds it noteasy to settle when you have been drinking caffeinated drinks you may choose to avoidthem or switch to a decaffeinated alternative. You must constantly drink plenty of water when breastfeeding to make sure that you are suitably hydrated to be able to generatemilk. You should try and drink approximately 2 litres or between 8 and 10 glasses aday.You should try and eat 5 varied portions of fruit and vegetables a day, plenty of 
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