When to start taking breastfeeding vitamins
Should I take prenatal vitamins while breastfeeding, and what foods should I eat?
you want to know if you should take a
prenatal vitamin while nursing and also
how much food you should be eating what
kind of things can you be taking to work
to eat and um you should definitely be
taking a prenatal vitamin while nursing
because it's going to ensure that you
have the nutrients that your body needs
and that there's excess left over to
make good milk for your baby and one of
the things that's important to keep in
mind when you're talking about dieting
and nursing is the fact that you
actually need 4 to 500 extra calories a
day while breastfeeding if you are
exclusively breastfeeding a lot of women
think it's a good idea to eat for two
during pregnancy and then go on a crash
diet afterwards but you only need two to
300 extra calories a day during
pregnancy and 4 to 500 extra calories a
day while nursing so you can see that
the requirement is actually higher you
need enough calories enough nutrients
you need to be well hydrated so that
your body has something to make good
milk out of a prenatal vitamin will
definitely help you do that now as for
nutrition and what to eat it's good to
eat three square meals a day and to have
frequent snacks as well while you're
nursing those extra calories should be
healthy though it's not a good excuse to
eat like tube doughnuts for snacks you
can basically think of eating a healthy
carbohydrate and a protein so like
almonds are a good protein and apple is
a good carbohydrate you could eat a
cheese stick which is a protein and a
few crackers which is a carbohydrate the
combination of the two will help to keep
your blood sugar even and help your body
to run efficiently and also help you
make good milk for your baby when you're
talking about meals just make sure
you're you're loading your diet full of
fruits and vegetables whole grains
healthy fats low fat dairy and also lean
protein if you have any more questions
about your well-being or your babies
talk with your doctor and if you have
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