Breastfeeding

[Susmontana]

Haa anybody come up with an answer as to how many additional calories should be eaten while breastfeeding and following this plan?

Thank you!

[lucigret]

Good morning Susmontana and welcome to our friendly forum,

I am not sure exactly what the answer to your question is but have Googled

One of the sites suggests you eating between 1800 and 2200 which sounds about right to me - I guess it probably depends on your weight though. That would be a calorie range for some of the people on the forum who are trying to loose weight - do you have much to loose?

Here are the two links that I found that you may find useful or interesting. I obviously don't know how reputable the second link is, but it looks sensible to me.

nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy...

kellymom.com/nutrition/moth...

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[IndigoBlue61]

Hello and welcome Susmontana and congratulations on becoming a mother 😊

The extra calories will depend upon how old your baby is. At least 500 on top of your normal as per the NHS BMI checker here nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyw...

What I will say is it takes up to 12 months to recover from pregnancy and childbirth so please be kind to yourself 😊