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how many caloriers should one eat while breastfeeding

earndien
earndien Posts: 195 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
well after 9 months of waiting for my little bundle joy and 2 weeks of breastfeeding i want to get back into normal routine........
but i dont know how many calories i must have while breastfeeding....?
any suggestion

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    IF you are bfing full time, adding 500 calories is a good place to start. If you go to the food diary and enter breastfeeding you will get several negative 500 (-500) entries. Pick one of those and it will add to your calories rather than reduce them the way it normally does for food.
  • chela772
    chela772 Posts: 4 Member
    I'm breastfeeding too I just logged breastfeeding as exercise but now that I know there's a breastfeeding log I'll use that. Thanks
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Please ask your doctor this important question!
  • NMWa
    NMWa Posts: 12 Member
    I believe it can vary quite a bit and the 500 is an average (remember reading that some place). I'm exclusively breastfeeding and try to focus more on quality nutrition rather than a calorie goal.
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