Breastfeeding

shamyd3
shamyd3 Posts: 2 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have a question..is there a way to log breastfeeding as an exercise? you do burn calories while breastfeeding it would be great to log that in the app.

thanks! :)

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  • vallary14
    vallary14 Posts: 215 Member
    Interesting question but you do need quite a bit more calories. I was hungry all the time when nursing and it’s true you need more than during pregnancy. Not a time to be counting calories.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    I think people say 300-500 per day. But you need to eat ALL those calories in addition to your regular calories to maintain your milk supply.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Yep, add it to your food diary and it will take off calories
  • MrsKipf
    MrsKipf Posts: 1 Member
    TravistockToad, do you know how to add breastfeeding to your diary?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    bawatt wrote: »
    TravistockToad, do you know how to add breastfeeding to your diary?

    The same way you add food
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    http://www.zipmilk.org best resource w breast feeding questions, and most often med ins will pay.

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