Breastfeeding and calories

emmabeckemeyer1
emmabeckemeyer1 Posts: 298 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Should I add calories to my daily calories because I am breastfeeding? If so how much?

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  • LittleMissDover
    LittleMissDover Posts: 820 Member
    You most definitely should. If you look in the food database at 'breastfeeding' there are different options. As a rule of thumb you need to add 500 cals a day for an exclusively breastfed baby and 300 cals for a baby also eating solid foods.

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