breastfeeding?

Congratulations! I am also a new mom for the second time and I'm nursing, too. I have read in several publications that making milk can cause the body to burn anywhere from 300-500 calories. There is no reliable way for a mom to measure this as there is no way to accurately measure how much milk your little one is getting. Even if you are pumping in addtion to nursing, as I am, one still can't pinpoint the amount of calories burned with any certainty.

I don't count those calories in my amount burned. You do need to maintain a healthy number of calories, but I just consider what is burned by nursing to be a bonus.
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If you still want to include it, I suppose you could go to the exercise tab and add breastfeeding as either a cardiovascular or strength training workout. I don't believe it is either, but these are your only choices. You'll need to put a time or number of reps in depending on the choice you make. Enter in the calories and add it to your excersice log.

I am have been on MFP for a little over a month, so I'm not familiar with all of the bells and whistles of the site. There might be a better whay to do it, but I think that will accomplish your goal.

I'd like to add you as a MFP friend so we can keep track of each other. I would love if we could stay connected as new moms!

Hello I am also a new mom to my second child. I used mfp before I got pregnant and lost 30 pounds but gained 50 during the pregnancy. I am breastfeeding exclusively. I read I need to consume at least 1800 calories for the baby. I wish they did include a way to log bfing on the site i think i will use the exercise log to keep track and assume 300 calories burned per day.