For nursing mamas!

I started using this when my son was 9 mos old. I did not eat enough calories and my milk supply dropped dramatically. I increased my calories and pumped like a mad women. I got my supply slightly better and have been able to continue nursing. I increased my activity level from from lightly active to very active when i realized my milk supply was low. I now have it on active but he is 12mos old and only nurses 2-3times a day. Lightly active probably best describes my actual activity level.

What in the world is a tee tee?

PEE ...(tee tee is "pee" reworded in baby talk)

Nursing requires about an extra 300-500 calories, if I remember correctly. kellymom.com is an awesome breastfeeding website, I haven't visited since my dd stopped nursing at 17 months, but I do remember seeing stuff about losing weight while nursing. How I wished I had started then, instead of starting when she was 2 and weighing in at 155, about 25 lbs heavy pre pregnancy).

If you don't visit kellymom.com (which I think you should) I know I could call the maternity ward at the hospital I gave birth to, and I could talk to a nurse/LC--they might be able to answer your question.

Good luck!

If you go into your food tab and search breast feeding it actually logs to your food journal.

As an OB nurse and OB instructor, and as a mother who has nursed two children until they were a year old each, I can say that you are probably doing what you need to do in the way of fluid and nutrition. What is just as important, if not more important, is that the milk in your breasts be removed on a frequent, regular basis so that more will be made. If you had the baby with you all the time she would do that for you and your breasts would respond by making as much, if not more, as was removed because it's not just the emptying of the breast that stimulates the milk production but also the stimulation of the nipple that the baby does way better than any pump. Keep up what you are doing with the food and fluid. The only think I would suggest is to pump more often and bring something of the baby's to sniff while you're pumping to stimulate let-down better. The sight, smell and feel of the baby all contribute to let-down and milk production, so you want to recreate that as closely as possible. And good for you for continuing to breast feed. I'm glad to see someone trying to keep up with it. I don't consider myself what I and some of my coworkers called a "nipple nazi," but I cheer women who choose to breastfeed and then really do it. You and your baby are better off for it, even if years after you've finished no one will be able to tell the difference without doing some in-depth statistical research. With the nursing and the weight-bearing and strengthening exercises you reduce your, and your baby's, chance of experiencing osteoporosis later, provided you keep up with the exercise and good nutrition. Keep up the good work!

I put a section of my diary to log my daily feeding expenditure. -300 for my daughter as she eats other foods too. Makes calculating my daily calories a lot easier.