How did you get Iodine when breast feeding?

Question

My tablets only provide 150mcg and I don't eat fish.

I use that salt, too, but I also read you need 260mcg! Otherwise it could hurt my baby's mental development. Wow now I'm worried lol.

Answer 1

Where in the world do you live and why are you supplementing Iodine?
Check the link I provided and underneath that I posted a couple of statements from that web site:
http://www.tsh.org/disorders/iodine/iodine.html




In contrast, inhabitants of the United States, Canada, Japan, and certain other countries eat more iodine than is really necessary. The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council has recommended a daily intake of 150 to 300 micrograms of iodine per day. If you live in the United States your daily dietary iodine intake is probably between 200 and 700 micrograms per day, because extra iodine has been added to bread, milk, salt, and other foods that you consume frequently. Therefore, if you have Graves' or Hashimoto's disease, are pregnant or nursing a baby, or if you have a nodular goiter, you should try to avoid an abrupt increase in your iodine intake.
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Answer 2

The supplement is just that--supplemental. The rest is supposed to come from your diet. For instance, a cup of milk or yogurt has 80 mcg. of iodine. A quarter-teaspoonful of iodized salt has about 100 mcg. of iodine. If you are on a very low salt diet, you may need to take a supplement. If you prefer to get it from food, a serving or two of sea vegetables a week will probably do it. Kelp is particularly high in iodine.

Answer 3

The person who told you to get more iodine is a very smart person because your child needs Thyroid hormone which requires iodine to be formed. The child can get your thyroid hormone from your breast milk. Children with inadequate thyroid hormone will have lesser ability to create normal brain tissue fomation. In severe cases, the kid can be a "cretin" or an "imbecile" as thyroid hormone is essential for the normal growth of the brain and thus, intelligence later! So take Iodine salt, seaweeds or sea foods or shell fish!! Breastfed children will grow to become smarter than those fed with formulas! Good luck!! Your kid can be a future President of the USA!! When that happens please don't forget me!!

Answer 4

Smoking does affect breastfeeding. However cigarette smoking is not a contraindication for breastfeeding. So yes, you can smoke and breast feed. Women who smoke cigarettes have a significantly decreased amount of breast milk. Cigarette smoking inhibits the effects of prolactin (a hormone needed for breastfeeding). Research has found that women who smoke cigarettes have a 30-50% lower base level of prolactin during the first 21 days of breastfeeding. Research has also found that women who smoke wean their infants earlier. Also, infants of women who smoke have a higher incidence of colic. Nicotine is present in the breast milk of smoking women as well as the air the infant breaths. The amount of nicotine received by the baby depends on the number of cigarettes smoked, the amount of time between cigarettes and when the cigarette smoking occurs in relationship to a feeding. It is important to note that the infant will consume more nicotine from the air than from the breast milk. If you are smoking, do not smoke in the baby`s presence. If you are going to continue smoking while breast feeding try to smoke following a feeding, rather than right before a feeding. Children of parents who smoke in the home have a greater susceptibility to respiratory problems than children of nonsmokers. Second hand smoke is also related to increased incidence of otitis media (ear infections). If you are planning to breast feed do so. However, try to cut down on the number of cigarette you smoke. There are many smoking cessation programs that you can participate in. If you are in a program that uses the nicotine patch or chewing gum, be sure to discuss this with your infant`s health care provider. (most of them have less nicotine than cigarettes, but you can NOT smoke while using these, because of the amount of nicotine the baby would receive).

Answer 5

Don't worry. Most women in the developed world are fine nutritionally for breastfeeding. You've have to be serverely malnourished for it to hurt your baby.....and first your body would take what baby needed from YOU. If your health is OK, I wouldn't stress about it.

Answer 6

Iodized salt.

Answer 7

Iodized salt and seaweed.

Answer 8

i've never been told that i need to supplement my Iodine while breast feeding. I just take my good ole' prenatal!!!

Answer 9

iodized salt