What can a lactating woman eat during lactating time?

Question

suggest menus and what else can be done?

Answer 1

this is what my doctor told me Hope this helps good luck!!!
Daily Food Guide for Pregnancy and Lactation
Menu Planning Guidelines for Pregnant and Lactating Women
Offer a varied and balanced selection of nutrient-dense foods.
Choose some entrees based on legumes and/or grains and dairy products.
Be sure to offer dairy products made with nonfat or reduced-fat milk.
Use a variety of whole-grain and enriched breads, cereals, rice, etc.
Menu Planning Guidelines for Pregnant and Lactating Women
Use assorted fruits and vegetables in all areas of the menu.
Be sure to have good sources of problems nutrients: fiber, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin D, iron, calcium,. Magnesium, and zinc.
Use iodized salt.
Do not drink much caffeine if any at all.

Answer 2

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What diet should be followed for lactating mothers?



Q. I am breastfeeding and formula feeding my 3 and a half month old baby, I need to know should I take any calcium supplement if am drinking 4 glasses of milk daily, and also any iron supplement is needed during feeding, and if I drink orange juice will it cause any problem for baby like gas or indigestion, and more thing my hair is falling too much after my baby is born so is there any vitamin i can take for that while feeding.
A. About 250 to 500 mg of Calcium in addition to your 4 glasses of milk should be enough to meet the nursing needs. I would certainly encourage continuation of your prenatal vitamins with iron. If your diet is rich in iron, and if you are not anemic, you do not need supplemental iron. In USA, no food is forbidden during breast feeding. On the contrary we believe, that mother eating all foods exposes the child to all different foods which is a good thing. Hair loss after childbirth is not that uncommon. It is mostly due to change in your hormones. Just continue to take your prenatal vitamins, and eat a healthy balanced diet, your hair should get back to normal soon. Congratulations on your baby.

Answer 3

Yes, you can eat and breastfeed at the same time. Menus to suggest? Whatever floats your boat. I think it would be easier for YOU if you ate first, and then breastfed.
But, if you're asking what foods you could eat to have good breastmilk, that would be any normal healthy food. Fruits, veggies, meats, milk, water, juices. All those foods will put a lot of vitamins and nutrients in your breastmilk for baby.

Answer 4

I've been pregnant 2x..during lactating i eat a lot of cabbage, green veggies, powdered milk, soya bean drink, bean curd..do avoid taking seafood as it contain bacteria even though well cooked. Prevention is better than cure. Dont forget yr folic acid and calcium tablets 4 d baby. when d baby is born the more you breastfeed the more milk u'll process..

Answer 5

Too much Cumin seed in diet helps a lactating mother produce more milk for the infant.You should eat much cumin seed with your normal food/diet

Answer 6

for lactating women should eat lots of fresh fruits,milk & honey

& should eat it 5 time in a days with protiens & calcium in it

Answer 7

It is very simple- a lacating lady shoul always eat easily digestable meal like milk, Dalia(coarse grain wheat cereal), soup of pulses. Fresh curd with sugar. Mixed vegetable soup.Coconut, all sort of dry fruit like almands. cheshew, grapes. she can consume chicken soup without any spices. She shoul never use cilly, piper cold or decomposed food. She shoul always keep her apatite ON.

Answer 8

all healthy food like proetins,carbs,vitamins etc ....drink milk daily and also try to eat all things which u wish to eat during this days and u make sure u get those things if u think about mangoes in winter then no one get it and u will be dissappointed so make sensibles wiishes ...and take rest

Answer 9

Really anything you want to. If your child becomes colicky however try eliminating dairy products because they may be lactose intollerant. Try to avoid a lot of spicy foods as well.

Answer 10

Normal food which is rich with calcium and minerals and more of green vegetables