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You know that breastfeeding is good for your baby and you do it because you want to give your baby the best start in life that you can. However, breastfeeding can also provide several benefits to the mother. Breastfeeding can help get rid of the excess fat stored during pregnancy, it can help you lose weight by burning off calories, it can provide health benefits, and it can provide a significant savings of money. Feel good about your decision to breastfeed. It will be beneficial both to you and your baby. 1. Breastfeeding Helps Get Rid of the Unwanted Body Fat Breastfeeding can help a mother lose that extra body fat that she put on during the pregnancy. Your body uses that fat that it stored around your waist and hips in the production of breast milk for your baby. By breastfeeding you will be able to get rid of this unwanted fat and regain your shape much more quickly. Breastfeeding is one of the rare instances where you can actually lose fat in a specific location.  2....

Sharing with you some research that I have done on what natural/herbal products work best for low milk supply on How to choose a safe, natural, healthy and effective product to produce more breast milk. Breastfeeding is not a easy task which requires lots of patients and persistent but you will find all your work are worthwhile doing.  1. Breast milk is the perfect food and the best choice for your new baby. Breast milk contains all of the proteins, fats, and carbohydrates that your baby needs in exactly the right proportions. It also provides many antibodies and enzymes that aid the baby in digestion. Formulas do their best to emulate the nutritional content of breast milk but they cannot copy these antibodies and enzymes. Unless there is a medical problem with the mother that would prevent her from breastfeeding, breast milk is the healthier choice for the new baby. You have always heard that breastfeeding was better for your new baby than bottle feeding with formula. But is it r...

If you celebrate Halloween, you’ll probably be tempted to indulge in some chocolate candy today. I’m handing out Reese’s peanut butter cups to the trick-or-treaters tonight and I’ve already succumbed to the temptation to eat just one piece. So, is chocolate okay for nursing mothers? Yes, this falls under the general nutrition rule for breastfeeding women: everything in moderation (remember, the same holds true for garlic and spicy foods). But what about the caffeine in chocolate? While it’s true that babies–newborns in particular–can be sensitive to excess caffeine intake by the mother, it takes a lot of caffeine consumption to stimulate the baby. A mother who drinks more than five 5-ounce cups of coffee (over 750 ml) per day might notice that her baby becomes active, alert, fussy and restless. A mother who observes those symptoms should slowly cut back on caffeine to avoid withdrawal symptoms such as headaches. Keep in mind that in addition to coffee, caffeine can be obtained from t...