How important is postpartum nutrition?

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Your postpartum diet is just as important as your pregnancy diet. As your body loses blood, water and energy during childbirth. Also, during the first 6 months, your baby must drink breast milk. Therefore, you should choose postpartum diet that has enough nutrients for your body’s needs in order to produce milk for your baby and to strengthen and repair your mother’s health.

Mothers still need to be strict about their diet during breastfeeding after childbirth. Not just during pregnancy. Especially in terms of calories that need to be increase to meet the mother’s body’s needs. And to produce quality milk and have enough milk for the baby. Mothers should not overlook food because what they eat will be passe on through breast milk to their babies. Therefore, no matter what the mother eats เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย, the baby will receive the same nutrients.

The diet for postpartum mothers is not much different from the diet during pregnancy. The benefits for the baby must also be take into account. Therefore, the food choices for postpartum mothers should be as follows:

  • Eat a complete diet that includes all 5 food groups, 3 meals and 1-2 snacks.
  • Add Iron-rich foods such as red meat such as pork, chicken, beef, poultry such as chicken, duck, offal such as chicken liver, beef kidney, vegetables such as peanuts, almonds, kale, bell peppers, and eggplant may help the body have enough iron to create hemoglobin, a component of red blood cells to replace the blood lost during childbirth.
  • Drink plenty of warm water to increase blood circulation and stimulate milk secretion. While breastfeeding, the body loses a lot of water, so you should drink enough water to replace it.
  • Add protein-rich foods such as eggs, cow’s milk and dairy products, legumes such as mung beans, soybeans, kidney beans, and lean meats such as chicken breast, at least 5-7 small meals/day after giving birth and breastfeeding, may help the body recover better and help with milk production.
  • Avoid greasy and fried foods as they can easily cause blocked milk ducts.
  • Avoid eating raw foods to reduce the risk of diarrhea.

Postpartum diet for mothers, both natural birth and cesarean section, has similar basic principles: you should eat a complete diet of all 5 food groups, focusing on soft, easily digestible, mild-flavored foods. Food should be high in fiber to prevent constipation. Avoid alcoholic beverages and caffeine.