The mother's nutrition is directly related to the content of breast milk, and inadequate and unbalanced nutrition negatively affects the quantity and quality of breast milk.
How to Eat During Breastfeeding?
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Energy needs are higher during breastfeeding than during pregnancy.
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Protein is very important for both you and your baby and should be consumed in sufficient amounts.
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For adequate protein intake, care should be taken to consume eggs, cheese, red meat 1-2 times a week, chicken 2 times, fish 2-3 times, and legumes 2 times a week.
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Vegetables and fruits have high vitamin-mineral content, an average of 5-6 portions should be consumed per day.
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Foods such as milk, yoghurt, buttermilk and cheese have high calcium content. It should be consumed every day.
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As there may be gas complaints for the first week following normal birth and for an average of 10 days after cesarean section, it is beneficial to avoid gas-causing foods during this period.
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Although it varies from person to person, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, radish, celery, bulgur, milk, legumes, raw vegetables and fruits are gas-forming foods. (It should be tried and consumed)
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The gas-forming effect can be reduced by adding cumin to legumes.
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1-2 cups daily to reduce gas complaints. Fennel tea can be drunk.
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Garlic, spices, etc. containing volatile fatty acids. It can change the taste by passing into breast milk.
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Onion, garlic, cabbage, radish, broccoli, beans, apricots or plums can cause colic-like pain in some babies.
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Excessive amounts of caffeine can pass into breast milk and cause insomnia or hyperactivity.
How to Increase the Amount of Breast Milk?
Breast milk contains water, lactose, protein and fat, as well as various vitamins and minerals.
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Water constitutes an important part of breast milk and milk Fluid consumption is very important to increase 2.5-3 L of water should be drunk daily and supplemented with compotes.
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Fluid should be taken before and after each breastfeeding.
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Breast milk. including foremilk and hindmilk e consists of two parts. Foremilk is the milk with high water and lactose content that comes at the beginning of breastfeeding.
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Hindmilk is the milk that comes towards the end of breastfeeding and is rich in protein, has high nutritional value and has a high fat content that provides the main satiety. It is milk.
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If you keep your baby at your breast for an average of 20 minutes every 2.5-3 hours and 12-15 minutes of these 20 minutes are active breastfeeding, your baby will have received the last milk.
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One breast should not be switched to the other breast until it is completely emptied. Otherwise, your baby will not be able to get the hind milk, which is the main source of satiety and nutrition.
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It is not right to empty the breast halfway. When the milk in the breast is not emptied and reaches a certain level, a message goes to the brain saying 'there is enough milk for the baby in the breast' and inhibitory substances are released and milk production slows down.
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