smoking and breastfeeding
smoking and breastfeeding
This question is for Brenda B, the breastfeeding nazi. What kind of parent are you?
You attack formula feeders and claim to give your baby the best, but from the questions you answered, it appears that you smoked while you were a lactacting mommy. So, here’s my question…is that the best parenting you can do?
Don’t give me the crap that smoking and breastfeeding is better than smoking and formula feeding. If you truly cared for your child, you would not smoke at all.
Brenda B: This is for a different Brenda B. If you search her name you will find her.
Actually, my point is that smoking at all is worse than formula feeding. If you don’t believe me, ask your child’s pediatrician. Also, if you are breastfeeding, you are lactating. That is what it is called. And by the way, yes, you are an animal. As we all are.
That woman is a circus freak. I also read her answer where she smoked while she was lactating. I don’t care if she smoked outside, away from the child. She’s still smoking!!! Isn’t it true that when you breastfeed, most babies want to nurse every 2 – 3 hours (at least initially)? I highly doubt that smoking after she feeds her kids would make it any less harmful or make any less nicotene show up in her milk. Nicotene stays in the body *3 days* after they quit smoking. What makes it leave breastmilk so fast?
You know, I feel sorry for her kids, honestly. Not just because their mother smells like an ash tray to them, but also because if she’s this fanatical about breastfeeding, what else is she a fanatic about? God help her kids…
smoking and breastfeeding
What Should Be the Diet of a Breastfeeding Mother?
A well balanced and nutritional diet is essential for everyone. A breastfeeding mother need to take extra care of her diet as it directly affects her milk production. In this article, we will focus on some useful information about the diet of a lactating mother. Diet for a breastfeeding mother should be balanced and rich in essential nutrients. A balanced diet is helpful if the milk production is less or the mother is weak. If a nursing mother’s intake of food is less she will continue to produce milk by using her body stores of food, but in this process she will become weak.
A breastfeeding mother should not go on a dieting schedule and at the same time should not increase the intake of food inordinately. If a woman goes on a weight reducing diet, she will become weak and malnourished. In case of an excess intake of diet, she will put on extra weight. Always eat what you have been eating before pregnancy. There is a misconception among many women that if they drink more milk, they will secret more milk. Eat a balanced diet. A woman will however need extra calcium to supply to the baby. Milk, bread, cabbage and cheese are a rich source of calcium. There is no need to take extra vitamins, if a mother is eating a balanced diet. Foods if taken in excess will disturb the digestive system of the mother and will also upset the baby. A feeding mother should avoid strong spices or condiments as this gives the baby a mild digestive upset. Sometimes egg or cow’s milk taken by the mother may cause an allergy in the baby.
A breastfeeding mother should strictly cut down or completely stop smoking while breastfeeding her baby. The nicotine from the cigarette passes into breast milk and this will make the baby restless, excited and unable to sleep. Remember, excessive smoking is known to reduce breast milk. Smoking can also cause lack of sleep in you, thereby reducing the flow of milk. Passive smoking may affect the baby. It is suggested that no one should smoke close to a baby or in the room where the baby in sleeping. The baby will inhale the smoke and may suffer from lung infection.
A breastfeeding mother should also cut down or completely stop drinking alcohol while breastfeeding her baby. The alcohol you drink will get to your baby through your breast milk. Approximately, 10% content of the liquor you consume will get into your breast milk and the baby will get a dose from the breast milk. You may drink tea or coffee while breastfeeding your baby. These are not harmful to you or your baby. They do not affect the breast milk supply. But do not drink tea or coffee in excess. An excess of anything is harmful.
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BreastFeeding and Smoking Cigs?
ok when i first became pregnant i smoked up until about the 3rd or 4th month then i stopped. well i took a couple drags off of bfs cigs but not a full one, now i am breastfeeding and really feel the urge to smoke again. is it safer to have maybe 1-2 cigs a day as long as im not going to be breastfeeding right after?
No No No. even after smoking up to 3-4 hours before breast feeding you will still smell horrable and also your breast milk will taste like the nicotine from the cigs. do you really want to be feeding that to your baby? your best bet is either to stop breast feeding or stop smoking!!! i would choose the latter of the too and choose a healthy start for your baby. and remember that the breast is the best thing for baby. youve already did harm to your little ones lungs just by smoking in the early months
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