Eating Right after Childbirth

BEING A MOTHER, YOU DO EVERYTHING TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HEALTHY. BUT REMEMBER, YOU NEED TO NOURISH TO FLOURISH YOUR CHILD.

- Vidhi Chawla

The whole pregnancy and childbirth process involves a lot of buzz about nutrition. It can be a very confusing time for to-be mothers, especially the ones who are away from their families or ones who are deciding to take the journey of motherhood alone. Intrusive thoughts on what one is doing right or not is just inevitable. One thing to rest assured of is the dietary FAQs, i.e, the frequently asked questions. The whole curiosity arises because, for the whole of your pregnancy period, your dietary intake was substantially different from what you ought to be eating postpartum.

Let's start with the amount of food that you have to eat. It is often said that breastfeeding mothers need to eat more or eat for two. Not true. A maximum of 350 calories more need to be added, and that's all. Overeating can actually lead to piling of unwanted weight.