Can u eat liver products when bfeeding?

[HelenEmjay]

Is it ok to eat Brussels pate when bfeeding? i know your not supposed to when pregnant because of the high levels of vitamin A (i think) but not sure about it when bfeeding!!! thanks xxxxx

Yes brilliant source of iron.Got told to eat it the day I left maternity cos my iron levels were low!Ooooo I love pate!On the subject, dont want to hijack and nothing to do with bf but when can babies eat liver products?
Enjoy the pate

The issue with pate when pregnant is two things:

• listeria, a bacterial risk. This is probably ok if the pate is good quality, well-stored etc.
• vitamin A overdose. This is with all liver products. This isn't really a significant risk - a friend told me that one woman, overdosed on Vitamin A. She was drinking liver milkshakes. She'd gone completely doolally for liver. A bit of liver now and then is fine.

Neither risk applies when breastfeeding.

And mummysmilk, the first risk applies to babies, I think. I wouldn't worry too much, but pate's probably not great for them. Oh, it's high salt, too. But liver is fine, from whenever you give meat.

You can eat anything while breastfeeding.

Oh, good point aloha.

I know I certainly really wanted to eat everything in the early days.

babycentre and annabel karmel both say to avoid giving pate to your lo until they are 1 year old. Liver itself is ok from about 6 months

Ooooh thanks everyone! i might have to go and have some on toast now! - im starving, only just got up as baby kept me up til 4am - then ds2 decided 4.30 would be a good time to get up and sing 'bob the builder' GRRRRRR - the words 'eat anything' sound good enough to cheer me up xxxxxx