Spicy food affecting breastmilk?

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Last night I ate a very spicy pizza with lots of chillis on it and today I have been crippled with indigestion. DS is two weeks old and breastfed and up until today has been really calm and settled. Today he’s like a completely different baby - crying a lot, refusing feeds, struggling a lot with wind and arching his back. Also quite a few poos despite not having as much milk. He does seem a bit refluxy so could be that developing but is there any chance it could be from the pizza I ate passing through to the breast milk?

I had this experience too when I was breastfeeding, I didn’t eat any garlicky or spicy food when pregnant due to dreadful reflux , so I guess it comes as a bit of a shock to them ! I suspect if you ate it through pregnancy they would be used to it . Mine was a Chinese takeaway baby was very restless and irritable after.

People will tell you in doesn’t impact it but I’ve tried curry 4 times now and had the same experience as you every time! So now I think it must be that.

I had terribly low supply and someone recommended fenugreek capsules - it made a huge difference to DD (and no difference to my supply). She was so fussy! So i firmly believe strong flavours can make a difference.

I had the same with broccoli, legumes and onions! I struggle with them anyway (wind pains) and DD did too after I fed her, seemed to linked for me so I stopped and she was fine. Neither of us can still eat those things without pain! Convinced there’s something in it, despite being told not!

I'll never forget the smell of baby's poop the day after I had curry. 🤣

Chorizo gate for me. Shop delivered spicy rather than plain, it was Christmas, I ate it, with a cheesy pasta. Baby was hysterical. I still feel sick thinking about it. Never eaten it since.