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When supplies of food or vitamin supplements are available it is best to give them to the breastfeeding mother rather than the infant. This will improve the mother's health and well-being, ensure adequate vitamins in her milk, and protect the infant from the risks of artificial feeding.
The mother's dietary intake will not generally increase how much breastmilk she can produce in a day. Her nutritional status before and during pregnancy are important for milk content, but generally only of marginal impact since her body will ensure that the breastmilk receives the available vitamins and minerals. If a mother is concerned whether she is giving her baby enough milk, this can be assessed by ensuring that the infant is urinating at least 5-7 times a day, and producing stool according to age and diet. The mother should know that eating enough of the available foods, increasing variety when possible, and increasing the frequency of breastfeeding, day and night, will support and increase her breastmilk production.
UNICEF works in many areas to support maternal nutrition; one focus is a Low Birth Weight Prevention Initiative, with pilot studies on multi-micronutrient supplements for pregnant women. It will be piloted in 11 countries - Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, Philippines, Viet Nam, China, Tanzania, Madagascar and Mozambique. The initiative will complement UNICEF?s Care for Women and Children Initiative, which focuses on women?s education, workload, physical health and nutrition status, emotional well-being, reproductive health, and care during pregnancy and lactation.
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this is what i meant by improving bfing mums diet.