Do you think this is true?

[SoLongAsItsHealthy]

I have eaten a lot of junk lately and am feeling a bit guilty that my baby is becoming EFFF(exclusively French Fancy fed). So I looked it some reassurance online:

"No matter how many calories or fat grams a mother takes in while breastfeeding, the levels of fat and calories in her milk remain unaffected. Milk sugar is the main component in breast milk, and all nursing mothers have the same amount of sugar in their milk. Even when a mother has a diet that is high in sugar, her body will filter out the junk and create the same beneficial breast milk that every nursing baby enjoys."

ehow.co.uk

Hurrah! But is it true?

Oops. I mean, I looked up some reassurance online...

I used to wonder that - when I was bfing my kids and scoffing chocolate............

It had better be true, seeing as I am subsisting on processed sugar and saturated fat at the moment. Damn those BF cravings!

Amazingly enough though, I have still managed to loose half a stone . I have a gannet for a son!

Maybe it's just me that will suffer then. My little one is six weeks old tomorrow and I seem to have gained weight, not lost it! When I first came home from hospital, I was really skinny, my tummy contracted within days and I was only five pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight. That was at about 2 weeks. 4 weeks on and I have gained five pounds and am now ten pounds over. What's going on? Baby feeds like a horse - isn't he supposed to be taking 500 cals a day out of me? I'm not eating that many fancies... or am I?

My GP told me there was no point having cholesteral tests when I was pregnant & BF as the hormones mean that your cholesteral levels will always be lower than your norm.

Yes, this is correct. You cannot affect the amount of sugar in your milk, or the levels of fat. The type of fat is slightly changed with the mother's diet, but this is not a quality issue.

Mothers worry unnecessarily about their own diet affecting the quality and quantity of their milk, in my experience.

There is more reassurance here:

www.drjacknewman.com/help/Breastfeeding%20Myths.asp

www.llli.org/NB/NBMarApr04p44.html

/crash/ tiktok does this work in reverse too? I want to start a diet and exercise regime but am worried it could affect my milk. Am I worrying unnecessarily?

Dieting and exercising won't affect your milk, though accepted wisdom is that you need to eat sufficiently well to ensure you don't go short yourself. Common sense indicates that unless your diet and exercising is madly stringent, you will be ok

Thanks tiktok. Much appreciated.