Nutrition of a nursing mother in the first month: a detailed menu for the week

From the menu, we excluded all allergenic and causing colic in newborns products. Try to use only high quality products. You can create a sample menu yourself, following all the tips and advice. If you do not have your own garden, then it is better to buy village vegetables and fruits, meat, milk and sour cream, since an allergy in a child can occur on pesticides and fertilizers used on an industrial scale. Give preference to fruits and vegetables by season in order to avoid an undesirable dose of nitrates.

So, what can a nursing mother eat in the first month? We present you a detailed menu for the first week after delivery!

Menu for lactating mother for the first week

Proper nutrition of a lactating woman in the first month is very important for the baby's health and well-being. On the first day after childbirth, it is advisable to limit your diet, you can even starve. But this is not due to losing weight gained during pregnancy. Starvation will allow the body to relax and cleanse. Drink more fluids: compotes, fruit drinks, herbal teas. For example, nettle tea has a hemostatic effect, while parsley tea has a tonic effect.

The menu on the first day after birth

• Breakfast. Hercules or buckwheat on the water.
• Dinner. Vegetarian soup with yesterday’s bread. It is allowed to put cauliflower, zucchini, turnips, some potatoes, carrots and onions.
• Dinner. Fresh or baked banana in a peel, or a baked apple. Macaroni (preferably gluten-free) with grated cheese.

Drink plenty of water throughout the day: dried fruit compote, currant or cranberry juice, weak tea.

Menu on the second day after birth

The same as on the first day, only you can increase the number of fruits.

Menu on the third day after birth

Dramatically limit the amount of fluid consumed to 700 ml, as milk arrives. If you are used to drinking a lot of water, drink in small sips, it will turn out to stretch the volume for the whole day. In order not to thirst, you can bite a slice of lemon or parsley root.

• Breakfast. Hercules or buckwheat porridge in water with the addition of butter or vegetable oil.
• Dinner. Macaroni (preferably gluten-free) with white boiled fish or steamed fish cakes.
• Dinner. Vegetable stew of cauliflower, zucchini, turnips, potatoes, carrots and onions.

The menu on the fourth day after childbirth

• Breakfast. Simple muesli with kefir.
• Dinner. Steamed vegetables with beef.
• Dinner. Curd fat content of not more than 8%.

Fruits throughout the day: bananas, baked apples. Continue to limit fluid intake.

Menu on the fifth day after childbirth

• Breakfast. Hercules or buckwheat porridge in water with the addition of butter or vegetable oil.
• Dinner. Soup with vegetables and meat on the second broth.
• Dinner. Muesli with kefir or ryazhenka.

Menu on the sixth day after birth

Combine food from the third, fourth and fifth days.

The menu on the seventh day after childbirth

From the seventh day, you can restore fluid intake to two and a half liters.
Include rice, two eggs per week in the diet, apples can no longer be baked.

First Month Nutrition Tips

Often, mothers in the first month after giving birth face a delicate problem - constipation. In this case, add bran, sea kale (not canned), beets, and prunes to the menu (and monitor the reaction of the child). Also, with constipation in the diet of nursing mothers in the first month, you can add thick from compote.

In order to form healthy intestinal microflora in the first month after delivery, special attention should be paid to natural dairy products containing bifidobacteria and lactobacilli (probiotics).

On the eighth and subsequent days after childbirth, you can increase the volume and frequency of food consumed. The diet should be as diverse as possible what is allowed to eat nursing mothers. Therefore, in the first month, feel free to combine the menu that we presented.

And in conclusion, I want to say that eating mothers in the first month after childbirth is not the time for experimentation. No need to take risks, you still have time to enjoy your favorite dishes, because the health of the child is laid precisely from the first days of life. Also, do not go hungry, eat more often, but little by little, because a full stomach is less likely to be seduced by something harmful! And when the baby turns one month old, it will be possible to introduce new products into the diet.