Weleda Nursing Tea
Weleda Nursing Tea is a specialty tea for nursing mothers made with the finest ingredients. A nicely brewed cup of this tea should aid in your digestion and help soothe your baby’s tummy pains. The taste of the tea will be enjoyed by most, with its anise & fennel flavors.
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Moms, this can be either good or bad news depending on your fitness level: Exercising does not interfere with breastfeeding. Since I love working out, this is great news. I have the green light to work out as much as I’d like without it affecting my milk supply. Cool.
But, if going to the gym sounds [...]

Galactagogues, herbs used to increase breastmilk production in women, have been used for centuries by cultures all over the world. One mom reviewed a galactagogue tea here. Mother’s Milk is a breastfeeding tea and is available online or at larger health food or natural grocery stores.
Review: Traditional Medicinal’s Organic Mother’s Milk
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The Best Diet for Breastfeeding Mothers
It seems that whenever a nursing infant fusses or passes gas, people blame the mother’s diet. Let’s find out whether that type of thinking is accurate.
True or false?
Nursing moms need to avoid “gassy” foods.
Nursing moms must never drink alcohol, caffeinated or carbonated beverages.
Nursing moms have to stay away from [...]

When you’re nursing, you really are eating for two. This is even more true for breastfeeding than for pregnancy. You require more calories – 500 more as opposed to 300 more when pregnant. Many breastfeeding moms, especially in the early weeks, find that they are more thirsty and hungrier than they’ve ever felt in their [...]

Pregnancy causes you to make some changes in your diet. Hopefully, you’re trying to eat more fruits and vegetables and not so many sweets. You stop drinking alcohol and even caffeine. And your Doctor probably instructed you to stay away from sushi and other raw or undercooked meats.
However, there’s no need for you to cut [...]

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You’ve just went through 9 months of drinking not a single sip of alcohol and all you want is to indulge yourself in a nice glass of wine with your pasta, or a yummy margarita from your favorite Mexican restaurant.
Believe me; I know how you feel and so do millions of other [...]

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If you are a java lover like myself, you have been waiting a long time to indulge in some good coffee.
Doctors say that you can have up to 300 mg of caffeine a day safely when pregnant, but what happens after pregnancy with breastfeeding and caffeine?
Does the caffeine enter your breast [...]