IKR? I don't know how people lose weight while nursing: I gained fifteen pounds nursing my first, because I was ravenous all. the. time. My body was making up for losing weight while pregnant (had a rough time of it).
My MIL says that having a beer makes you produce more milk. I know that's blasphemy in some circles, but I experimented with it-- half a beer in the evening a couple times-- and I did in fact make noticeably more milk. Dunno if it works for everyone-- and I did it just for curiosity. I had the opposite problem: one baby, and enough milk to feed two or three! Pumped to avoid engorgement/blockages, and gave away the excess.
I was told to get tons of protein and not be shy about egg yolks, and that worked great for me-- I often went in for a 6-egg breakfast where I chucked five of the egg-whites, during the nursing stage (now, on the far side of babies and nursing, I can't imagine doing that-- too much!). It kept me from plowing through a sack of bagels at breakfast (ravenous!) every morning.
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Date: 2023-01-11 01:53 am (UTC)My MIL says that having a beer makes you produce more milk. I know that's blasphemy in some circles, but I experimented with it-- half a beer in the evening a couple times-- and I did in fact make noticeably more milk. Dunno if it works for everyone-- and I did it just for curiosity. I had the opposite problem: one baby, and enough milk to feed two or three! Pumped to avoid engorgement/blockages, and gave away the excess.
I was told to get tons of protein and not be shy about egg yolks, and that worked great for me-- I often went in for a 6-egg breakfast where I chucked five of the egg-whites, during the nursing stage (now, on the far side of babies and nursing, I can't imagine doing that-- too much!). It kept me from plowing through a sack of bagels at breakfast (ravenous!) every morning.