From the menu, we have excluded all allergenic and colic-causing products in newborns. Try to use only high quality products. If you do not have your own garden, then it is better to buy village vegetables and fruits, meat, milk and sour cream, since a child may be allergic to pesticides and fertilizers used on an industrial scale. Choose fruits and vegetables that are in season to avoid unwanted nitrates.

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

Breastfeeding menu for the first week
Proper nutrition of a nursing mother in the first month is very important for the health and well-being of the baby. On the first day after childbirth, it is advisable to limit yourself in nutrition, you can even starve. But it has nothing to do with shedding the weight gained during pregnancy. Fasting will allow the body to rest and cleanse itself. Drink more fluids: compotes, fruit drinks, herbal teas. For example, nettle tea has a hemostatic effect, and parsley tea has a tonic effect.

Menu for the first day after childbirth
Breakfast. Hercules or buckwheat porridge on the water.
Dinner. Vegetarian soup with yesterday’s bread. It is allowed to put cauliflower, zucchini, turnips, some potatoes, carrots and onions.
Dinner. Banana fresh or baked in peel, or baked apple. Macaroni (preferably gluten-free) with grated cheese.
Plentiful drink during the day: dried fruit compote, currant or cranberry juice, weak tea.

Menu for the second day after childbirth
The same as on the first day, only you can increase the amount of fruit.

Menu on the third day after childbirth
Sharply limit the amount of liquid consumed to 700 ml, as milk arrives. If you are used to drinking a lot of water, drink in small sips, so you can stretch the volume for the whole day. In order not to be thirsty, you can bite a slice of lemon or parsley root.

Breakfast. Hercules or buckwheat porridge on water with the addition of butter or vegetable oil.
Dinner. Pasta (preferably gluten-free) with boiled white fish or steamed fish cakes.
Dinner. Vegetable stew made from cauliflower, zucchini, turnips, potatoes, carrots and onions.
Menu for the fourth day after childbirth
Breakfast. Plain muesli with kefir.
Dinner. Stewed vegetables with beef.
Dinner. Cottage cheese with a fat content of not more than 8%.
fruits in during the day: bananas, baked apples. Continue to limit fluid intake.

Menu for the fifth day after childbirth
Breakfast. Hercules or buckwheat porridge on water with the addition of butter or vegetable oil.
Dinner. Soup with vegetables and meat on the second broth.
Dinner. Muesli with kefir or fermented baked milk.
Menu for the sixth day after childbirth
Combine meals from the third, fourth and fifth days.

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

Nutrition tips for the first month
Often, mothers in the first month after childbirth face a delicate problem – constipation. In this case, add to the menu (and follow the reaction of the child) bran, seaweed (not canned), beets, prunes. Also, with constipation, thick compote can be added to the diet of nursing mothers in the first month.

For the formation of a healthy intestinal microflora in the first month after childbirth, special attention should be paid to natural fermented milk products containing bifidus and lactobacilli (probiotics).

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

And in conclusion, I would like to say that the nutrition of a nursing mother in the first month after childbirth is not the time for experiments. No need to take risks, you will still have time to enjoy your favorite dishes, because the health of the child is laid from the first days of life. Also, do not go hungry, eat more often, but little by little, because on a full stomach there is less chance of being tempted into something harmful! And when the baby is a month old, new foods can be introduced into the diet.