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Now that you've had your baby you've made the decision to breast feed, but you also
want to get back into shape. Hi everyone, I'm Carol Ann with Studio Group X and I'm
going to talk to you about breastfeeding while exercising. So the first thing that you really
want to grasp is that it took you ten months to go through your entire pregnancy, so it
may take you about ten months to really get back to where you're feeling normal again.
So hold on to that thought. Now while you are breastfeeding you want to make sure that
during exercise you want to wear a supportive bra because, now that you are breastfeeding,
your *** are larger and it's a little different than what it was before so make
sure you wear a good supportive bra. Next, you want to make sure that you drink plenty
of water to keep up your milk supply. So when you're exercising, you do sweat and you start
to maybe become dehydrated so you want to try to avoid that. Drink lots of water. Now
I know that you're really anxious and eager to lose your baby weight, so, but you want
to take it gradually. Especially, now that you're breastfeeding. So a good guideline
to really follow is about a pound a week, is what you want to kind of go at. So you
don't want to lose weight too fast, but because you are breastfeeding you want to make sure
that you take in about two hundred to about three hundred calories extra during the day.
Because you need to keep that energy up, but two hundred, three hundred calories is about
the size of a bagel. So you don't want to overdo it. Next, the question here when you're
exercising the buildup of lactic acid in your body and what does that do to the baby? Well,
with mild exercise or moderate exercise there is no real huge increase in lactic acid. And
there is really no effect on the baby at all. So exercise is really good to do while you're
breastfeeding. And then, also you want to think about timing of breastfeeding with your
exercise. So make sure you breastfeed before you exercise and then you can also breastfeed
after your exercise. But if you are breastfeeding after you exercise the only thing is, is that
babies, they tend to not like the salt on the breast so just think about rinsing off
your breast after you work out and it's perfectly fine to go ahead and breastfeed your baby
after you work out. So those are little, quick tips that you can hold on to while you're
exercising and breastfeeding during that time and I hope that really helps you. Again, my
name is Carol Ann with Studio Group X and enjoy that time with that precious baby. Good
luck on your journey and getting back into shape.