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Maternity Meals
Surviving the First Weeks at Home with Baby
By Renee Roberson
Breakfast and Lunch
Coming up with healthy dinner ideas may require a more concerted effort on your part, but breakfast and lunch are important meals that also must be taken into consideration during the first few weeks at home with your little one. You definitely need to make a grocery store run before your due date. Stock up on fresh fruit, instant oatmeal, dry cereal, frozen waffles or pancakes, milk, yogurt and bread for toast. With the fruit and milk or yogurt you can whip up smoothies for either breakfast or lunch. For lunch, look no farther than your favorite sandwich fixings or tortilla wraps. And if you plan ahead, you should have plenty of leftovers from dinner to eat for lunch. Breastfeeding Nutrition
If you are planning to nurse, be aware that breastfeeding burns up to 500 extra calories a day. Between nursing the baby, changing diapers and putting the baby to sleep you may wonder where you are going to find the time to consume enough calories. "Nursing requires extra nutrition, and a lot of mothers get so caught up in taking care of their baby that they forget to eat," says Sharon Birdseye, a registered nurse with the Lactation Consultants of Atlanta, Ga. "Poor diet, while it may not affect the production of milk, causes fatigue and weakness, which can affect let down. Nursing mothers should eat frequently throughout the day.
Birdseye recommends eating snacks that are packed with protein and easy to hold with one hand, such as peanut butter sandwiches and cheese and crackers, because te mother is usually holding her baby at the same time.
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