BreastFeeding May Help with Weight Loss
Although there are mixed results from numerous studies, the majority of studies show that mothers who breastfeed regularly lose the weight they gained during pregnancy at a faster rate than those mothers that breastfeed part time or don’t breast feed at all. I have found that my breast feeding moms tend to lose their pregnancy weight easier. They also frequently point to their weight loss as a benefit of breast feeding. The one thing we do know is that women who breast feed exclusively burn between 400-600 additional calories per day by doing so. A conscientious patient has a significant advantage if she is careful with her diet. If she exclusively breastfeeds she can burn an extra 2800- 4200 calories per week. That is close to pound of weight loss per week!
Read the following articles for even more information.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8338042
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/breastfeeding-weight-loss_n_1665709.html
