Can I eat spicy food when breastfeeding?

Confusion 1: Breast-feeding mothers can't eat spicy food such as pepper, pepper, onion, ginger, garlic and mustard, which will stimulate the baby?

Answer: you can eat it.

Spicy foods such as pepper, pepper, onion, ginger, garlic and mustard may slightly change the taste of milk, but they will not have any impact on the baby's health. Most babies don't mind changing the taste of milk, and often try different tastes, so that when adding complementary food in the future, babies are more likely to accept the taste of different foods, which may also explain why breast-fed children are less likely to be picky eaters. Breast-feeding mothers in Sichuan and Hunan even said that life would be meaningless without peppers.

Some mothers worry about whether eating Chili peppers will cause "excessive internal heat". Please pay attention when knocking on the blackboard: irritating symptoms such as oral discomfort and stomach discomfort after eating peppers are actually the result of capsaicin in peppers, not really "getting angry". Capsaicin, because of its large molecular weight, will not enter the milk basically, but it should not be overdone, otherwise it may cause gastrointestinal discomfort for lactating mothers.

But if the baby is obviously uncomfortable after eating spicy food, the mother can pause first and eat later. If you still feel uncomfortable, avoid this kind of food first.

Confusion 2: breastfeeding mothers can't eat ice, and babies will have diarrhea?

Answer: you can eat it.

First of all, it is a false proposition that cold things will have diarrhea. Cold things reach the stomach through the mouth and esophagus, so they will not freeze, so they will not affect the gastrointestinal tract and other organs. Milk is always at a constant temperature in the body and will not change because of the temperature of our food. Nothing a mother eats will make the milk cold, nor will it make the baby have diarrhea.

Just as drinking hot water will not make breast milk "hot", ice cream will not make breast milk cold. As long as they meet the hygiene standards, mothers can rest assured and refresh themselves, but they should not overdo it, otherwise it may lead to gastrointestinal discomfort for lactating mothers.

Puzzle 3: Lactating mothers can't eat sashimi and raw seafood. Will there be parasites in their milk?

Answer: you can eat it.

Avoid eating sashimi and raw seafood during pregnancy, because you are worried that parasites, bacteria, viruses and other infections will affect the fetus and lead to fetal malformation. However, scientifically speaking, assuming that the lactating mother is infected with parasites, bacteria and viruses, the probability of affecting the baby through breast milk is very low.

Of course, if my mother eats sashimi, raw seafood, diarrhea, gastroenteritis and so on. She will feel very uncomfortable. Now that the epidemic prevention and control is normalized, she should pay more attention to food hygiene. If breastfeeding mothers must adopt early adopters, try to choose big-name fresh sashimi and other raw seafood. In addition, when choosing fish, avoid eating fish with high mercury content, such as sharks, swordfish, square head fish, tuna and so on.

Confusion 4: can't wet nurses eat food that is easy to flatulence? Such as dairy products, beans, cruciferous vegetables?

Answer: you can eat it.

For most mothers and babies, eating foods that are prone to flatulence won't make them feel flatulence, just keep eating; But for a few babies with obvious flatulence, mothers can try to avoid this kind of food and see if it can alleviate the baby's flatulence. If it is relieved, they can stop eating this part of food and wait until the baby is older.

Confusion 5: Lactating mothers can't drink tea, coffee or milk tea?

Answer: You can drink it, but you should control the amount.

It is safe to consume no more than 300mg of caffeine every day during lactation, which is about 2-3 cups a day. Caffeine-containing beverages include: coffee, tea, cola, etc. Breast-feeding mothers can refer to the "caffeine content in common drinks" in the picture to choose. It should be noted that even a small amount of coffee may make a one-month-old baby excited and affect sleep.

Baby's sensitivity to coffee will decrease with age. Premature infants and newborns have a low clearance rate of caffeine, and some sensitive babies will be more excited or agitated after their mothers drink coffee, so premature infants and newborns in the early postpartum period and mothers whose babies are sensitive to caffeine can temporarily avoid caffeinated drinks.

Confusion 6: Lactating mothers can't drink?

Answer: Try not to drink.

Alcohol is a drink that needs special attention of lactating mothers. You can drink it, but you need to be restrained. Alcohol will enter the milk, and it will enter the milk about 30-60 minutes after the mother drinks alcohol, but it is much less than the amount she drinks. Excessive drinking may lead to drowsiness, inability to suck effectively, reduced milk, poor sleep, easy to wake up, and may even affect the baby's breathing. Excessive drinking may also affect the mother's behavioral ability, leading to the inability to take care of the baby and weaken the mother's breastfeeding reflex.

If lactating mothers want to have a drink once in a while, they can do this: feed first, then drink. Plan the time of feeding and drinking water, whether to feed first or to milk in advance. Or drink a standard amount of alcohol and wait for 2 hours before breastfeeding. A bottle of standard wine is: 30 ml of spirits (alcohol concentration 40%) or 375 ml of beer (alcohol concentration 3.5%) or 100 ml of red wine (alcohol concentration 15%). If you drink two servings of standard alcohol, you must wait four hours before breastfeeding.

It is not feasible to reduce the influence of alcohol on milk by milking after drinking. As long as there is alcohol in blood, there will be alcohol in milk. When alcohol is completely metabolized in the blood, there is no alcohol in milk.

Confusion 7: Some foods will return to milk, and breastfeeding mothers should avoid eating them?

Answer: No.

Because "there is no food that can be milked in particular, and there is no food that can be milked in particular", there is no need to deliberately avoid certain foods because of fear of returning milk. Our motherland is vast in territory and abundant in natural resources, and there are great differences from place to place. Every place has a different view. When searching for "milk-returning food" on the Internet, the list is so long that mothers hardly eat it, such as barley, oats, leeks, hawthorn, soybean milk and so on.

Some mothers heard that leek pig liver returned to milk, and when they thought of eating some of these foods, they were uneasy and worried that they would return to milk. Actually, it's totally unnecessary. If the food was really so immediate, there wouldn't be so many mothers suffering from blocking milk and raising milk. And this anxiety about returning milk is not conducive to milk secretion, leading to a decrease in milk.

There is a principle to remember: milk is for babies, not for mothers! As long as the baby sucks frequently and effectively from the early postpartum, most mothers will have enough nutritious milk. When mother is relaxed, even drinking a cup of warm water can easily stimulate her to produce milk. The principle of various milk soups is actually similar to drinking water.

The principle of milk feeding back is the same. The milk yield enters the third stage of lactation on 10 ~ 14 days after delivery, which is determined by milk output and milk output frequency, and has nothing to do with food. If you want to return milk, slowly reduce the amount of milk spilled and lengthen the time interval.

There are really few foods that breastfeeding mothers can't eat at all. Every day, "fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs and milk" should be balanced. Food, in addition to nutritional needs, also needs to meet the needs of taste buds. If a mother eats happily, she can be a happy "wet nurse".