In third trimester pregnancy,the fetus starting get old to taste the food supply from his mom. And after he born and when you breastfed him, your baby will get better taste from your favorite food consumption. For breastfeeding your baby you should produce breastmilk about 23 to 27 ounces a day. That's why you have to increase your calorie intake by about 500 more a day with water consumption at least 2 1/2 to 3 quarts of water a day.
You will notice that you are feel thirstier during breastfeeding session because your body need water when produce breastmilk. But, note for not drinking more than 3 quarts of water a day because able to reduce the amount of breastmilk production.
As stated earlier, you need to up your calorie intake. Plan to take in about 2500 calories a day or more if you are planning to nurse for longer than three months. These extra calories should not come from junk food. Junk food and sweets are just empty calories and offer no nutritional value to you or your baby. Eat more protein. A good rule of thumb is to eat 1 gram of protein each day for every pound you weigh. If you weigh 150, aim to eat 150grams of protein a day.
If you were not doing so during pregnancy, adopt the six meals a day program. Eat breakfast, a midday snack, lunch, a mid afternoon snack, dinner and a night time snack. Your body is going to be making milk continually so it is a good idea to keep it charged with calories through out the day.
There are some foods you might want to avoid during pregnancy. Pretty much everything passes through breast milk and to the baby. This is why the first thing pediatricians advise nursing moms to do when their baby has colic is to look at what they are eating. Chocolate has been blamed in many cases of colic and can cause an upset tummy for most babies. f you have a baby with a tummy ache think back to see if you had a candy bar or even a cookie in the hours before you nursed. The best advice is to stay away from chocolate while you are nursing.
Stay away from greasy and spicy foods while you are breastfeeding. Greasy foods sometimes upset adults stomachs, imagine what it would do to your baby's immature stomach? Wait until your baby is older and no longer nursing before you start making trips back to McDonalds.
You may also want to stay away from garlic and onions while you are breast feeding. Both of these can flavor the breast milk and you may find that your little one will not nurse if you have eaten these. Your little one may be just a tad too young to appreciate the taste of garlic and onions anyway. Remember it takes a few hours for the food you eat to make its way into your breast milk. You may have eaten one of these foods right before you nurse and see your baby is fine but by either the following nursing session or the one after you might find your baby having a reaction then.
Actually, the baby taste your breastmilk not only taste as the kind of food's taste that you consume but also taste of what you drinking. In the same rule while you breastfeeding you should need to apply as when you're pregnant, you have to avoid beverage with caffeine. Just keep your caffeine down to moderate level consumption. If you stay in this rule, you put your baby in an excellent breastfeeding. So keep it up and always make excellent food and drink for your beloved baby.