Features of the use of strawberry during breastfeeding
Strawberry is a delicious, fragrant and juicy berry, the ripening season of which begins in late May and lasts until the end of September. She is loved by many adults and children. It is no secret that the berry is rich in vitamins and other useful substances. However, breastfeeding mothers often have a question about whether it is allowed when breastfeeding a baby. Consider this question in more detail.
Proper nutrition - the urgent need of a nursing woman
Quite often you can hear the opinion that, breastfeeding a toddler, the newly made mother is obliged to follow a strict diet. We can partly agree with this, because of how well and fully a woman eats, whether she nourishes her body with all the necessary vitamins and microelements, the condition of the infant directly depends.
Consequently, if, when breastfeeding, fresh vegetables and fruits, complex carbohydrates, protein foods predominate in the mother’s diet, the toddler is most likely to be strong and healthy.
Trace elements and vitamins for babies
Daily use of vitamins is mandatory for a young woman with a newly born child. Strawberry (or strawberry) contains a huge amount of useful elements such as carotene, vitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, panthenol, pyridoxine, folic acid, ascorbic acid, D, E, N. Thanks to vitamin D, bone and muscle are formed correctly in the baby , the risk of rickets is reduced. Vitamins of groups A, B and C enrich the baby with energy for the functioning and digestion of mother's milk. The nervous system of an infant is dependent on vitamin B9. All of these elements strengthen and help the organs of the karapuz, its cardiovascular and immune systems.
The fact that the fruits are in themselves in favor, and the fact that they have a large number of minerals: iodine, calcium, potassium, iron, manganese, etc. successful formation and growth. The full-fledged health of the infant, mental, physical, and also mental development in the future ensures an adequate consumption of fruit and berries by the mother.
Thus, we can conclude that fruits of this plant are useful for the woman and her child. However, the uncontrolled eating of berries is extremely undesirable, since strawberries contain red pigment. As you know, products with such a bright pigment can provoke allergic rashes in children, food intolerance, malfunction of the stomach. It is also possible the appearance of itching and, unfortunately, the occurrence of edema.
Currently, the problem may also lie in the fact that fruits and berries are grown not always bona fide producers, using a huge number of different fertilizers. This is beneficial for the producer - the berries grow faster and give several harvests per season. But that's not all. For long-term storage and transportation of berries use chemicals that naturally fall on the surface and deep into the plants, making them poisonous.
Therefore, a loving mother needs to look at the berries bought in a store or on the market with great caution, because the health of a tiny little man is much more important. If the berries are grown in their own garden, this eliminates the risk of poisoning. However, it is worth considering the other nuances of the use of fragrant fruit with HB.
When does the reaction to the product being introduced start to appear?
In order to detect the reaction to the product introduced into the diet of the newly-made mother, you need to know how many hours it will come. After receipt of the dish in the intestine, it is digested and passes into breast milk, carrying in itself useful, nutritious or harmful components.
The fastest components in breast milk are such components as thiamine, riboflavin, various acids and other essential vitamins and minerals. Stocks of valuable components in the female body should be replenished daily. While breastfeeding continues, It is vital to eat fresh vegetables, berries and fruits every day.
Strawberry allergens will enter the mother’s milk for one to three hours and then continue to accumulate there. As already mentioned, strawberries are red, which means that it contains histamine. Therefore, the product may cause redness, itching and other allergic symptoms in an infant.
If your toddler is predisposed to allergies, then the reaction will begin in four to six hours.
How quickly do hazardous substances disappear from the body?
Many products have harmful ingredients. The time of excretion of the decays of these products is different, so each mother is interested in how quickly these components will leave the body, and whether they will get to the crumbs through breast milk. Women who consumed strawberries in large portions indicate that after six to eight hours (at least a day later) there are no longer any allergens in breast milk. This means that if a child has an allergy, simply remove the product from the diet. If the baby quietly carries this berry, then you can safely eat strawberries, just moderately and gradually.
The proper inclusion of strawberries in the diet with HB
A nursing mother is allowed to eat strawberries on the condition that she will carefully introduce them into her menu. Starting to try the berries in the morning in the amount of one or two pieces. This should be done about an hour before feeding. After that, you should carefully monitor the child during the day. You will soon understand how your baby accepted the new experience. If he is still alert and active, his stool remains the same, and there are no rashes on the skin, then all is well.
If no negative effects have been identified, then the next day, the dose can be doubled. So you can gradually accustom the crumb to this delicious and so useful berry. When the baby gets used to the new element of the diet, you can easily eat one or two glasses of juicy berries a day. When the child matures, he himself will absorb strawberries with great pleasure.
So, in the process of breastfeeding one cannot turn away from berries, vegetables or fruits, especially if the birth of your baby coincided with the summer season, the ripening period of all these healthy goodies. It was at this time that the plants contain vitamins that are beneficial for both of you. The main condition is to thoroughly wash the berries from dust, earth and other small contaminants before use.
Many modern women listen to the advice of Dr. Komarovsky E. O. His opinion on this issue is the same. If eating strawberries does not create difficulties for you and your child, eat berries for health. As for the norm, no one can say the maximum value, since all organisms are different. If you eat too much strawberries, you will see a rash or other negative reaction of the baby. Then you yourself will understand that there are no berries in such quantities.
Options for the use of berries during lactation
As mentioned above, strawberries are useful for both the newborn baby and his mother even in the first month after the birth of the child. Therefore it is worth talking about the delicacies that can be created from this delicious and fragrant berries. Of course, the fruit can be consumed in its original form, but when you enjoy the early harvest, you probably want something original.
Compote from fresh strawberries has a sea of nutritional properties, it increases lactation and quenches thirst. You can cook it in just five to ten minutes. To do this, it is necessary to pour clean harvest without tails with cool water and bring to a boil over moderate heat.Then, add sugar to taste and boil the contents of the container for another couple of minutes. When compote is cooked, it must be drained and drunk without berries. If you are interested in approximate proportions, you can take five tablespoons of sugar and one glass of strawberries for four cups of water.
For the winter, you can make a treat that the whole family will like - jam or strawberry jam. To make a delicious jam, you need to take one kilogram of sugar and a half kilograms of berries. Half of the sugar should be poured on strawberries and left for five to six hours. Then (when juice appears) the mass is brought to a boil, the foam is removed, but not stirred. After that, a quarter of the sugar left is filled up, boiled for another ten minutes and again left for a few hours so that the jam is infused.
In the same way, repeat this procedure with the remaining three quarters of granulated sugar.
It should be clarified that for a small child such jam is rather heavy, but for mom in winter it is just right (provided it is moderately consumed).
If you want to eat strawberries in winter, as if it had been ripped off recently, just freeze the berries. So they keep their taste and almost all the vitamins. Especially in the cold season it is not worth buying greenhouse fruits in chain stores, because they contain many chemicals used to store them. Berries can be frozen both in the original form and in the form of a mass ground with sugar.
You can also stick dumplings with fresh strawberries, and then freeze them. Such a dish is not contraindicated to anyone.
Rave reviews of young mothers can be heard about strawberry jelly. To obtain it, pour the gelatin solution into the berries. You will have a great dessert that can be served to guests in beautiful bowls. You can also enjoy the delicacy yourself, without fear of harming the baby you are breastfeeding.
In the next video, Dr. Komarovsky will tell how a woman who is breastfeeding a child can make her life as easy as possible without harming the baby.
