Breastfeeding Apple Juice: Properties and Tips for Consuming

There was a long-awaited event, and the baby was born.The new mother faces many new challenges and issues, including those related to diet. Exclude spicy and salted, smoked and fried foods. And also many fresh fruits and vegetables.

Various sweet drinks, alcohol, and practically everything that filled supermarket shelves are excluded from drinks. One of the favorites for many is apple juice, full of vitamins and trace elements. But is it possible to drink it at the very beginning of breastfeeding, we will try to make out in this text.

During breastfeeding a woman should drink a lot and abundantly. At least two and a half liters of fluid per day. It first helps to get the right amount of milk, and then maintain its volume and quality. In addition, the use of a sufficient amount of fluid provides the necessary body tone and metabolism, helps to avoid dehydration with HB, which is important for the child. Of the drinks recommended by doctors for this period, there are:

• tea with milk;
• compotes and uzvara from dried fruits;
• fermented milk drinks such as kefir and yogurt;
• juices;
• clean drinking water without gas;
• Birch juice.

Besides the fact that apple juice is incredibly tasty, it also has great health benefits.

• There are lots of vitamins in apple juice: A, PP, groups B and C.
• It strengthens the walls of the heart and blood vessels.
• Raises the level of iron in the blood, making it stable. This is especially important in the first month of feeding.
• Protects against anemia, rich in calcium and potassium.
• It has antioxidant properties due to the carotene it contains.
• Beneficial effect on the nervous system.
• Helps to improve the work of the gastrointestinal tract.

Such juice is one of the most accessible sources of nutrients in our region, to which the organism of the majority of inhabitants of the country is adapted.

In addition, some doctors believe that the use of mom during the feeding of juices helps the infant to adapt to the product at the time of independent use.

When choosing drinks to drink, mothers, especially in the first thirty days, need to act with extreme caution. This also applies to the choice of juice. Produced from apples, so tasty, sweetish with sourness, there are so many vitamins in it. It would seem an excellent choice to strengthen the immune system and maintain tone! In addition, it is one of the most affordable.

But no, and there is danger in it. First of all, it is associated with allergic reactions. And all this is due to the fact that the concentration of substances in the juice is higher than in the fruit itself, which is on the allowed list from the first days of breastfeeding.

The recommendations of doctors to add it to the diet of the period of the first month of lactation vary. Part strongly opposed, others consider it safe.

Use it with caution, checking the child's reaction to the addition to the diet. If we talk about freshly squeezed, then ideally they drink it immediately after preparation, since the beneficial properties of such a drink are lost within minutes. It is recommended to start with 50 ml per day. If there are no negative moments, you can safely drink this drink in the amount that pleases mom. True, remembering that a lot of good is also bad. The maximum allowed by doctors is one liter per day. It is better to limit yourself to two glasses a day. You can even with breaks in a couple of days.

Based on all of the above, after weighing the pros and cons, the young mother makes the choice herself. Naturally, focusing on their contraindications and the well-being of the baby.

There are several reasons:

• adaptation and restructuring of the mother's body after childbirth;
• possible allergic reaction of the child to the product;
• the mother's reaction to the acidic environment of juices;
• possible disorder of the gastrointestinal tract systems in the developing infant's body.

Therefore, it is better to stay on clean drinking water without gases, teas and compotes. The compote of dried apples is not so tasty, but it is definitely more useful at first. Even fermented milk drinks do not always provide benefits immediately.

In general, apple juice is allowed during lactation. Just wait for the first month. The organisms of the mother and child adapt to the changes. Mom will be able to add to your diet new and familiar dishes and drinks.

It is worth considering the nuances in which the use of juice can be limited or completely excluded.

• The appearance of tingling and rash in the lips. If a baby scratches his lips or puts his hands in his mouth, it means that an allergic reaction has occurred.
• Redness, peeling of the skin, spots, they often appear before the rest.
• Impaired function of the respiratory tract, which is caused by inflammation of the nasal mucosa and copious secretions from the nasal passages.
• The symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders, they include vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea.
• You should also give up apple juice if your mother has gastritis, cholecystitis, colitis, ulcers, which strongly react to the acids contained in the juices. When kidney disease is the same, as this juice helps to eliminate excess fluid.
• This drink is not recommended for diabetics, because it immediately increases the level of glucose. A banal oversupply of vitamins is also possible.

So, if there are no allergies and contraindications for apple juice, you can start drinking it. You must select the following types:

• fresh;
• homemade juice;
• drink, made by boiling juice.

In the manufacture of these types of juices an important aspect is the choice of raw materials. This, firstly, should be only green apples, secondly, grown in an ecologically clean place, without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and thirdly, having undergone a thorough cleansing and washing.

Preparing juice at home is easy. It should be noted that it is necessary to do it only in glass or enameled ware.

• First, the fruits are washed, cut, cleaned from the core and cuttings.
• If there are spoiled pieces, they are surely cut out.
• Each fruit is then cut into small pieces for processing purposes.
• The next step involves skipping finely chopped pieces of fruit through a juicer or meat grinder.
• Then, when the fruit mass turned out, it is separated from the pulp and filtered through a towel or gauze rolled up in several layers.

• Stewpot put on fire.
• To improve the taste supplement with sugar, ideally, it should be added as little as possible, focusing on the acidity of apples.
• Foam gently removed. Regularly stirring, bring the liquid almost to a boil.
• Then the juice is kept for about 3 minutes on the fire, not boiling. Fluid temperature should be about 90-95 degrees.
• The finished product is poured into clean, sterile jars, which are rolled with metal lids.
• The whole container is placed on a flat surface with the lid down, covered with a blanket, and left to cool completely.

The finished product can be stored at room temperature and consumed, pre-diluted with water.

Deciding to buy juice in the store, you need to remember a few important rules:

• it should not be preservatives and dyes;
• it is best if the juice is clarified, without pulp;
• take products made from green apples only;
• the label should contain a note that such juice is recommended for baby food;
• Do not be tempted by juices with a long shelf life.

Choosing a product, habitual to a lactation, mother can face problems of health of the child.

An allergic reaction to apples in a child is extremely rare. It is worth starting with small doses, gradually adding the amount, but not abusing. The main thing is to remember that you must choose the most natural.

Dr. Komarovsky's tips on feeding a nursing mother, see the following video.