Does anyone have experience with doing IF while nursing? Just trying to plan for when my little one gets here!
Breast feeding made my appetite go through the roof. Far more than being pregnant. That would be really rough to do - especially when trying to initially establish your milk supply. I wouldn’t recommend it.
I did at around 10 months. I started doing OMAD and longer fasts. My supply quickly dropped, and hasn’t been the same nor do I think I’ll go back to how I was producing. I gained around 15 pounds while breast feeding because I felt so hungry all the time while nursing. I’m still nursing about 3 times a day but I wonder if by the last feed there’s even anything coming out.
I’m doing it at 9.5 months and my supply is about the same. But, I probably ate 1800 or less calories a day before I started this anyways, and I’m only doing 16/8. So it’s not a huge change from my previous diet.
I worked with lactation consultantation before and it’s not recommended because your energy demands are so high and your body essentially needs a round the clock energy for you to make food for your LO!