The period after the child's birth when it still is on breastfeeding, demands from mother of the special attitude towards the health that the quantity and quality of milk, so the kid, necessary for immunity, were sufficient. Therefore many mothers are afraid to return to sports activities, habitual before pregnancy, being anxious that the lactic acid produced by an organism at physical activities did not change taste of milk and did not provoke refusal of the child of a breast.
Physical activities and breastfeeding
The question of how sports activities affect quantity and quality of breast milk, was studied rather in detail. So, in 2000 in Great Britain, researches in which two groups of the feeding mothers whose weight exceeded norm participated were conducted, in each group was on 20 people. To the first group of the woman adhered to a diet and daily carried out the ordered set of physical exercises, the second did not adhere to restrictions in food and did not do exercises. As a result, in 10 weeks the first group lost on average in 4.5 kg of weight without decrease in amount of the developed milk, women in the second group lost weight too, but on average this rate was only 900 g.
Also such experiments during which volumes and structure of milk at women of the control group which is carrying out within 12 weeks aerobic exercises of 5 days in a week, and those who refused classes were compared were made. Any differences in the chemical composition, volume or level of prolactin between the feeding mothers of these two groups it was revealed not.
Moreover, in 1998 the American scientist-physician A. Flayem obtained the evidence that even intensive physical exercises are in no way not capable to affect or change the content of the main minerals in breast milk. Concentration of phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium remained invariable with those mothers who went to this experiment.
As it is correct to do sports when breastfeeding
Physical activities should not be intensive – the swimming, yoga, different types of Pilates developed especially for this category of women will be suitable for the feeding mothers. The main attention should be paid to the correct equipment – for classes in sports or gym it is necessary to use the special dense and well supporting a breast bra. It is necessary to be protected most and to especially protect a breast from overcooling and not to run out excited after classes at once on the street. If you are engaged regularly, with use of exercise machines, control the weight that its loss did not happen too quickly – enough 1-2 kg a month. Also it is not necessary to hunger, do not forget that your first task – will provide the kid necessary for his growth and development by amount of milk. Even, when you have no time to visit gym or the pool, be engaged at home or turn into occupation walk with the kid, choosing routes, difficult on a relief, and changing movement speed. The facts confirm that mothers who did sports during breastfeeding almost did not suffer from a postnatal depression.