Despite its name, vitamin D is not actually very easily found in food. We primarily make vitamin D from sun exposure - if we’re not supplementing, 90% of our vitamin D is supplied from the sun. All cells in our body have vitamin D receptors on them; this means that vitamin D is important for all aspects of health.
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Breastfeeding challenges can take new mums by surprise; they are simply not prepared for how difficult breastfeeding can be. For many women who do stop breastfeeding early, much of the time the problem doesn’t lie in their beautiful body’s ability to produce breastmilk, but rather in lack of support and lack of knowledge of where to access good quality information, advice and support.
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Getting into the habit of eating a variety of colourful food before baby arrives makes it less of an effort in those tired, busy days of being a mother. And the better you are able to feed yourself, the better you are able to feed your children as they grow, setting an example and paving a way for a whole future generation that eats well.
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One of the most common questions pregnant and new mums ask me is what to eat to boost breastmilk supply. Although a seemingly innocuous question, what underlies it is doubt in their body’s ability to know how and how much milk to produce.
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