Lebaran certainly not complete without the presence of a variety of typical dishes. A variety of bersantan food, fatty, and spicy flavor definitely presented complete at your dinner table. Call it rendang, chicken opor, or sambal goreng that may never miss each year. But what if you are breastfeeding? Will these foods affect the production of breast milk or harm the baby?
Calm down, Moms, first understand exactly the problem. The first thing you should know is the taste and aroma of breast milk can indeed be affected by the food you eat. Therefore, breast-fed infants are usually trained to develop many flavors from the variety of foods you eat, including chocolate and spicy foods.
But these conditions do not necessarily pose a direct risk to the baby, such as making the baby diarrhea or diarrhea. Eating excessively spicy foods is actually only a risk on your own, because it can lead to diarrhea or other digestive disorders.
Which may be a problem then is when the typical food of Lebaran, then you who have diarrhea or indigestion. This condition can cause you to dehydrate, thus decreasing the quality of breast milk. Therefore, to maintain personal health and maintain the quality of breast milk, you should limit your intake of spicy foods during Lebaran, Moms.
Citing the pages of the Indonesian Breastfeeding Association (AIMI), nursing mothers are actually free to choose the preferred type of food. But remember, should still pay attention to the nutritional content of the food yes, Moms. Provided not excessive, eating bersantan and spicy food, such as rendang or sambal fried potatoes is actually safe for breastfeeding mothers.
However, if you have an allergic history in the family, such as a sea food allergy or cow milk allergy, then breastfeeding should be more careful in consuming these types of foods. Because of all that, the allergy is down to your child, Moms.