Breastfeeding and cabbage soup

by Pumla
(Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa)

Can I eat cabbage soup while breastfeeding?

Hi Pumla,

we don't recommend to do the 7 day cabbage soup diet while breastfeeding. The reasons for this we explained in another thread breastfeeding and cabbage soup diet.

You may however try some cabbage soup as a starter before your meals like I did when breastfeeding. I gained 40 pounds with my pregnancy some years ago – but I lost them all within 7 months. I was breastfeeding like you! I added the cabbage soup in variations to my daily nutrition which was low in fat but healthy and valuable.

But please make sure that your baby doesn't suffer and get flatulence from the soup. There are some tricks to avoid this.

Give some dry camomille flower or caraway to the cabbage soup - this reduces possible flatulance effects. And please use the cabbage soup as a starter only if your baby feels happy with it.

All the best,

Gabriela