fasting while breastfeeding???

[veganfamily]

Is there any safe way to fast when nursing? I am nursing a 9 month old and my 2 year old like once or twice a day.

I just really feel like i need to do some "spring cleaning"

any wisdom out there?

~Brandy

[lavendarJ]

yeah for you for breastfeeding..you definitely need your energy level and to be eating something for good lactation...maybe you could try a fruit fast or a veggie fast, i would just watch the combination of the fruits and/or veggies because the wrong combos could give you and baby unwanted gas.....

[lavendarJ]

sorry its me again...i just thought about something... i knew a mother who fasted from her last evening meal to the next day meal (like from dinner which ended at about 4:30 for her until breakfast at 5:00)

the other thing i was thinking about was natural detoxers like garlic...if you don't mind smelling like garlic it is a wonderful cleansing tool that you could enjoy daily...

just some extra thoughts :)

[IamLoved]

Hi

I am still nursing our almost 16 month old. I did a 7 day juice fast back in June when she was about 7 months old. I went all raw when she was 5 months old. I noticed that she had some detox symptoms during my fast. The first couple days she had a runny nose but that was all. After that she was fine and I did not have any problems at all with milk supply or anything else like that. I have done a couple other shorter fasts since then and right now am ending day one of what is suppossed to be a 30 day fast.
I think that you should be fine, especially since they are not nursing too frequently.