Megha Mukhija

A dietician can help chalk out personalized diet regimens for your body keeping in mind your health status, metabolic index, lifestyle, and other factors. A wholesome diet plan is essential from a nutritional standpoint to incorporate all required nutrients in a new mother or an experienced mom. This is important to promote the mother's health, ensure a constant and healthy supply of milk, replenish the nutrient supply, and keep the mother energized and healthy enough to take care of the newborn.

A proper postnatal diet is very important to ensure the well-being of the mother as well as the newborn. Giving birth is a stressful activity for the body and post-birth, the hormones are again in play. Therefore, the postpartum recovery period is very fragile and delicate for the new mother. It is very important to maintain a healthy diet since if anything goes wrong it will affect the baby as you are likely to be breastfeeding as well.

• Aids in the healing process after labor and delivery.
• Carbohydrates give energy and proteins help in rebuilding and recovering the tissues and muscles.
• Enhances breast milk

In the first six weeks, your body will experience several changes, from healing after childbirth to hormonal mood swings. Also to the added stress of tackling breastfeeding, sleep deprivation, and many more. A healthy diet can reduce the symptoms and helps in the healing process.