WW and breastfeeding
 

Hi,

I'll be giving birth to my son in a couple of weeks and would like to start Weight Watchers as soon as I can. I have the new PointPlus material and my daily points amount (34 points) but I'm not attending meetings. How many extra points do nursing mothers get a day? How many points should be used on milk products? I'm assuming I still get 49 Weekly Points allowance as well.

TIA for letting me know.

You get an extra 14 pts for exclusively breastfeeding and 7 pts if you are supplementing with formula or food (if you are supplementing with formula because of supply issues, I would not decrease your food intake because that can cause your supply to plummet). You are supposed to consume an extra milk product (so a total of 3 a day). Yes, you get the 49 weekly points also.

Congratulations on your little one! I don't know if it's your first, but being a mother is awesome!

Shades of Gray couldn't have said it better. So, I'm just gonna say CONGRATS!! What an exciting time for you :-D

first of all. Dont take your current number to heart. After i gave birth to my daughter, i lost 23lbs by a week later. So your number will change, And if you're breastfeeding or pumping, you need to tell weight watchers :) they'll give you a number and all the added information on that. It is an option on etools.

congrats

Thank you
 

I appreciate your responses! Wow, 14 points seems like a lot but I'll take it! I plan on exclusively breastfeeding. I'll also make sure to up my dairy servings to 3.

Thanks again.

dont forget to drink as much water as humanly possible. someone said to me, you have to feel like you're going to float away