25/02/2026
I didn’t fully understand how demanding breastfeeding was… until I was in it.
The quiet hunger.
The deep thirst.
The way my body felt both incredible — constantly in awe and deeply connected to my baby — and completely spent at the same time.
Breastfeeding is beautiful. It’s connective. It’s primal.
But it is not passive.
It’s metabolically expensive. Your body prioritises milk production — even when your own nutrient stores are still recovering from pregnancy and birth. You are making food from your own reserves, every single day. And your body will choose your baby, every time.
Which means slowly, subtly… it takes from you.
Many women stop their prenatal once baby is born. It’s only for pregnancy, right?
But the nutrient demands of breastfeeding are just as high — if not higher — than pregnancy. Producing milk requires iron, iodine, zinc, B vitamins, choline, essential fatty acids and more.
Not just for your baby’s growth and development — but for your mood, your energy, your thyroid, your bones, your nervous system.
And this is the season when sleep drops.
Stress rises.
There is less time to prepare healthy meals.
Recovery is still happening.
And there’s very little space to replenish.
Honestly, “prenatal” is the wrong name. In reality, it’s a pre-conception, pregnancy, postpartum and breastfeeding formula.
We speak so much about nourishing babies. But mothers need nourishing too.
You have to fill your own cup so you can pour into others — and in this season, you are quite literally filling someone else’s cup.
In clinic, there is so much we can do to support you postpartum, this is just the bare minimum.
