The Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition Course
Boost your milk supply, energy, nutrition & wellbeing.
Maternal Essentials has partnered with The Milky Days to bring you The Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition Course. The ultimate course to help you navigate your breastfeeding diet with confidence. Available now on the Apple app store through The Milky Days app.
The Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition Course
What You'll Learn
What to eat when Breastfeeding
Discover the best foods to eat while breastfeeding.
- Learn about the best foods to support the nutritional demands of breastfeeding
- Discover the best ways to add these foods into your breastfeeding diet
- Understand the hydration requirements while breastfeeding
- Learn how to successfully eliminate common food allergens in your diet to reduce symptoms in your breastfed baby
- Debunking dietary myths about foods you eat while breastfeeding that can cause colic or upset babies
Recommended Dietary Intakes
Understand why your diet is important as a breastfeeding mum.
- Learn about the increased dietary intakes during lactation and why these are important for your health & your babies development
- Discover easy ways to ensure you are reaching the recommended dietary intakes for breastfeeding daily
- Gain expert insight on how to optimise your levels of essential vitamins and minerals while breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Vitamins & Supplements
Do you really need to take a breastfeeding vitamin?
- Explore the role of postnatal supplements, breastfeeding multivitamins, iodine tablets & DHA dietary supplements
- Understand circumstances when breastfeeding vitamins are required
- Insights from Meg, Clinical Nutritionist on the best breastfeeding vitamins & breastfeeding safe protein powders.
- Downloadable breastfeeding vitamin guide including practitioner approved supplements, breastfeeding safe immune vitamins & digital links to recommended products
Caffeine and Breastfeeding
Find out if you can drink coffee and breastfeed?
- Learn what the recommended caffeine guidelines are for breastfeeding mums
- Discover the amount of caffeine in everyday foods
- Understand side effects that may occur if you drink too much coffee while breastfeeding
- Find out caffeine free alternatives if your breastfed baby is sensitive
Alcohol and Breastfeeding
Evidence-based answers breastfeeding alcohol guidelines
- Understand if pumping & dumping is actually necessary before breastfeeding your baby after an alcoholic drink
- Learn what the alcohol content in your breastmilk is
- Discover the recommended time frame to wait before nursing again after a glass of wine
- Guidance on safely consuming alcohol to ensure wellbeing of both mum and baby
Galactagogues & Lactation Superfoods
Do lactation cookies work? Does fenugreek actually work? What about brewers yeast and breastfeeding?
- Learn the principles of milk supply and when to reach out to an IBCLC
- Understand how galactagogues work to increase your milk supply
- Discover the research behind herbal galactagogues including fenugreek, blessed thistle, fennel and nettle
- Learn about the lactation superfood brewers yeast and if it really works to boost your milk supply
- Get tips on how to integrate these lactation superfoods & herbal galactagogues into your diet to enhance your breastmilk supply
- Access nutritionist designed & IBCLC approved recipes to increase your milk supply
Eliminating Allergens while Breastfeeding
Managing food allergies & intolerances while breastfeeding
- Learn about the most common food allergies & sensitivities in breastfed babies
- Understand the difference between food allergies and sensitivities
- Identify signs & symptoms of food allergies in breastfed infants, such as cow's milk protein
- Explore lactose overload, lactose intolerance and dairy allergy in breastfed babies
- Expert guidance on dietary management of CMPA, Soy, and Egg Allergy in breastfed babies
- The role your breastfeeding diet plays in preventing food allergies in infants
The complete Breastfeeding Nutrition Course
Now Available on The Milky Days App!
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Engaging Video Modules
This course is a mixture of engaging video modules & digital resources, led by Meg, our Clinical Nutritionist. You'll gain insight into what to eat as a breastfeeding mum, key nutrients, caffeine, alcohol, galactagogues, elimination diets, dairy & soy free options, breastfeeding supplements and more!
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Guidance & Support
The Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition Course will provide you with the confidence and knowledge to boost your nutrition & wellbeing as a breastfeeding mum. No more confusing answers from google & facebook groups- you can trust in this accurate, up to date information.
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Extra Digital Downloads
Modules in this course are accompanied by downloadable handouts, including dairy & soy free swaps, allergy friendly meals, breastfeeding supplements & lactation superfoods. You'll also get a free copy of our Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition eGuide, packed with delicious breastfeeding recipes,
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Lifetime Access
100% self-paced and accessed through The Milky Days App. Once purchased, you will have lifetime access to The Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition Course & the accompanying digital downloads
Led by Meg, Clinical Nutritionist
Learn the essentials to boost your breastfeeding diet & wellness
the complete breastfeeding nutrition course
You'll learn everything about your breastfeeding diet.
From what you should be eating & the role of breastfeeding vitamins to alcohol intake & foods you shouldn't eat while breastfeeding. Discover if lactation superfoods like brewers yeast or fenugreek, actually work to boost milk supply. Gain knowledge so you can confidently navigate food allergies with your breastfed baby.
the complete breastfeeding nutrition course
Free copy of "The Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition eGuide"
With this course, you'll also get a free copy of The Complete Breastfeeding Guide, including all the essential information included in this course plus tons of breastfeeding recipes, snack ideas, lactation smoothie recipes & so much more! Throughout the course certain modules also include downloadable guides on dairy/soy free swaps, allergy friendly meals, breastfeeding vitamins & more!
The complete breastfeeding nutrition course
Delicious Breastfeeding Recipes
Through this course and the access to free digital downloads, you'll be able to create mouth watering, nutritionally balanced & milk boosting recipes. Including tasty, but healthy breastfeeding snacks like our nutty granola, tasty protein bliss balls, chocolate lactation brownies & choc cherry breastfeeding smoothie.
The complete breastfeeding nutrition course
Self Paced through The Milky Days App
Access The Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition Course through The Milky Days App and take comfort in knowing you can take your time to understand each module. It's the perfect app to open up during that 2am feed. Enjoy engaging videos paired with written insights, to optimise your knowledge on the best ways to support your breastfeeding diet.
The Complete Breastfeeding Nutrition Course
About The Milky Days
Sarah is the founder of The Milky Days here on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and Midwife and has been privileged to work with mothers and babies for over 14 years. Most importantly, she is a wife and proud mama of two amazing, breastfed children! Her goal is to ensure a positive and fulfilling breastfeeding experience for both mother and baby. With this in mind, Sarah created The Milky Days app, offering bite-sized educational videos tailored for breastfeeding mums.