I recently had a baby on 091101, and I was wondering if it was a good idea to be on a low carb diet and nursing.

Congrats on your baby ... boy or girl??

I'll give you links to some of the lowcarb program sites, and their official stance on low-carb and pregnancy ...

• Atkins FAQ's .. (type breastfeeding in the keyword search box)
  
• Protein Power FAQ's
  
• Carbohydrate Addicts FAQ's

Basically, they recommend following Maintenance levels of their programs (Carb Addicts says no, period, to their program, since 2 meals a day are very low carb) ... this means approx. 100g carbs per day, and a minimum level of protein to meet the demands that nursing will put on your body. And lots of water. Atkins lists some vitamin & mineral supplements too ... you should certainly be taking a good quality daily supplement with extra folate, B12, calcium and potassium.

Why not pop into our Introductions forum and tell folks a bit about yourself .. you'll get lots of support and encouragement.

All the best to you and your new baby

Doreen