
Nutrition During Breastfeeding
Good nutrition is crucial when you're breastfeeding. Check out Nurse Barb Dehn's advice for new moms.
Jul 17, 2018
Apr 27, 2022
Pregnancy & PostpartumPracticing Nurse Practitioner
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San Francisco, CA
Barbara Dehn RN, MS, NP is a practicing Nurse Practitioner and a television health expert, who's known as Nurse Barb. She is passionate about health education, whether it's 1 on 1 with a patient, in a lecture hall at Stanford or with millions of people watching on television. Her warm and engaging personality puts everyone at ease as they learn more about health.
Nurse Barb is the award winning author of the Personal Guides to Health used by over 5 million women in the US, with titles ranging from fertility and pregnancy to menopause and breastfeeding. Active in Social Media, she contributes content to HealthyWomen, Huffington Post, NurseBarb, KevinMD and The Patch and amplifies her reach with an active and engaged Facebook following and 34,000 Twitter followers.
She is the author of The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause, Nurse Barb's Guide to Breastfeeding and Nurse Barb's Guide to Pregnancy.
Barb earned a masters degree from UCSF and a BS from Boston College. She is certified by the North American Menopause Society and is a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Over the last 2 years, she has been an active participant in Global Health Initiatives at FAME Hospital in Karatu, Tanzania. Barb lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
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After birth, your baby still relies on you for nutrients. Without the umbilical cord, it's a little less immediate, but, if you're breastfeeding, what you eat mostly determines what you're giving your baby.
Eating for Two
Can I lose weight and eat like this?
Getting the Right Nutrients
For more information on breastfeeding, be sure to check out Nurse Barb's Personal Guide to Breastfeeding.
This blog originally appeared on Nurse Barb's Daily Dose. Barb Dehn is a women's health nurse practitioner, award-winning author and nationally recognized health expert. She practices with Women Physicians in the Silicon Valley of California.