New mothers must not skip meals

Women who have just given birth should not worry about getting their bodies back in shape immediately, a leading Germany health insurer said. "A woman's body has enough to do after a baby arrives,"said Waltraud Pfarrer, listing milk production and hormonal adjustment as esmaples. New mothers also have to reckon with fatifue because babies typically wake in the night to nurse, added Pfarrer of the insurer DAK in Hamburg.And nursing a child requires an average of an aditional 600 calories a day. Mothers of newborns should not skip meals, and they should strive to eat a balanced diet.