Is it unhealthy to breastfeed if you're obese?

Why would obesity have anything to do with it?

I don’t see why it would be unhealthy. However, I know that it is harder to breastfeed for obese people, I’ve read several studies looking at different reasons but they all pointed to decreased lactation and/or difficulty with latching for the babies.

The more the merrier. obesity should have nothing to do with breasfeeding.

Not even a little bit.

If a morbidly obese woman survived pregnancy and childbirth to deliver a healthy, living newborn, if that didn’t kill her, then they are both pretty much home free as far as breastfeeding is concerned I would think.

The milk isn’t higher fat coming from a fat person if that’s what you’re thinking.

Breastfeeding uses over 2500 calories a day. That ought to be GOOD for obese women – at least to reduce their weight.

As RocketGuy said, breastfeeding can actually help people to lose weight so that can only be a positive.

The only thing that would make breastfeeding unhealthy is if the mother was ingesting drugs or alcohol or harmful prescriptions that will pass through the breast milk.

Hm, okay. I didn’t mean to offend anyone on here.

Hi Chelle

Why would anyone be offended? I am not offended in the slightest. I think it was a good question.

Liz