[DK615617]

I have a question but let me explain first... I don't eat healthy. In fact, I eat terrible!! A lot of fast food. I spend a lot of time in my car and it is so easy to eat at McD or Chicfila than to pack a lunch ( I know really lazy.) I have made an effort during the pregnancy and then once she was born to eat better. And since I bf her I still try to eat better. But I still eat more fast food than I should. Have I really done good by her by bf'ing her since I ate so much junk??? I read somewhere recently that a mothers breastmilk is only as good as her diet.. yikes. I pray that that is not true. I exclusively bf, and now that she is on solids too, I do all organic and homemade food. (When I am at home I eat healthy, but I am out a lot)
Do you think my body would have passed on all the trans fats to her???

[twinzplus3]

What you read is absolutely and 100% incorrect. A mother's bm is the healthiest thing you can give her and formula is not better--even if your diet stinks. Mothers in Africa who are poorly nourished are encouraged to bf. By the reasoning of the above statement, their milk should be poorly nourished too--but it's not. That's just how it works.

You should eat healthy and stop grabbing fast food but you can rest assured that your bm didn't suffer because you eat junk. I haven't read anything yet that indicates to me that the basic composition of a mother's bm changes as a result of what she eats. That is not how milk is made.