how many extra calories when breastfeeding?

When exclusively breastfeeding, it's 500 extra calories a day, so the equivelant of an extra sandwich and piece of fruit really. Not as much as we'd like to think!!

Thanks, that's great.

500 doesn't seem like much - I dread to think how many I've been eating! I was good yesterday but stil felt hungry despite eating really quite a lot.

Oh well hopefully when my baby is feeding a bit less I'll feed less too ?

Just be careful that you don't carry on eating alot once your baby feeds less. I made that mistake and put on over ½ stone very quickly.

I am doing weightwatchers as I need to shift the baby weight from three babies, preferably by my husband's 40th in September but I want to cry as I am so hungry all the time. I was starving all the time when feeding the other two but just ate what I wanted and gained half a stone after having them but I am being good this time, eating the right things but I am miserable and hungry. ?

Lmsunshine soooo true ?

Today I am mostly ravenous. Despite eating quite a lot (of good stuff) I feel hungry and miserable! Waaah.

The thing is I only fit into 2 pairs of trousers and hardly any tops which is such a horrible feeling. Even if I could shift half a stone I could get back into a few bits from my wardrobe.

Surely being awake in the night means I should burn more calories than sleeping. But after being good since saturday I've lost nothing. Humph.