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    An adolescent mother who is breastfeeding has increased nutritional needs in several key areas: 1. She needs extra protein, folic acid, iron, calcium, vitamins, and minerals to support her own development and health as well as her baby's growth and development. 2. Her calorie needs increase by 300 calories per day after 3 months of pregnancy and she requires an additional 200 calories per day while breastfeeding. 3. Staying hydrated is also important, so she should drink at least 8 cups of water daily plus other healthy beverages like juice, milk and herbal teas.

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    An adolescent mother who is breastfeeding has increased nutritional needs in several key areas: 1. She needs extra protein, folic acid, iron, calcium, vitamins, and minerals to support her own development and health as well as her baby's growth and development. 2. Her calorie needs increase by 300 calories per day after 3 months of pregnancy and she requires an additional 200 calories per day while breastfeeding. 3. Staying hydrated is also important, so she should drink at least 8 cups of water daily plus other healthy beverages like juice, milk and herbal teas.

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    An adolescent mother who is breastfeeding has increased nutritional needs in several key areas: 1. She needs extra protein, folic acid, iron, calcium, vitamins, and minerals to support her own development and health as well as her baby's growth and development. 2. Her calorie needs increase by 300 calories per day after 3 months of pregnancy and she requires an additional 200 calories per day while breastfeeding. 3. Staying hydrated is also important, so she should drink at least 8 cups of water daily plus other healthy beverages like juice, milk and herbal teas.

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    An adolescent mother who is breastfeeding has increased nutritional needs in several key areas: 1. She needs extra protein, folic acid, iron, calcium, vitamins, and minerals to support her own development and health as well as her baby's growth and development. 2. Her calorie needs increase by 300 calories per day after 3 months of pregnancy and she requires an additional 200 calories per day while breastfeeding. 3. Staying hydrated is also important, so she should drink at least 8 cups of water daily plus other healthy beverages like juice, milk and herbal teas.

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    What increased nutritional needs may be required for an adolescent mother?

    1: Protein. While breast-feeding adolescent mother should eat two to three servings of
    protein each day.
    Major sources: Lean meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, dairy products, nuts,
    legumes
    2: Folic Acid. All pregnant teen and breast-feeding adolescent mothers need adequate folic
    acid, which helps prevent neural tube defects during pregnant

    Sources: Many breakfast cereals, breads and fruit juices are fortified with folate.
    Leafy green vegetables e.g. spinach, broccoli, asparagus, legumes, nuts, yeast extracts e.g.
    vegemite, promite, marmite

    3: Iron Requirements. Iron is also important for breast-feeding adolescent mothers. 18 years
    of age or younger, adolescent mother should get 10 milligrams of iron per day.

    Sources: Beef, lamb, poultry, seafood, legumes, nuts, some vegetables, fortified
    breads and cereals.

    4: Calcium. Teens are still building their own bone mass and often don't eat or drink enough
    high-calcium foods to meet their own needs. Daily intake of calcium for breast-feeding
    adolescent mothers is 1,300 milligrams per day.

    5: Calorie Increase. Calorie needs increase by about 300 calories per day after three months
    pregnancy for adolescent mother. Breast-feeding woman needs 200 more calories per day
    than she did during pregnancy, and it is important that the calories come from nutritious
    foods.

    6: Vitamin C. childbearing mothers need slightly more vitamin C than they did during
    pregnancy.

    7: Vitamins and Minerals Breast-feeding adolescent mothers need to take some sort of daily
    multivitamin that contains 100 percent of the recommended dietary allowance.

    8: Liquids breast-feeding mother should drink at least 8 cups of water each day. In addition
    to water, other good liquids are juice, milk, broths, herb teas and soups.

    References

    Pillitteri, A. (2014). Maternal & child health nursing: Care of the childbearing &
    childrearing family (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott
    Williams.

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