Most people stop taking prenatal vitamins after their child is born, but Pregnacare says that newborns need nutrients just as much as they did inside the womb. Pregnacare Breast-feeding & New Mum, aside from sounding distinctly British, claims to be able to give your baby what they need by enhancing your breast milk and keeping you healthy.

Pregnacare Breast-feeding & New Mum is a supplement designed for mothers to use just after having their baby. It is meant to provide mothers the nutrition they need to stay healthy while also producing wholesome, nutritious breast milk for their little one. To get this job done, Pregnacare Breast-feeding & New Mum uses a vitamin tablet and a fish oil capsule that are to be taken in tandem with one another. But do these pills have the nutrients you and your baby really need?

About Pregnacare Breast-feeding & New Mum

Since a new mother has the option of breastfeeding her child, she will need a healthy dose of calcium. Pregnacare Breast-feeding & New Mum pulls through in this regard by offering a whopping 700mg of calcium per serving. Two servings a day comes out to 1400mg which is plenty to help a woman sustain her flow of milk healthily and safely. If a woman doesn’t get enough calcium, several adverse effects can occur. The body can begin to break down bones to get the calcium it needs for milk. Low calcium can also make her milk become less nutritious to the infant.

Pregnacare Breast-feeding & New Mum also does well to contain fish oil, a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids. Babies have a hard time synthesizing their fatty acids so they need to take them in through breast milk. Omega-3 fatty acids helps a child continue to develop healthy brain, nerve, and eye function. They babies are also constantly needing to put on more weight.

Conclusion

Even though Pregnacare Breast-feeding & New Mum contains ample calcium and a rich source of fatty acids, its other ingredients just seem like a rehash of all the other Pregnacare supplements. The vitamins and minerals are nearly identical in both the prenatal and postnatal products. This shows you that Pregnacare didn’t spend much time figuring out a new formula that would be specifically beneficial for new mothers. Without a specially designed formula, we recommend looking into other options.