Nutritional needs for the baby will be based only breast milk, and as a result the mother need to continue a healthy diet. If the baby is large and growing rapidly, the fat stores for mother during pregnancy can be depleted quickly,
which means that she may have problem eating good enough to increase and maintain a sufficient capacity of milk.

This type of diet in general involves a high calorie, high-nutrition diet that derives from that pregnancy. While mothers in famine conditions can produce milk with nutritional content, a mother is emaciated may produce milk with a lack levels of vitamins A, D, B6 and B12. Read more »