Breastfeeding Mothers Who Exercise: Risk or Benefit When It Comes to Milk Production?

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Over the years, a few studies have appeared in the peer-reviewed literature suggesting that a breastfeeding mother who exercises may reduce the amount of breast milk produced and in turn hamper the growth of her infant. Fortunately, Daley et al. (doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2485) decided to look systematically at this issue by looking only at randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using a variety of search engines to identify appropriate studies. Unfortunately only 4 RCTs qualified but the results are certainly not worrisome and do not support discouraging breast feeding women from exercising. For more details, consider giving this review article your attention — and if you read it while on the treadmill — all the better.