For new mums · South Africa & Netherlands
Postpartum & Breastfeeding Nutrition.
Lose the baby weight without losing your milk supply.
Clinical nutrition support for new mums — safe postpartum weight loss, breastfeeding optimisation and nutrient recovery. Virtual consultations across South Africa and the Netherlands.
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Every mum asks this
"Can I lose weight without harming my milk supply?"
You want your body back.
But not at the cost of your supply — and not at the cost of feeling like you're failing every time you eat.
Your hair is falling out and you're exhausted.
Postpartum nutrient depletion is clinical, not inevitable — and it's correctable.
Nobody told you how hard the nutrition side actually is.
Everyone talks about sleep. Nobody gives you a roadmap for eating.
You're in the Netherlands and finding support is hard.
A new country, a new system, possibly a language barrier — and a baby. This shouldn't be so hard.
Yes — safe weight loss while breastfeeding is possible. The approach is everything.
The clinical reframe
Severe restriction reduces your milk supply AND depletes you further. The right approach does neither.
500
Extra cal/day
Breastfeeding energy burn
Breastfeeding burns 300–500 extra calories daily. Your body is working hard even at rest.
Not restriction.
The Reframe
Eating too little backfires
Eating too little reduces milk supply, worsens nutrient depletion and slows recovery. More is almost always the right starting point.
Calibration
Not a cut
Safe weight loss is a calibration, not a cut
The right approach is built around your body's recovery needs — not a number on an app.
The goal isn't to eat less. It's to eat precisely — enough to nourish your baby, recover your body and lose weight safely at the same time.
🇳🇱 For South African expats in the Netherlands
Having a baby in the Netherlands shouldn't mean going without proper nutrition support.
Your food environment, understood.
Albert Heijn, Jumbo, Lidl — your meal plan is built around what you can actually buy where you live. Not South African shops you no longer have access to.
Your cultural context, respected.
South African food culture, portion norms and eating habits are factored in — not overridden by generic Dutch dietary guidelines that don't fit your life.
Virtual, wherever you are.
Amsterdam, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Utrecht — all consultations are fully virtual. No travel, no waiting rooms, no finding a babysitter for an in-person appointment.
No language barrier.
English and Afrikaans consultations. Talk about food, your body and your recovery in the language that feels natural — without losing anything in translation.
Also serving mums across South Africa · Johannesburg · Cape Town · Pretoria · Durban and nationwide virtual
The nutrition protocol
Four pillars. One goal — you and your baby, thriving.
01
Weight loss
Safe postpartum weight loss
A clinically calibrated calorie strategy that creates the right deficit for weight loss — without touching your supply, your energy or your recovery.
02
Nutrient recovery
Restoring what birth depletes
Iron, iodine, omega-3, Vitamin D, choline, zinc — birth and breastfeeding deplete your stores significantly. Your protocol rebuilds them deliberately, not by accident.
03
Meal planning
Built around your feeding schedule
Your meal plan fits your actual life — your baby's feeding rhythm, your sleep schedule, what you can buy locally and what you can realistically prepare with a newborn.
04
Ongoing support
As your baby grows, your plan evolves
Your nutritional needs change as you move from early postpartum to established feeding to weaning. Follow-up sessions adjust your plan at every stage.
Minette Röth RD
"Postpartum nutrition is one of the most underserved areas in clinical dietetics. New mums are told to eat well and wait — without ever being shown what that actually means for their body."
Virtual consultations for new mums across South Africa and the Netherlands — from early postpartum through breastfeeding, weaning and beyond.
Ready to start?
Your first session is The Deep Dive.
A full clinical assessment — your recovery, your feeding journey, your goals and your food environment — and a nutrition protocol built around all of it.
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