breastfeeding...

My daugter is 7 weeks old and I am currently breastfeeding her as well as giving her formula. How can I calculate that into my daily life? I hear breastfeeding burns anywhere from 300-500 calories a day. Do I need to consume more calories because of this or can I just consider this an "activity"?

I was told to increase my calorie intake by about 300 calories a day while breastfeeding. 

heres a calculator that gives you some numbers on that.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/tools/calories-b urned

Polar,

Congrats on becoming a mom! I have had 2 children and breast fed both. I was also told to consume 300 extra calories a day and drink A LOT of water.

Good luck to you and I hope you are getting some sleep.

Cheers!

My midwife told me to consume 500 extra calories if only breastfeeding and if breastfeeding and supplementing with formula to consume 300 extra.

Congrats on being a mommy!! My son is 5 Months and it has been the best!

thanks everyone for the advice! I'll add an additional 300 calories and see how that goes. :-)