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BF Mommas...(water intake ??)

freeatlast2014freeatlast2014 member
in January 2011 Moms

I maybe should post on BF board...but oh well.

Does this seem right? My dr. (I'm sick) told me I need to drink at least 8 liters of water per day. I just did the conversion and that's about 34 cups of water per day. Seems excessive if you ask me...what do you think? 

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    broccolitreebroccolitree

    I drink like 6 pints of water a day, so 12 cups or 96 oz. lol.  Plus coffee in the morning and sometimes a pick me up drink or smoothie mid-afternoon.  If I'm thirstier I drink more, and if I work out I try to drink an extra pint.

    I will say though, that when I'm sick I pound liquids like there's no tomorrow, especially orange juice and cinnamon-y herbal teas (twinings makes a cherry cinnamon that's really good), plus miso soup.  So if this is a sicky rec, I'm less likely to think your doc is a whackadoo.

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    freeatlast2014freeatlast2014 member
    imagebroccolitree:

    I drink like 6 pints of water a day, so 12 cups or 96 oz. lol.  Plus coffee in the morning and sometimes a pick me up drink or smoothie mid-afternoon.  If I'm thirstier I drink more, and if I work out I try to drink an extra pint.

    I will say though, that when I'm sick I pound liquids like there's no tomorrow, especially orange juice and cinnamon-y herbal teas (twinings makes a cherry cinnamon that's really good), plus miso soup.  So if this is a sicky rec, I'm less likely to think your doc is a whackadoo.

    Feel better!

    Wow, that's great that you do this! I don't think I drink a fraction of that (I also don't keep track like I should either).
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    PillarRocksPillarRocks member
    I don't know the amount of water that I drink, but I basically am drinking it whenever I'm awake and i know it's a lot!
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    Doodle2011Doodle2011
    I also drink 96 oz. Of water daily, Plus a big coffee and something with dinner, usually skim milk.
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    ffejsGirlffejsGirl
    8 liters seems excessive. When I was bf I drank 100-150 oz or 12-18 cups a day. I'd maybe add 8 cups to that if I was sick but not 20+ cups... I mean I'd only ever get out of the bathroom to refill my cup if I was drinking like that :)
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    broccolitreebroccolitree
    I know that it's 6 pints because my water bottle is a pint.  Right before every meal or snack I refill it, and if it's not out by the time I'm prepping the next meal I chug it.  I also do one extra one mid morning during naptime and one right after I put baby girl to bed.  I'll sub out milk if I'm having a pb&j or whatever though.
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    mishu917mishu917 member
    I drink about 10-12 pints per day or 170 to 200oz per day (I always drank this much pre-pregnancy). I only BF in the afternoons/ evenings/ nights and mornings though. She has formula when I am away from her at work.
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    freeatlast2014freeatlast2014 member
    Today I'm counting my oz so I'll see what I come up with. Although I know it'll be way more than usual so this should be interesting. Might explain why my almost daily pump session svcks.
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