Chhavi Mittal on breastfeeding in public: If you are allowed to smoke, drink, abuse in public, why not this?

Television actress Chhavi Mittal, who rose to fame with serials like Teen Bahuraaniyaan and Tumhari Disha is a mother of little kids. The name of her daughter is Areeza Hussain. The small screen star has managed to balance well between her professional commitments and personal life. Chhavi, who has embraced motherhood with love and care, shared her thoughts on breastfeeding and other aspects of her life post-pregnancy.

In a conversation with TOI, the actress shared her thoughts about breastfeeding in public said, "Breastfeeding is a beautiful thing between a mother and a child and it's a bond that is impossible to break. Those 20 minutes with the baby is bliss. So I like that us time to be secluded and with no one around. Yes, there are times when we have to step out of the house with the baby. Public breastfeeding should be allowed. If you are allowed to smoke, drink, abuse in public, why not breastfeeding? It's the most beautiful and natural thing to do. All of us have done it at some point of time. Why shy away from it? A lot of importance is given to breastfeeding. A lot of new mothers ask me what to do if they aren't able to breastfeed their babies exclusively. I firstly feel that one needn't stress about it. The first six months one should exclusively breastfeed the baby as it's important. But if you aren't able to due to whatever reason, then top milk is fine at times. I just feel stressing over it isn't required as then you won't be able to produce milk at all."

Talking about her weight-loss programme, she said, "A lot of women aren't talking about fitness now-a-days; they are talking about weight loss. That's my problem. I don't think just losing weight will help. If you are fit, weight loss will follow. It's important to be healthy. The kind of transformation your body goes after delivery, it's very important to look after your body, to nurture your body in order to avoid lifelong issues. Give your body time to recover. For the first few months of my pregnancy, I would walk for long and after a few months, I couldn't step out in the garden and hence would walk in the corridor. That's how I managed to stay active. I beg to differ when people say that one should eat ghee, jaggery and drink milk to produce more milk. So if you eat chicken soup, would you produce chicken soup? No right. The beautiful part about breastfeeding is that milk is formed in fat cells. You can lose weight up to 500 calories by just sitting and breastfeeding. So breastfeed and maintain a balanced diet, restrict calories and you will lose weight instantly and become fit. I tried going to the gym initially but I had to make a choice between office and gym and I decided to give gym a break as my body was still recovering after my C section operation."

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