Your body is designed to carry a baby through pregnancy, give birth and breastfeed. Hormonal changes in pregnancy and childbirth allow the ligaments in your pelvis to loosen so that your baby can be born.   

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After birth, many of these hormones are no longer needed and so their levels drop off. Various hormonal, postural and muscular changes that occur during pregnancy and childbirth may play a role in causing various musculoskeletal conditions (eg pelvic floor or abdominal muscle weakness, or ‘loose ligaments’).

For some women these changes may cause pain (particularly in the pelvic or lower back regions) or other problems (eg incontinence). For some women, these problems may continue for a period of time after birth.  

There is no evidence to suggest that breastfeeding makes any of these conditions worse.  however, you might be worried about whether exercise will affect breastfeeding.