May 2013 Moms

Drinking/BF?

I'm going to a wedding reception on Sunday. I'm going to pump twice to keep up supply, and I would like to have a few cocktails. LO still wakes up in the middle of the night. Should I feed him then or wait until morning? I worry easily and often for no reason. So I'm wondering what your drinking/BF rule is?
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Re: Drinking/BF?

  • I was told by the LC in the hospital that drinking was fine as long as you waited 4 hours after drinking before you fed LO again.

    EDIT: Whoops! Wrong number... 2 hours not 4. 

  • image1and1is3:
    I was told by the LC in the hospital that drinking was fine as long as you waited 4 hours after drinking before you fed LO again.

    four hours for each drink? 

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  • I get those strips that check your milk for alcohol. I've had a couple nights where I have had more than a few but my LO has been STTN since 6 weeks so I just feed her in the AM. I think as long as your not feeling drunk you are fine
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  • Check out Kellymom.com. I've read an hour per drink and if you don't feel the effects of the drink then your baby won't either.

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  • i've always heard that if you're ok to drive then you're ok to nurse, from both a lactation consultant and the pedi. It leaves your milk at the same rate it leaves your blood. Four hours seems pretty excessive.
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    i've always heard that if you're ok to drive then you're ok to nurse, from both a lactation consultant and the pedi. It leaves your milk at the same rate it leaves your blood. Four hours seems pretty excessive.


    I've heard the same.
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  • I'm choosing not to drink until LO is weaned. We have some addiction in our family so I have this horribly irrational fear that I will trigger some gene. Yes I realize this is crazy. That being said its really what you are comfortable with. I have heard 2 hours for every drink. It metabolizes the same through your breast milk as your liver.
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    I'm choosing not to drink until LO is weaned. We have some addiction in our family so I have this horribly irrational fear that I will trigger some gene. Yes I realize this is crazy.

    I don't think you're crazy. I didn't have a drink till I was 24 because my father is an alcoholic and he assured me I would become one, too. It took me a long time to realize that I could have a drink here or there without becoming an alcoholic.
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    image1and1is3:
    I was told by the LC in the hospital that drinking was fine as long as you waited 4 hours after drinking before you fed LO again.

    four hours for each drink? 

    Hmm... Idk sorry! Btw I just saw that I hit the wrong #... it was 2 hours not 4! I'm going to go edit my post now.  

  • imageElizabeth2585:
    I get those strips that check your milk for alcohol. I've had a couple nights where I have had more than a few but my LO has been STTN since 6 weeks so I just feed her in the AM. I think as long as your not feeling drunk you are fine

    This. Those strips are awesome. A little pricey but worth it!

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  • Ok to drive, ok to bf. H is a pedi and says even if a tiny bit of alcohol is in the milk, at worst baby will be sleepy. That's not an excuse to overdo it, just permission not to over-worry. 

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  • imageamcongdon:
    I'm choosing not to drink until LO is weaned. We have some addiction in our family so I have this horribly irrational fear that I will trigger some gene. Yes I realize this is crazy. That being said its really what you are comfortable with. I have heard 2 hours for every drink. It metabolizes the same through your breast milk as your liver.


    Me too. Addiction is on my husband's side. I have had one glass of wine in 8 weeks and then didn't pump until the next morning. Not crazy at all. It's a genuine concern.
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    imageShantxtell:
    imagebowman958:
    Ok to drive, ok to bf. H is a pedi and says even if a tiny bit of alcohol is in the milk, at worst baby will be sleepy. That's not an excuse to overdo it, just permission not to overworry.nbsp;
    If I do shots of Patron will my baby STTN??

    Absolutely. Vodka works too ;) 


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