My first pump and dump....

slmille4

DH went for a beer with BIL and said he'd be gone 45 min to an hour... Flash forward to 2 hours later and I have a fussy baby and I haven't eaten. So he tells me to have a glass of wine he'll take the baby for her last feeding before bed. And put her to bed.
Wish us luck. Currently pumping right now. I had a late harvest Riesling and DH is upstairs giving his first bottle on his own, I hear a crying baby and have a feeling he'll get frustrated and hand her off anyway.
Anyone else start enjoying a beverage or two yet?

ChuggingWater

Why are you dumping for one glass of wine?????

chicki1012

Yes I've had a glass of wine on my bday night and a beer last weekend but didn't pump and dump. U wouldn't have to pump and dump if u haven't had more than a glass. I think they say a drink or 2 won't hurt the baby.
https://kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/lifestyle/alcohol/

slmille4

See everything I read said no alcohol. I was trying to research if I could without pump and dumping and everything seemed to be like, avoid alcohol at all costs.

ashleywiz

What is everything you read? Not a single source I have read has forbade alcohol.

ChuggingWater

Yeah, uh, no.

Dont waste that liquid gold.

slmille4

Hmm haven't dumped yet. Maybe will save now.

ChuggingWater

No doubt in my mind I'd save it.

sehudson821

I had a glass of Pinot Grigio last night. I didn't pump and dump! I might cry if I had to watch my precious milk go down the drain at this point.

slmille4

Now I remember, it was the hospital pediatrician who said it. Oh well. Good thing cause dd was not satisfied with the bottle so here I am breast feeding her anyway after talking to u ladies.

thegosiers

Yah, I definitely read that one glass of wine or one beer is fine. Esp when you drink while nursing/pumping because it will take a while for your body to process. Drinking while nursing... Livin' the dream!

bellamatson

I cringe when a drop of that stuff drips on my shirt. Lol save it all!!!

ksonne

<-- another one that has a half glass of wine every night while nursing LO. My understanding is, if you can drive a car (alcohol level less than 0.08), you can breast feed.

RedSaffron

This is the best thread ever. I thought I couldn't drink at all unless it was right after a feeding. By then I'm too exhausted to drink... I need a drink while she drinks.. *pops open a moscato*

angiek1

If you are really nervous about drinking and nursing you can always get the strips that test your milk levels. I never used them with my first but a lot of my friends have.

firsttimemom143

I agree with all posters. My LC said I can enjoy a glass right after I feed LO. So that's what I have been doing!

jblank03

I found an awesome article from La Leche League that basically said anyone who says women can't consume some alcohol while BFing is just trying to make our lives miserable: "Prohibiting alcohol is another way we make life unnecessarily restrictive for nursing mothers."  (https://www.llli.org/faq/alcohol.html)  It also says if you're good to drive, you're good to keep the milk.  (yay!) 

What the hell did moms do before the internet to fact check the stupid shit even so-called experts spew because they aren't educated??

quidditchcapn1120

Oh lawd. I wouldn't make it through the next year if it weren't for a drink or two now and then. If you're tipsy, your milk is tipsy. So, I wait it out and pump when I'm good to drive again and bottle feed LO in the meantime. (FTR, I had to do that a couple times when I BF'd my first. Have not had to do that this time yet lol).

jldubb0626

I cringed reading your original post! I follow the rules that if I'm okay to drive (which my tolerance is low right now, so maybe 2 glasses of wine ::sigh::), I'm okay to BF.

OnBabymaking226

I, too, have heard 1 glass is totally fine and either drink while feeding/pumping or right after so you're good to go next feeding!

I do have a question if anyone knows the answer - if you're drinking somewhat heavily (ok, getting drunk) would you pump and dump at that point to keep supply up by not missing a feeding?  I have no interest in doing so anytime soon but if I plan on BFing a year (which I do), I may want to before that time is up and not sure what I need to do!

slmille4

AmyG* said:

OnBabymaking226 said:

I, too, have heard 1 glass is totally fine and either drink while feeding/pumping or right after so you're good to go next feeding!

I do have a question if anyone knows the answer - if you're drinking somewhat heavily (ok, getting drunk) would you pump and dump at that point to keep supply up by not missing a feeding?  I have no interest in doing so anytime soon but if I plan on BFing a year (which I do), I may want to before that time is up and not sure what I need to do!

yes if you are getting drunk you would pump for missed feedings. but face it, if you are drunk you are probably not thinking of pumping, you are thinking of passing out! if you feel drunk when you wake up after passing out  pump and dump or pump and save the milk and mark it.  when baby is older you can mix slightly drunk millk with regular milk and give it--so like if you pump 3 oz and baby takes 12 oz at daycare when they are 6 mos you could mix it and send it.

the test strips are not very accurate.  I know moms who tested alchol and it came up ok to nurse, and who tested formula and breastmilk without alcohol and it came up too high of alcohol to nurse.

So really the milk that has already built up should be ok, it's only the milk stimulated by nursing that should be affected? Ie: go out and have a few glasses of wine at lunch with a friend, come home nap for a few hours and wake up ok there is no need to pump and dump?

bnik

I remember bits and pieces of my nonsense during my c section but I do clearly remember them saying yes to wine without worrying about baby. "Just a glass or two not the whole bottle " lol I asked my hubs about it too and he said my doctors for sure said it