I am planning my first drink tonight since finding out I was pregnant. I only plan on having 1, maybe 2 at most depending how I feel after the first one. I have read on multiple websites that it is not necessary to pump and dump because the alcohol moves out of your breastmilk in the same fashion it does through your blood...with the passing of time.
It makes me feel guilty to not pump and then dump but, if it's not necessary, I don't want to do it because I don't want to carry my pump with me tonight.
What do you ladies do about the pump/dump situation if you only have 1 or 2 drinks right after feeding your LO?
Re: Pump & Dump - Yay or Nay?
No, you don't need to, as long as you no longer feel the effects of the alcohol at the time you nurse your LO. If you have a drink with a meal right after nursing, then don't nurse for a few hours, your milk is fine for your LO.
For me, one drink was plenty at that point, having gone so long with no alcohol!
Not only do I not pump and dump, I have occasionally spiked my own pre-bedtime chocolate milk in the hopes that alcohol in breastmilk will make a baby tortured by his molars fall asleep. Or, at the very least, that the teeny little buzz I get from a shot of Bailey's will make me not mind the fussing quite so much.
IMO, you can certainly have one or two drinks on your birthday without pumping and dumping, or worrying about alcohol getting to the baby.