BFing Moms: Drinking & Nursing?

Re: BFing Moms: Drinking & Nursing?

• alison43

  October 2009

  i haven't gotten drunk but i have had a beer (or a beer and a half, i've never finished the second) or a glass or two of wine.  generally it's after DD goes down for the night, so i have a few hours before she eats anyway...but i do agree with safe to drive, safe to nurse.
  

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• kammy

  October 2009

  I follow the driving/nursing rule as well.  I will commonly have a drink in the evening after a nursing session.  Occasionally I'll have 2 
  

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• DavezWife member

  October 2009

  ps -  wine won't help your milk, it'll actually dehydrate you, and possible lower supply. BEER did help my supply. Esp Guiness.

  I drank a bit. I followed the "safe to drive, safe to nurse" theory, but rarely did she even nurse at night, and I didn't have any wine until after she was in bed. (and then I was too tired to even finish a glass)

  If I did drink post-bedtime, and she did get up... I gave her a bottle. just to be sure.

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• na24

  October 2009

  I have a small glass of wine with dinner some evenings right after I've just nursed, so there's at least an hour (maybe two) until I nurse again.  I like the "sober to drive, sober to nurse" rule and don't worry about it too much.

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• Christakim member

  October 2009

  kammy:

  I follow the driving/nursing rule as well.  I will commonly have a drink in the evening after a nursing session.  Occasionally I'll have 2 
  

   

  This, I usually did it after the last feeding session of the night.
  

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• muppet.fan member

  October 2009

  I haven't done it, but my LC said that it's completely safe to even drink a glass of wine at the same time as BFing your baby. When I do have a glass, it's usually after DD is in bed and before my 10:30 p.m. pump session.

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• Soon2beMrs.Sivert

  October 2009

  Thanks everyone! Maybe now I can relax a little more about it.

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• kittylove member

  October 2009

  My personal rules are that I for the most part don't. There we a few times my supply would drop and I would have such anxiety about him starving that I had 1/3 or 1/2 a beer and it did help for the nursing session I did it for but it is not a long term solution for increasing supply, unless you drink all day long, and that isn't for me. When DS turned 9 months I finally had a actual drink, at happy hour and went home and nursed that night. He slept like normal and seemed fine.

   

  If you are looking for permission to have a beer because you want it then I say go for it! Don't go crazy like your Dr said if you can drive then you can BF. However if you are just caving under peer preasure then stay strong. Just because I have had a drink here and there doesn't mean you have to.
  

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• AvaLikeLava member

  October 2009

  I'm not a drinker, but occasionally I will partake in an alocholic beverage (like 1-2 / month if we have company over dinner).

  I've been following the "safe to drive, safe to nurse" approach. As alcohol dissipates in BM at the same rate as in your blood-stream, I won't pump and dump... just wait it out. But then again, supply was never in abundance for me so every drop of milk was precious
  

  
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