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klibby707
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Wine? Mad at myself...
klibby707
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I never drank during pregnancy or even when we were trying to get pregnant. At the breastfeeding course that I took, however, they mentioned a glass here and there is perfectly fine when nursing. When my little guy was a little over 2 weeks, I had a very small glass on Mother's Day after I fed him while eating. I thought that you just had to wait at least an hour, but tonight, I read that it's a minimum of 2 or even 3 and that it can be hurtful to a very little one's liver (though I think that's if you drink regularly). I waited about an hour-hour and a half before I nursed him that night. I've been crying/beating myself up over this, and DH and my mom are trying to convince me that it's okay. I feel like such an idiot or that I hurt his health at such a young age. Am I overreacting? I decided that I'm just not going to drink anymore while nursing.
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Re: Wine? Mad at myself...
Diagnosed PCOS & MFI-Success with IUI
When DS was two weeks old I did the same thing you did. I had a 5 ounce glass of wine (what a glass of wine is supposed to be to equal one serving) and then nursed DS about 1.5 hours later. Then I read all the books that say 2 to 3 hours and worried too. But then I thought of the basics-like you metabolize one drink an hour. The amount of alcohol in your blood is still more than what is in your breastmilk.
There is a saying that if you can drive you can nurse (which is a bit liberal to me), but I really wouldn't worry too much. If the books didn't say 2 to 3 hours (because you know the authors assume that mom's are having more than 5 ounces) and then if something happened people would be out to sue. I think the 2 to 3 hour thing is overcautious.
BFP#2: EDD 2/11/14, MMC confirmed 7/15/13 (growth stopped at 6 weeks), D&C @ 12 weeks 7/25/13
Please don't beat yourself up! He will be fine. We've all had moments like that where we second guess ourselves. I had a glass of champagne and she woke up about 30 minutes later and wanted to nurse. She was only a couple of weeks old. Everything is fine.
They are a lot stronger then they seem. And the internet is full of a lot of guilt-loading crap. You'll find other resources that say that only 2% of the alcohol you consume reachs the baby. With passing time, that would decrease as your body metabolizes the alcohol. So, at most, 2% of your small glass of wine might have reached LO.
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I definitely enjoy a glass of wine or a beer now and then and don't worry about pumping and dumping.
The only thing I will say is that I get SO dehydrated and hungover now that it's not even enjoyable to drink more than 1-2 drinks. I won't even be drunk, but something about the way it metabolizes now or something just makes me feel likeshit.