Drinking and nursing?

KittyFX · February 2012

How do you do it? Alcohol that is...

MrsMillerTime · February 2012

I limited myself to one drink/hour. That is about how quickly the body metabolizes alcohol and what I was comfortable with.

KittyFX · February 2012

MrsMillerTime:
I limited myself to

Don't keep me in suspense MMT!

MrsMillerTime · February 2012

KittyFX:
MrsMillerTime:
I limited myself to

Don't keep me in suspense MMT!

Sorry about that. My phone was acting up.

august8080 · February 2012

Kellymom has some really good guidelines. Basically, if you're not feeling it, then your milk's OK. So whatever "feeling it" means for you.....for me, it would be anything more than 1 drink

babymillie · February 2012

I used to use those test strips in the beginning...

https://www.amazon.com/Milkscreen-Home-Test-Alcohol-Breast/dp/B004QOSLHA

txbabs111 · February 2012

If you can safely drive, you can safely nurse.

Taytee · February 2012

I just drank until I puked then pumped and dumped for about 12 hours.

But them I'm a recovering alcoholic Wink

mrs.wildman · February 2012

My lactation consultant preached that if it's not in your brain, it's not in your boobs. That said, I think that drunkness/tolerance/impairment is different for each person, so I generally would stick to the 1 drink an hour rule. That said, for me it was usually one drink every 45 mins.

kiarox2002 · February 2012

I did the one drink per hour rule. I also used to pump and hoard milk all week so that I would have a bottle for Friday night.

ebat · February 2012

babymillie:
I used to use those test strips in the beginning...
https://www.amazon.com/Milkscreen-Home-Test-Alcohol-Breast/dp/B004QOSLHA

I have those in case the baby decides she wants to eat at 10 pm and i've been drinking, they work well. But I have a really low tolerance, I am currently feeling the 1/2 glass of wine I drank

SaraLouiseBride08 · February 2012

Basically what everyone else said. If you can feel it, some will be in your breastmilk. In the beginning, it was a glass of wine TOTAL a night. After being sobor for 9 months, I was a light weight. Now I just keep it to about 1 drink an hour, or every 45 minutes or so (Um, I have a glass every night and I'm overweight, so 45 minutes and I have definitely processed it all) and I almost never feel it.

::Finishes 2nd glass of wine::

KittyFX · February 2012

I checked out Kellymom and feel guilty for wanting to drink before 3 months but I know it is ok. Maybe I will try the milk test strips. I didn't drink at all with DS1 and rarely drink at all anyway...but I've been wanting to change that lately. My plan for 1/2 a beer tonight did not pan out as DS2 wanted to nurse all night. Hopefully soon.

Thanks for all the feedback.

SaraLouiseBride08 · February 2012

If you're uncomfortable, but wanting to have a drink - start with a dark beer! A dark beer a night is actually recommended to help increase milk supply! I was nervous at first, too. I talked to my doctor, and she assured me on what was safe.

Mainer-in-Texas · February 2012

Ditto everyone else, and I really liked the test strips - at the beginning I used them to reassure myself and to learn how much I could drink.

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