Drinking and breastfeeding

There are test strips that are on Amazon and target to make sure milk is at a healthy level or if if needs to be dumped

“ If you can find your baby , you can feed your baby “ thats what my obgyn said to me i said to me 🤷🏽‍♀️😊

It’s healthy 98% of the time. The other 2% is when I drink casually on the weekends, 1-2 cocktails and alcohol probably fully gone or nearly gone by the time I get home and feed 3-4hrs later. The professional advice is wait 2hrs per drink so if you don’t have strips to test, better off just wait 2hrs per drink and you’ll be good. We can have a drink here and there even weekly but I doubt any BF mum is going out to get totally smashed, or doing that often….I enjoy 1-2 w food while eating and chatting w friends. I don’t drink at home only socially

I would wait about 4-5 hours till alcohol leaves your system. That may be too long & it all depends too on how much you drink but better to be safe than sorry

@Natalaya this tickled me a little 😂

I have a glass of wine while breastfeeding so by the time he needs to eat next it’ll be clear

Pump at least 2-3 bottles worth before drinking is what i do and also pump as much as he/she would normally eat and dump just so your supply doesn’t go down and as long as you dont feel drunk or buzzed even your good to go another thing they have alcohol test strips that work great‼️🫶🏼

My midwife told me that you’d die from alcohol poisoning before your milk actually affected your baby so have a drink once in a while and enjoy :)

All I do is not go nuts, if you can find baby you can feed baby. A very minimal amount transfers not enough to make the baby feel anything

@Nadia right. I went to a prenatal class and the instructor said that was okay. Just not to do it in public. Lol

Thank you all 😩 I just be needing a shot of tequila/ glass of wine to get through the day. My toddler is driving me nuts. I appreciate all the tips.

@Reggie why not in public? I don’t get trashed but I will drink one or two beers and still feed my baby…