Drinking During Breastfeeding

Im good my baby .. formula, but one of my close friend, she is breastfeeding her baby ... Then yesterday she pumped some milk ... and to this day, she drank .. She didn't breastfeed her baby, this evening, because it is pumped It Out .. and today breastfeeded her baby ... I know you cannot drink all your breastfeeding .. So what she did .. can harm her baby in any kind of way, can it still breastfeed after having drunk yesterday ... she just drink only special occ ... I was just curious so

Yes, you can drink while breastfeeding, there is no evidence that one to two drinks occasionally is harmful to the baby. Even the American Academy of Pediatrics has written two drinks is FINE.

So at most 2 hours per drink alcohol to leave system moms. A night at least what? 8 hours? There was no residual alcohol in his blood, no alcohol in his blood means no in her milk.

Let your friend is she knows what is best for her baby.

http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle ...
Breastfeeding and Alcohol

By Bonyata Kelly, IBCLC
Guidelines

* Current research says that occasional use of alcohol (1-2 drinks) is not dangerous for infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs classifies cons alcohol (ethanol) as a drug "maternal Usually compatible with breastfeeding."
* Many experts recommend not drinking more than 1-2 drinks per week.
* It is recommended that nursing mothers avoid breastfeeding during and for 2-3 hours after drinking (Hale, 2002).
* There is no need to pump and dump milk after drinking alcohol, other than for the comfort of mom - pumping and dumping does not speed the elimination of alcohol in milk.
* Alcohol does not increase milk production, and it has been shown to inhibit let-down and decrease milk production (see below).
* If you're away from your baby, try to pump as often as baby usually nurses (this is to maintain milk production, not because of alcohol). At the very least, pump or hand express whenever you feel uncomfortable in full - this will help you to avoid plugged ducts and mastitis.

In general, if you're sober enough to drive, you're sober enough to breastfeed. Less than 2% of alcohol consumed by the mother reaches her blood and milk. peaks of alcohol in the blood and milk from mom about 1/2-1 hour after drinking (but there is considerable variation from person to person, depending on how much food was eaten in the same period, the weight of the mother and the percentage of body fat, etc..). Alcohol does not accumulate in breastmilk, but leaves the milk when it leaves the blood, so if your blood alcohol levels are back down, therefore your level of alcohol in the milk.

Always keep in mind the baby's age when considering the effect of alcohol. A newborn's liver is very immature, and minute amounts of alcohol would be a burden. Until about 3 months, infants detoxify alcohol at around half the rate of an adult. An older baby or toddler can metabolize the alcohol more quickly.


Effects of alcohol on breastfeeding and the breastfed baby

* Alcohol does not increase milk production. In fact, babies nurse more frequently but take in less milk within 3-4 hours after the mother had a glass, and one study showed a 23% decrease in milk volume with one drink (Mennella & Beauchamp, 1991, 1993 and Mennella 1997, 1999).
* 2 + drinks may inhibit let-down (Coiro et al 1992; Cobo 1974).
* One study showed changes in the structuring of the child after a sleep-short-term exposure to small amounts of alcohol in breastmilk - infants whose mothers were light drinkers slept less (Mennella & Gerrish 1998).
* The daily consumption of alcohol has been shown in Excellen.