To have a drink to fly

This is the second sentence on that page

"While it's safer not to drink alcohol, an occasional drink (1 or 2 units, once or twice a week) is unlikely to harm your baby."

A glass or two of wine or prosecco will do absolutely no harm OP, I hope the flight is bearable for you and you have a fantastic time once you get there!

God to the misinformation around alcohol and breastfeeding is shocking. Breastmilk is made from your blood not your stomach contents. For your breastmilk to have any discernible alcohol content you’d be dead, even paralytic your blood alcohol content would make your breastmilk no stronger than orange juice. Have the glasses of wine, don’t be so smashed you’re not allowed to board and let your partner look after your baby so you can concentrate on yourself and whatever you need to do to get through the flight. Good luck OP.

https://www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/baby/feeding-your-baby/breastfeeding/can-i-breastfeed-if-im/drinking-alcohol/

This is the first thing that I clicked on. States that breast milk isn't safe and expressing milk between feeds (to relieve discomfort) is needed. The expressed milk will contain the alcohol traces and should therefore be tossed.

I've breastfed all of my babies and this has always been the advice given from all healthcare professionals.

I personally would not feel comfortable taking any risk around breastfeeding and alcohol, especially with newborns and young babies.

edited to add: I've looked at the quoted link briefly. It confirms that alcohol will be passed to baby but its effects aren't well documented. Again, not worth the risk imo.

I have a fear of flying. Most recently I've used CBD oil just before boarding. I find it really helps - I was able to stay calm on Sunday despite our pilot advising us engineers had been called to look at a possible leak.
I'm not sure if it's okay whilst breastfeeding, sorry.
Good luck OP

I had a very similar situation to you. I normally take diazepam but couldn’t as I was breastfeeding. I had a cocktail just before the flight and it helped massively with my nerves. I didn’t feed my baby on take off or landing as she wasn’t fussed about it. I did however feed her a couple of hours into the flight when she got hungry.

I think my concerns would be around timing - if flight was delayed and the "edge-off" effects wore-off too soon what would the impact be? Might you have a panic mid-flight?
Have you spoken to a pharmacist or the doctor who gave the info about 48 hours for diazepam to ask if there was any alternative that was safe for breastfeeding?
I was being advertised CBD drinks a while back - do any of them have an impact on anxiety and are they safe for breastfeeding?

You’re wrong about this
alcohol doesn’t go from your boob to the baby 🙄
a rule of thumb is if you’re paralytic don’t feed
a couple of glasses of wine is absolutely fine when feeding
but do not co sleep after drinking

Can you give a source for the pumping and dumping recommendation? I can only find references that say you don’t need to.
eg

https://laleche.org.uk/alcohol-and-breastfeeding/

I think the PP meant that it's not illegal to have a drink and breastfeed. Ofc it's not recommended or ideal, but if OP isn't drunk (would 2 glasses of prosecco be just about below UK drink driving limits?) then allowing DC some comfort sucks in the event they are in pain and distressed on the flight might not be the worst thing in the world.

Where have you heard this? It's not at all recommended as the alcohol is passed through the milk! You're supposed to 'pump and dump' to avoid it.

OP, I'm not sure what I'd do in your situation but would speak to healthy family team and see what they advise.

I’m getting married in Spain & we fly tomorrow morning- I HATE FLYING- but my husband to be is Spanish & we chose his home town and all my friends and family are flying there. It’s going to be lovely, but the flying is bringing my build up down and I’m so annoyed with myself 😭

ill be with my 5 year old and 1 year old- and I’m just desperate to not show them fear… I personally feel being relaxed is more beneficial to the kids. I’ll be having a drink at the airport in my bridal gear to kill the nerves of the wedding and the flight! Xx

You know you can drink and breastfeed?