to think doing coke and breastfeeding are incompatible?

[MrsBates]

Well, I know I'm not being unreasonable really but what are your thoughts? Was at a party recently and two mothers who are breastfeeding were taking coke. One says she is a 'bit naughty' to be smoking spliffs in front of her children but at least she and her husband only do it in the garden. One mum did say she is breastfeeding mainly to lose weight. Nice.

I wasn't a saint back in the day but now I have children - no way - and while feeding?! Still I do have too much wine sometimes and think that is sort of OK. Where do your draw your lines (you know the kind) about recreation of the drug kind?

there should be more info re: risks associated with taking cocaine full stop - ie not just for bf. There's hardly any publicilty surrounding what cocaine gets cut/adulterated with - these and the cocaine itself can cause serious health problems.

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i think it's a bit pathetic pre-30 to0

"why would you want to party on a Saturdady night when a parent?"

Are you serious?

Obviously, because most people don't stop being a person when they become a parent and still want/need a bit of fun once in a blue moon.

As long as children are safely placed in the care of another adult (ex: grandparents) there is absolutely nothing wrong with the occasional party on a weekend night.

Some of us don't get 'midweek comedowns', by the way. It depends on the person AND the amount you indulge in.

2beornot2be - inever said i was a perfect mum, i was just saying that i dont think that people with drug/alcohol problems should be creast feeding!

and as most ppl know the dangers of cocaine then surely they should know that it would have an effect on your baby, like i said, it just takes a small bit of common sense!

at the time i thought my friend was trying to be a good mum because if she wanted a cigaerette she would wait until after DC's feed so the DC would not sit in her smoke, i was appalled whan i found out what she was doing!

and as for not wanting to change when you become a mum, dont be so F-ing selfish, when you decide to become a mother you have to change your life and your DC's come first!
I dont understnad why there are so many parents out there that dont understnad this.
Going out once in a while, yeah, thats fine, but if you have a big social nightlife before having a baby i think that it is a bit selfish to expect to keep that up when your DC's come along.

I don't do coke, by the way, as the aftermath is absolute horror - can't breathe, can't sleep. Nightmare. Definitely not worth the couple of minutes of "Hey, ho!" feeling.

so for all my typos

argh *sorry for all my typos

nothing wrong with enjoying yourself and being a parent

coke is dangerous while breastfeeding tho

drinking alcohol or smoking it is still liekly to benefit the baby if you breastfeed

doing coke it absolutely endangers the baby

Not everyone thinks that though oliveoil. And I think it's worth thinking about how that could be better dealt with.

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norf London is full of them parcark

sad really

i think the what constitues having a great night out and whether you give up drugs as a parent is a different discussion

on the single point can you use coke and breastfeed the answer is no

and if you do, social services could take your baby away!

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it is not about being a perfect , hyper informed parent, it is farking common sense that using class A drugs, adulterated and cut with all sorts of nasty chemicals is Not A Good Idea when you are breastfeeding

i imagine a lot of parents would close their eyes and ears to the risks and think, well, i't won't be my baby rushed to hospital for intensive care due to my cute middle class only at the weekend whislt all my friends are doing it coke snorting.

i agree more info would be good... lots of emphasis on not drinking and smoking, barely a word said about 'recreational' drugs and pregnancy/ breast feeding

said much more elegantly than me lulumama - I do think that there is a lack of info about recreational drugs and pregnancy. Pretending women don't do recreational drugs is a bit short-sighted

quite spicemonser, women are vilified for wanting a glass of wine in pregnancy, and yet, nary a mention of the dangers of illegal substances. seems a bit back to front

I would hope that most women are sensible enough to know without being told that recreational chemicals that cause such powerful changes in their own adult bodies will no doubt massively effect the body of their newborn.

I think taking illegal drugs is incompatible with being a parent.

Well you would hope that cote. But clearly people don't. I can imagine a lot of women thinking that it's the same as drinking and that it will leave your body relatively quickly. And I can also imagine them justifying it by saying to themselves that if it was that bad for their baby, there'd be more information about it.

There are a lot of people for whom doing a line of coke is the same as having a glass of wine. It's not confined to crackheads on street corners, as the OP's example of a GP made very clear.

yes I am serious CoteDAzur, I think that if you are a parent you put your drug taking days behind you

partying for me would mean a good meal, wine and maybe an embarrasing jig around a dance floor

NOT Class A drugs

(and I speak as one who used to have her own carved silver coke tube from Ibiza, ahem)

surely anyone with half a brain cell knows that you do not do coke and breastfeed so why do we need more information?

do we need to inform people to eat and breathe to stay alive as well?

My friend took drugs throughout her pregnancy and while she BF - they are both as clever and healthy as anything.
I wouldn't even eat unpastuerised brie and mine are as thick as mince and full of allergies.
Not recommending it though - the coke or the brie

But Lulumama drink & smoking aren't illegal unlike the drugs mentioned. If it's illegal then it can't be good for a preg/bf mum

Regardless of what everyone thinks its very common and alot of people are doing it maybe thats because the issue is not raised enough and there is not much info on drug taking whilst BF or Pregnant even thou yes it is common sense some people just don't realise the effects that it can have so it does need to be advertised more.

plus if its not legal its not regulated so heaven knows what other awful things are in it