Drinking whilst breast feeding, how old was your DC?

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Ok at risk of sounding like i have a problem.......when did you first drink when breast feeding? DS2 is 4 weeks, feeds every 3 hours or so. Feel bad doing it whilst he is so little so have not had a drink at all.

I am not suggesting a massive drinking session (would floor me anyhow after not drinking since January) but fancy half a lager or a small glass if wine at some point in the future.

What the general view?

I had champagne a few hours after both babies too! And I have a couple of glasses of wine a week.

golemmings, there is hardly any iron in Guinness - it is all a bit of a myth, but I am sure that the alcohol relaxed you so helped with feeding!

"You'd need to drink three pints of Guinness to provide the same amount of iron as a single egg yolk (1.1mg), and alcohol is not good for babies. A pint of Guinness contains 0.3mg of iron, less than three per cent of daily adult needs. Put another way, you'd need to drink 15 pints of Guinness to get the same amount of iron as two Weetabix.

Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1222684/Dont-believe-say--Guinness-isnt-good-you.html#ixzz1cuNkwzzF"

Champers when DS was about 20 hours old, then as soon as I got out of hospital I took him to a wine evening. I'd only ever have a glass in an evening, and only a couple of times a week.