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Got drunk - when can I feed again?

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 10:53

I went out last night and was v drunk - I have expressed twice to relieve horrible engorgement - how long do I have to leave it before I can feed him again?

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Ruth21 · 09/11/2003 11:28

24 hours (presumably from the last drink you had), if I remember rightly from NCT breastfeeding counsellor last week--but I am not 100% sure on this. Anyone else know more?

motherinferior · 09/11/2003 12:03

Confess I have, carefully, never found out.

ninja · 09/11/2003 12:15

I was told express twice and thn you're fine (this was by a breastfeeding counsellor) so you should be fine - mighthave smeely poos tho!

ninja · 09/11/2003 12:15

BTW hope you had a good time

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 12:37

Well I have just expressed again because I got extremely engorged again so hopefully now Ill be ok. Not sure he will like his milk as much tinged with smirnoff ice, southern comfort and wine! Had fab night thanks

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Demented · 09/11/2003 12:58

Beccarollo I seem to remember Tiktok posted something about this a while back here , she is a BFC and was very reassuring about b/feeding and alcohol.

Hope you had a good night out!

Eulalia · 09/11/2003 13:20

The alcohol isn't stored in your milk for long. It leaves the milk at the same rate as it leaves your bloodstream. I think it takes about an hour to process one unit of alcohol so obviously allowing for a cummulative effect you can work out how much alcohol you have in your body. I expect you've been drinking plenty fluids and it must be over 12 hours since your last drink so you should be OK now.

I confess I've never refrained from feeding but then again I don't get v drunk these days. Hope it was a good night.

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 13:29

It was a good night...
....at the risk of looking very silly, whilst on the subject me and DP had first postnatal shag and yep you guessed it didnt use anything - what are my chances? Should I get MAP or does exclusive breastfeeding really protect you?

BLUSHES feel like silly schoolgirl!!

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pie · 09/11/2003 13:37

I saw an article recently that said the mean average of ovulation after birth was 45 days, but no one in the study ovulated before 25, though the majority of women ovulating later than 45 days were b/f. Not sure if I'm making sense!!!

becca, most of the MAP (though not all) can't be taken when b/f. But you could have an IUD put in within the next 72 hours if you're really worried.

It sounds like quite a night

btw did you get the parcel yet?

popsycal · 09/11/2003 13:40

read once that for brf to be contraceptive then you have to bf every two hours even duringhte night.
not practical
cant remember wher i read it tho

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 13:43

bleurgh! it was (good night that is) My friends wickedly did their best to get me drunk as it was the first time Id been out with them for about a year they also thought it was funny that I had the kids to come home too - if only they knew hangover + small children is not a good mix! Their time will come...

....hazy memories are coming back about someone asking me when the baby was due AARRRGGGHHHHH I think that is what prompted the drinking!!! I couldnt believe it.

Becca
xxx

PS, no parcel yet pie x

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 13:44

oohhhh Im scared now popsycal!

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survivour · 09/11/2003 13:50

Do not want to scare you!!!!!!!!!!!! Must breastfeed every 2hours on the dot, so that it would cover you as a contraceptive, if you are not sure, ask the doctor for the morning after pill, works up to 72hours afterwards, if I remember rightly? Do not just sit back and keep your fingers crossed, it doesn't work.... I have proof!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 14:51

Is MAP a no no with breastfeeding then?? God Im sooooo stupid, I hadnt even considered contraception yet as my sex drive has been non existent since the birth and wasnt planning no having sex anytime soon - damn drink its not worth it!!

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sobernow · 09/11/2003 17:58

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tiktok · 09/11/2003 18:05

Ruth21 and ninja - I really do hope it was not a bf counsellor from NCT who told you such misleading stuff....what rubbish to say leave 24 hours. It's absolutely not necessary, and even if you were pissed enough for alcohol to affect the baby (and you would need to be three times the legal drink drive limit for this) a normal, healthy baby would just deal with it and get over it. You would not change his gut long term (unlike the use of formula).

Don't worry a bit - and if it happens again, you don't need to express at all.

Ruth21 · 09/11/2003 21:33

It was an NCT b/f counsellor, but I might have misremembered what she said about the length of timein fact now I think about it hard I'm not sure she actually did say a length of time, maybe I just assumed 24 hours. (I know another mumsnetter was theremaybe she remembers if reading this?) But she (the b/f counsellor) definitely said you should express and throw away the next day if you get really pissed. She didn't define how pissed you'd have to be, though.

On the other hand some of the other things she said I thought were a bit dodgy (along with quite a lot of useful stuff) so maybe this was also inaccurate. Sorry, not exactly making things any clearer am I?

mears · 09/11/2003 21:49

Totally agree with Tiktok here (as per other post). There is absolutely no need to express and discard milk after having a good drink.
Also it is not really necessary to express after taking the morning after pill although I am aware that some doctors advise it.
The chances of getting pegnant when exclusively feeding might be reduced but it certainly is not impossible.

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 22:12

Going to go and get morning after pill tomorrow, Im really annoyed with myself - what are the side effects to this?

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pupuce · 09/11/2003 22:14

Tiktok.... not trying to raise an issue here.... but when you say : " I really do hope it was not a bf counsellor from NCT who told you such misleading stuff"

Would it be OK for a BFC from another organisation to say it ???? would you expect a BFC from another organisation to give misleading info????

I'm sorry I don't think you have meant it the way you said it but as a BFC from another group.... I found that sentence a bit elitist!

popsycal · 09/11/2003 22:15

please don't be annoyed!!!
its such a hassle thinking about contraception!
you spend 9 months not worrying about it and not much feeling like taking advantage of the fact that you don't need contraception (well that applies to me anyway!)

mears · 09/11/2003 22:36

The MAP can make you sick and if so, you need to repeat it. It can also reduce your milk supply temprarily. Have you thought about a coil? Would save any future worry?

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 22:41

I wanted a mirena coil but that doesnt have the same effect does it??

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Beccarollo · 09/11/2003 22:41

I wanted a mirena coil but that doesnt have the same effect does it??

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mears · 09/11/2003 22:45

Mirena coil is fine - it releases progesterone which is fine with feeding and will also work as far as preventing pregnancy is concerned.