Alcohol and BF

[ShaunaKeenan]

I'm exclusively expressing with 3 week old. Drank 4 glasses of medium sized wine last night. Will my milk be ok after 9 hours from last drink ?

If the alcohol has left your bloodstream it won’t be present in the milk when you express. However that’s about a bottle of wine, so not sure if you’d need 12 hrs. The adage I follow is if you can drive you can feed, but I rarely drink more than 1-2 small glasses and baby is over 1 year. A three week old is less able to metabolise alcohol (tiny) so I’d avoid making a habit of that level of drinking while feeding

If you can legally drive I mean, if you’d be under the blood-alcohol limit

Your fine! It has been found that such a minimal amount goes into your milk it really is ok, even a whole bottle of wine by the next day

As long as its not every night

B/milk alc levels are roughly the same as blood levels.
The legal driving limit in the UK is 0.08 per cent. If your alcohol level is higher than 0.15 per cent you are unmistakably drunk. If it goes above 0.55 per cent you simply drop dead. Therefore, it’s absolutely impossible for breastmilk to contain more than 0.55 per cent alcohol.”

Basically if you are in a fit enough state to look after baby you’re able to breastfeed.