Wine and breastfeeding? ITS FRIDAY

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Every time i have a glass of wine and breastfeed, i frantically google how many glasses are alright to have and still breastfeed... Even after reading that such a tiny tiny amount gets into breast milk, i still only have one xx doesnt touch the sides haha. How many glasses of wine do you have and breastfeed, my DD is 3.5 months old xxx

I’m exactly the same! The one time I let myself have more than one glass I was blindsided by a surprise cluster feeding session and was terrified!

Still, it means the wine lasts longer which works out well on maternity pay!

My at 4 months my health visitor told me to relax enjoy myself and have a glass or two. She said as long as I wasn't going on a bender my dd wouldn't even notice! We do enough I think we can enjoy a glass of wine on a Friday night!
She says sipping a rose while breastfeeding to sleep 🍷 👍

I’ve never limited the amount of alcohol I consume. If I’m not falling down drunk (which I never am), it’s fine. But over the course of an afternoon/evening, maybe 3 glasses? I’ve had two glasses of prosecco so far tonight. Stretched out over time, it’s really hard to drink too much unless you’re slamming bottles of jack daniels or something.

I follow the rule - if I’m ok to drive I’m ok to feed. I’m not at all worried about it getting into breast milk I’d likely be blackout drunk before levels were high enough to affect her and that’s obviously not happening so fine. Read expecting better - totally sorted my head out on this!

I cannot understand the need to drink any alcohol whilst caring for a small child, never mind breastfeeding one.

I drank as usual when breastfeeding, which is a fair bit by MN standards

I can imagine you do find it hard to understand Bertram but luckily your understanding isn’t required

I breastfed both of mine till they were 3.5, and regularly had a couple of glasses of wine over that time. They are now healthy, happy, intelligent 6 and 4 year olds - incidentally their immune systems are ridiculous, they are never ill. Their entire class can be felled with something really contagious and it doesn't touch them.

Have some wine and enjoy it. You're doing a grand job.

The only thing I would be mindful of would be if you're co sleeping, just make sure it's out of your system by the time you go to bed. But otherwise a glass or two of wine will definitely be fine I'm still BF my 3yo and I wouldn't have made it so long if I couldn't drink!

It's absolutely fine op. Enjoy.

TBH I was so knackered most of the time during the BF years, which are basically the same as the never getting more than 4 hours continuous sleep years, that one glass of wine was more than enough to completely knock me out usually. I did have a bit more a few times towards the end when the twins were only having one or two BFs a day. They're both considerably taller than me and are attending Russell Group universities, so I don't think it did them any appreciable harm.

No need to be snarky caprisun. Alcohol is a drug and not a necessary part of our diet

Do you only consume things necessary to your diet then? You are very unusual indeed

I'd have two glasses without another thought. My worry with having more than that isn't about alcohol in my breast milk but my ability to look after DD. Three glasses is enough to make me really tipsy.

Only ever one glass. But that's only because my tolerance dropped so low! Might have gone for a second tonight but at my parents and it's already been cleared away as dinner's over and the coffee's come out. Dammit.

Absolutely fine, you'd need to be completely paralytic before your milk is even slightly alcoholic.

Personally though I avoid primarily because I tend to bring the baby into bed to feed and often sleep, and this would be horribly dangerous with alcohol, and secondly because it just makes me feel immediately tired and sleepy rather than relaxed and sociable.

Alcohol and breastfeeding is fine, alcohol and newborn sleep habits is crap :o

Thank you lovelies xx for your replies xx made me smile xx i did have another glass or red... A large, while feeding :) i will leave it there though (for tonight) as she is going though a bit of a sleep regression, and i think i will find that harder if i had any more x

Love u all and happy friday (as a sneak another gulp from my husbands glass)

Oh my goodness, I can’t believe the lack of care you seem to have. Being drunk around a newborn isn’t amusing.

Oh piss off @BertramKibbler, she's had one glass.

Why exactly do you get your jollies out of trying to make a new mum feel bad about herself? What the hell is the matter with you???

What is the matter with me is that my brothers baby died of sids after his mum and dad had a quick drink one night. It’s not funny and I’m not trying to be a cow but the OP is here making giddy posts when she and her partner could be inadvertently endangering her child.

Please explain the link between SIDS and someone having a glass of wine?

Utter bollocks Bertram. No baby dies of SIDS because their parents had "a quick drink"", and it is beyond cruel to suggest they did to anyone.

It’s very sad that that happened, but that’s what we call corrolation not causation

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Oh do ignore Bertram op.

Christ Bertram I hope you’re just stupid because saying something that evil about your brother is about as low as you can get