Vaping when breastfeeding

[newmummy2024]

Hi all.

No judgement please - I'm a week PP and really fancied a vape. I gave up while pregnant and had a couple puffs of my partners and didn't breastfeed for about 3-4 hr after (had some pumped already).

I don't have any intention of vaping regularly; was more a post pregnancy treat as I had missed it. I am now however getting serious mum guilt! Does anyone know the general rules around how long you should wait before feeding / is it going to really affect baby? Had a quick google and am in a slight panic. Thanks all

Who knows. Vaping is relatively recent and I doubt there are any reliable studies. Nothing wrong with bottle feeding if you want to vape, at least it’s a known quantity and perfectly safe.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/breastfeeding-and-lifestyle/smoking/

I'd imaging it's like smoking, in that you're taking nicotine into your system (obviously some other stuff too). Have you looked into the advice on smoking and breast feeding?

If I drank alcohol when breastfeeding, I pumped and dumped, maybe there's similar advice re time periods etc for cigarette.

Could be a bit of a problem to have to delay feeds/introduce a bottle while your baby is so tiny though - could you wait till they're a bit older to vape again?

That NHS advice is really clear - and so much better than my contribution! - hope it puts your mind at rest!

I'd close this thread now in case people come along to add to mum guilt.

It is better to smoke and still breastfeed than not smoke at all if that makes sense? So I'd apply the same logic to vaping. I breastfed my youngest for 2.5 years and took up vaping again for maybe the last 1 year of that. Never in the house, never around the kids etc.

Sorry, meant 'than not breastfeed at all'