Marijuana and breastfeeding

FYI I do not smoke! I haven’t in a year! But I’m thinking about starting back on my birthday. I know it’s not safe to do it while breastfeeding which is not the plan. But I wanna know how long is stays in your breast milk? My baby will be 7 months around my birthday and I plan on bottle feeding more than breastfeeding, but just to be safe I wanna know how long would I have to wait after using marijuana?

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Why not just wait until you’ve finished your breastfeeding journey? It’s only a short time in the grand scheme of things and if you aren’t smoking now surely you can go without a little longer? Its what I’m having to do with eating dairy and spicy foods 😜

Unfortunately the research just isn't clear, due to small sample sizes and the fact that cannabinoids are very diverse in their affects as the cannabinoid system is subject to a lot of individual differences. The current state of research is entirely mixed, experts are simply unsure as to wether or not it is safe and err on the side of caution by saying it is not.

That said, we do know that THC and CBD do bind to fat cells, so unfortunately, unlike things like nicotine, caffeine and alcohol which are not stored in fat, and upon reaching the end of their half life in the blood are also gone from breastmilk, theoreticaly, cannabis will stay in milk for much longer, likely several weeks, due to being present in fat stores.

This means the amount present in milk is subject to a build up effect. So one single smoke will steadily leave your body over time, but smoking regularly will steadily increase the amounts present in your milk.

They say it’s better to drink/smoke while pumping :) I’d do your own research there are ALOT of cannamoms out there that breastfeed!🥰

i smoked once with tobacco about 6-8 puffs. I won’t continue or do it again anytime soon, do you think baby will be okay ?? or should i just start using formula.. I’m freaking out i want to continue breastfeeding & now i feel bad

u should be 100% fine!

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