Alcohol and breastfeeding
Hey so I’m a week pp today and had 1 small margarita. I’m barely tipsy but I was wondering how much could get in my breast milk and how many times I should pump and dump if I need to at all? I pumped a bottle for him before I drank the margarita so he’ll be good for a little bit and I have some milk frozen if he needs more. Very worried about passing alc to him through my milk
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It just depends how much you drink. If you only have a small amount of drinks (like a margarita) just feed before and then wait roughly 2-3 hours then you can feed again. If you like go out and have a girls night and drink a lot I wouldn’t go by that but for just a drink or two it’s fine a few hours after.
With 1 marg you should be fine in 2-3 hrs
Target has alcohol testing strips for pp moms. but also go through the night pumping and dumping. For 24 hours.
yea it was just one that was like 8-10 oz I barely felt it I think I’m gonna pump and dump 1-2 times before his next feed hopefully I’m good by then
I was told 1 hour per shot or beer from your first sip
Yeah I just keep some test strips around for peace of mind
Test strips are helpful but research shows if you’re under the limit to legally not be drunk (.08%) you’re fine to continue feeding baby. Personally, that feels scary to me so I’d pump and dump for an hour per drink or use the test strips
Just wanted to update I pumped once for 30 minutes a couple hours after and tested it and it was good no alc in my milk which was such a relief bc it was my best pump session I got 4.5 oz (my supply is still coming in I typically only get 2-3.5 oz) I was so scared was going to be wasted.
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