Drinking and breastfeeding

Also asking..for a friend.. :))

My lactation lady said pump and dump doesn’t do anything. I’m guessing as it clears your blood it clears your milk too. She also said if you’re sober enough to drive your fine to feed. If you feel drunk wait till you don’t I always made sure to pump a lot before drinking and I also store extra in my freezer as a backup if I do get wasted

I duno about three lol I pumped and dumped after 1 drink lol 😆

I never pumped and dumped. I would just latch her, breastfed for 2 years 🫶🏻 unless you're completely waisted it's fine.

Now I will say I would try to plan the feeds around when I'd have a drink. I'd either immediately latch or wait a few hours. From what I've read tho pumping and dumping doesn't make alcohol leave your system quicker and is only beneficial if you're just pumping because you're physically uncomfortable and hurting.

I had a class with a doula group, and this question would be a big one! If you can see the baby, you can feed the baby, is what they said.
If you don’t see any issue with dumping your milk and feel like it might be unsafe, go ahead!
And if you feel sober enough to take care of your baby and to feed, also go ahead!

No you don’t need to. For example If you get to a 0.08 blood alcohol (legal limit for dui) then that’s the same in your milk which is hardly any thing. If you can still see and stand then your fine

What I read is that it’s 2 hours per drink to have the alcohol Completely out of your system. It rises at 30min and peaks in your blood around an 1hour then drops quick.
But your milk mirrors your BAC, so even after a couple drinks, the % in your milk is super small and it’s found to be actually fine to nurse or keep the milk even soon after a couple drinks.
In my experience, after 2 or 3 drinks, I wait maybe at least 3 hours and if I’m not feeling buzzed, I’ll either nurse or pump and keep it.
You can also separate the buzzed milk into small portions and mix/dilute it with sober milk.
And if anything, Never dump your liquid gold! You can always save it to put in a bath or mix it with aquaphor for baby’s skin, or even freeze it and use it for your own skincare!

Girl I have had myself many drinks on a holiday night, I will go home and feed my little girl how I do, IF YOU CAN HOLD YOUR BABY FEED YOUR BABY

Honestly, I always breastfeed after drinking. Even tonight - I went to a wedding and had about 4 drinks throughout a 4 hour period. I didn’t feel drunk, but I still nursed. As far as I’m aware, even if you are drunk, your blood alcohol percentage would still be less than one percent. This would make the alcohol in your breast milk less than one percent which is such a small amount. Apparently a ripe banana has about a half percent? Anyways, my 6mo hasn’t shown any negative signs so far including no change in sleep patterns with post alcohol breastmilk. Idk, do what you feel comfortable with!