Pump and Dump myth?

Question

So I’ve seen it posted on here that needing to pump and dump is a myth but I want to make sure I understand how first. Can someone explain?
So no matter how much I drink if I bump and refrigerate it me wait a day or two before I feed it to babe it’ll be fine? Thanks!

Answer

No, that’s not how it works... alcohol exists your milk the same way it does your blood stream, so if you pump or breastfeed while drunk, there is (though small amounts) alcohol in that milk. However, if you wait until you sober up to pump or breastfeed, the alcohol is no longer there. 
Some women in the past/currently have thought that after drinking you need to “pump & dump” the milk your body produced while you were drunk, which is not true. However if you were to pump WHILE DRUNK you would indeed need to “dump” that milk. 
General rule of thumb is 2 beers or 1 mixed drink = a 2 hour wait to be completely out of your system. 
Hope that helps.

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You have be super drunk for the alcohol to impact the baby. And it leaves your milk like it does your blood. So you dont need to pump and dump, you can just continue to nurse. Unless you're trashed, then you can just wait till you're sober and your milk will be fine.

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If you’re fine to drive you’re fine to feed.  You have to be 3 times the legal limit before there’s enough alcohol in your milk to enter baby’s blood stream.  That’s given you’re a healthy well nourished mom though.

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The concern with being drunk is safely taking care of your baby, not transferring alcohol via breast milk. The alcohol content in your milk is the same as your blood. If you were at the legal limit (.08), there would be more alcohol in a glass of orange juice than there would be in your milk. If you are at all concerned you can always mix your drunk milk with sober milk to dilute what tiny amount of alcohol may be in your milk.

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You only need to pump if ur due to feed and not pumping will leave you engorged. Pumping doesn’t get rid of milk that’s got alcohol, your milk will only be alcohol free when ur blood is free of it, so pumping to try get rid of the alcohol content is pointless

Answer

If your completely drunk Don’t nurse. 
The saying usually is , if your sober enough to do anything your sober enough to nurse!

Pump and Dump myth?

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