Wanting to have adult drinks but would like to breastfeed ?

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Hello ladies. I’m Just thinking about how when I have my son I would love to breast-feed to have that bond with him and it’s a great healthy choice for him but I’ve also decided I’d like to have a few adult drinks￼ after this ￼￼pregnancy. I know drinking and breast-feeding is not good I need a few opinions how I can work around this without it being stressful. ￼￼￼￼￼￼I also thought maybe I shouldn’t breast-feed but then again that’s like choosing alcohol over your baby?.😔￼ p.s I don’t drink wine . I always liked a margarita or a few shots here and there.

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You are getting a ton of mis information on here. I suggest you don't base your decision on the answers most people are giving you. Do some research outside of this forum. You can definitely drink while breastfeeding, you just need to feed baby first, and then the next time you feed the baby should be after the alcohol is out of your system. And this does not take an entire day as some people are saying. That is ridiculous. You also do not need to pump and dump because the alcohol leaves your breast milk the same as it leaves your blood. Pumping and dumping is a waste of milk and the only reason to do it is if your breasts are getting painfully full.
There is a study someone conducted, I'm afraid I don't have the link, but I'm sure it can be found on Google. But it was done with a kit to test the alcohol level in breast milk an hour, two hours, and three hours after drinking. The results are surprising and show it is not as dramatic as people make it out to be.

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Having ONE drink isn’t going to hurt you or the baby. You don’t need to pump & dump for that, people are so dramatic & judgemental on this app 🙄. If you are drunk or feeling buzzed even, I’d pump & dump use stored milk until you feel sober again.  Whether you chose to breastfeed or not is your choice.

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Yeah prioritizing alochol over your child is selfish, however you can breastfeed after all the alochol is completley out of your system. Its 2 hours for 1 beer or 1 shot until the alochol is out of your system. So if you have 4 shots in your margarits you need to wait atleast 8 hrs before feeding the baby any milk from you, and if you pump during that time you have to dump it.

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Source: CDC

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You can have alcoholic drinks while breastfeeding. You just have to be mindful of what you’re doing. Ask your doctor about it.

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In addition to everyone else’s suggestions, you can also just substitute formula on days you drink or pump in advance if you have a planned outing where you may consume alcohol. So that’s an option too. I personally don’t think there’s anything wrong with opting to formula feeding for whatever reason that may be. Choosing to breastfeed or formula feed is personal preference. There’s benefits to both.

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You can have one drink, hardly anything, if anything at all gets into your milk. Don’t get sloshed and then feed your baby of course.

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You can have a drink while your breastfeeding and it won’t make a difference. If your really worried you could aways express so you have a stash then pump and dump when you have a drink so you can still feed baby 🙂

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I’ve heard you can have 1 drink an hour and it’s safe. Maybe have some extra milk pumped and store for later to give baby that at night when you want a couple drinks

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Don't feed a baby for a day directly fom breast and pump it out and dump it. Next day you will be fine anyway to continue.
But you need to have some milk pumped before for baby to feed on.

Wanting to have adult drinks but would like to breastfeed ?

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