Beer and Breastfeeding?

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Okay so I know this sounds terrible to some, but I don’t want to hear anything negative. Currently I’m 22 weeks pregnant. Haven’t drank a sip of alcohol since I found out I was pregnant, and before that I was drinking very frequently. Anyways I cannot wait to have a beer. It’s all I’ve been craving this whole pregnancy. Lol. I’m planning on fully breastfeeding my lil boy when he’s born and I plan on doing this as long as I can. I’m just wondering how drinking beer will work with the breastfeeding? Do I pump and dump? Am I okay to get drunk off beer and pump the next morning?

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You can drink while breastfeeding! You don't have to pump and dump! You cannot cosleep after having any alcohol. You can breastfeed as long. As you can hold your baby safely! You could also pump and bottle feed if you didn't feel affected breastfeeding. But it will not effect baby. Obviously binge drinking often can though

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I read an article about a woman who tested her breastmilk (properly through a laboratory) at each stage of drinking a glass of wine. 
Her milk, at its strongest was the equivalent of one shot glass of vodka poured into 80 litres of water.

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don't get drunk, period. you can't effectively care for a newborn like that. however, having a beer right after a feed and the alcohol will be out of your system before the next feed. no need to pump and dump. if you cosine so much alcohol that you jusy doubt feed, you'll become engorged and it will hurt a lot. there's no sleeping through engorgement. enjoy just one bet and live life as normal.

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I have a friend who swears that an occasional beer actually helped her milk flow because it relaxed her. Her kids are now teenagers and perfectly healthy. As long as it’s not excessive I’d think it would be fine

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p & d would be best
if you must

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You can get alcohol free beer

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Girl, I hear you. I was pregnant last summer and I couldn't wait for a beer. Having a beer or two will not affect your milk supply to the point that would shouldn't breastfeed your baby. The general rule you'll hear a lot is of you're okay to drive, you're okay to breastfeed or pump. I'd caution against getting drunk unless you have someone else around to care for your little one in case he or she needs care. And you can drink and then pump/feed the next morning but good luck making it that far. You will become so engorged and be in such pain, you'll need to pump in the middle of the night for relief.

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i exclusively pump, at 1st i was so terrified of giving my baby boozed milk that I wouldnt drink at all. then i started drinking the moment i was done pumping up until 2hrs before the next pumping session. all of the research that i was finding was about beer and wine. I'm more of a shots and mixed drinks kind of girl so I was trying to be as safe as i possibly could be. now I just sip slow while pumping. and if im taking shots i just wait it out 2-3hrs and pump.

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if youre sober enough to drive, youre sober enough to bf!

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Don’t pump and dump! If you have just one beer you should be good to breastfeed around 2 hours. If your baby feeds every 2-3 hours, you could have a beer while breastfeeding and the alcohol should be out of your system by the next feeding. I went by this rule and it worked for me. But I would only have one beer or one glass of wine.

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