Pump and dump?

Question

My hubby and I went to a wedding last night and was the first time I have drank alcohol since January. I had my baby girl 5 1/2 weeks ago. I want to be as safe as possible since I am nursing her/giving expressed milk and the internet keeps giving me different answers. I had quite a few drinks last night starting at 8pm and I stopped drinking around 11pm. I pumped and dumped when I got home around 1am and went to sleep. I woke up at 7am and pumped, but I’m wondering if I need to dump that as well? I also pumped at noon and I’m just not sure how long alcohol stays in breast milk. Anyone have any advice on this?

Answer

You never have to pump and dump. Alcohol leaves your milk like it leaves your blood, and the amount that actually gets into your milk is so slim - almost undetectable. The general rule of thumb is safe to drive and safe to nurse. The main concern is really just being able to properly care and handle your baby. Not so much alcohol in the milk.

Answer

As Lou said - you're good to go, feed away! XxX

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Your body can process one standard pour of any drink in one hour. Track your standard drinks per hour and figure out how many hours it will be in your system. The only difficult thing is that most pours are not standard. So you have to ask the bartender what they pour for wine, beer, and mixed drinks. I’m always safe rather than sorry and I don’t mess around with chancing giving my baby any alcohol in my system. I really don’t believe in the safe to drive safe to nurse. It’s still alcohol in the system and judgement and brain function is impaired even below the legal limit.

Pump and dump?

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