Having more than one glass of wine while ebf?

Question

I have only ever had one glass of wine or half a beer while breastfeeding at any given time. My husband bought a bottle of red wine while I was pregnant and has been saving it for when I could have a drink again. Is it fine to have two glasses of wine? I time it for when I think she should sleep for about 5-7 hours but in the event that she would happen to wake up and want to eat would it be bad to have drank two glasses?

Answer

You will be fine. If you're sober enough to drive and hold baby, you are sober enough to breastfeed. You could always pump and give baby the bottle if you are worried. The milk you pump after drinking is still fine too use as well. The alcohol leaves the milk in the same amount of time it leaves your blood, so 2 drinks will take 2 hours.

Answer

2 glasses is fine. I’ve talked to a couple lactation coaches. They said as long as you are getting wasted the percent that goes through breast milk is so small it’s pretty much non existent. I was told even if you do get wasted don’t pump and dump. To pump and dilute it by splitting it with other breast milk.

Having more than one glass of wine while ebf?

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