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 Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:40 pm
I'm not sure if this is the right subforum, but it seemed the most appropriate.
My daughter has begun sleeping through the night for about 2 or 3 weeks now which means that after 12 midnight I am free for the night. My question is that since I am still breast feeding if I were to have a drink or two after she goes to sleep for the night would I have to pump and dump after I was done drinking or would there be enough time between the drink and when she woke up to not worry about it? She normally wakes up between 8 and 12.
Don't get the wrong idea though, I'm not a big fan of drinking anyways. To be honest it scares me. I just wanted to know out of curiosity.
Thanks
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:48 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:31 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:29 am
Aren't you underage to drink though, thus making it not a very good idea anyways?
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:44 pm
I am underage and I personally hate drinking. It mixes bad with my family blood (aka lots of alcoholics and deaths by alcohol) and I'm acutally afraid of it. I actually was just curious because I've heard different things about this subject, and since I am breast feeding I used myself as an example. Plus, I really don't like parents who drink, especially ones with small children, so I'd be a hypocrite if I did. Don't worry, I'm smarter than that.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:56 pm
I'm jussst being a rules-nazi. Don't mind me. sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:05 pm
beautiful_nothing69 I am underage and I personally hate drinking. It mixes bad with my family blood (aka lots of alcoholics and deaths by alcohol) and I'm acutally afraid of it. I actually was just curious because I've heard different things about this subject, and since I am breast feeding I used myself as an example. Plus, I really don't like parents who drink, especially ones with small children, so I'd be a hypocrite if I did. Don't worry, I'm smarter than that. oh my goodness! how old are you?..cant be too young
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:53 pm
Simply put, pumping and dumping is useless. Even if you pump out all the milk, if there's still alcohol in your bloodstream, it's still in your milk. Once it leaves your bloodstream, it also leaves your milk.
Most people think even if you have no alcohol in your blood, that once it enters your milk, it stays there, hence, pumping and dumping, but alcohol leaves breastmilk the same way it leaves blood.
In your apparently hypothetical situation, the smart thing to do would be getting your child used to taking bottles as well as nursing (which also means the dad can do nighttime feedings! Yay!), and prior to drinking, pump some milk just in case your kiddo wakes up unexpectedly.
And yes, Captain Obvious here, but in no circumstance should everyone in a household with a small child be drunk. There should always be at least one COMPLETELY sober adult, in case of emergency. If you and your SO want to drink together, hire a babysitter.
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:54 am
Hello, I have a book that says, Avoid alcohol entirely, or have a drink rarely. Daily imbibing or binge drinking can make baby, drowsy, depress the nervous system, and may slow motor development and reduce your milk supply.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:23 pm
Not to be done. If breastfeeding a mother should avoid drinking until she stops breastfeeding.
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Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:35 pm
Tsuzuki-san Not to be done. If breastfeeding a mother should avoid drinking until she stops breastfeeding. Oi, not true. Again, read my above post. If proper precautions are taken, there's no reason you should be able to drink. Note I said DRINK, not get DRUNK.
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:12 am
i was a brest feeding mother three times and all my kids have started to grow up well from what i was told you can have no more then about 2 oz. of a drink about a shot worth ... i had teh flu realy bad and a head cold on top of it my doc told me that taking a hot and toddy ( hot tea and wiskey) that it would be ok to drink one cup of the mixture after the baby would go to sleep and it would be out if my system by the time the baby woke to eat and if it was not that 2oz would not hurt baby or me
but i would say that if you were going to have mroe then 2 oz that you pump before you do it so you knwo that the baby has enough milk to last a 24 hr time and then pump and dump everything for the next 24 hrs
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:17 pm
Alcohol has DISASTROUS effects on an infant. You don't know how much it would take to severely harm your child (or even harm a little) - a drop, a bottle, etc... It's different for everyone.
So if you care at all for your child, don't mess with alcohol AT ALL. Don't take any chances. A few glasses are NOT worth all the possible pain you could be causing your child.
There are some people who will tell you that a little alcohol is ok because it will help your kids sleep or help them through teething and all that. But honestly, considering how many ADHD cases there are these days and how closely ADHD is to FASS (often misdiagnosed as each other), I'd say these people are probably extremely wrong.
The rule with alcohol is JUST DON'T MESS WITH IT.
Honestly, I would recommend not drinking even if you aren't breastfeeding anymore. Even a glass or two can impare your judgement enough that you may not be able to drive. You don't know what could happen. Your baby could just stop breathing. You may need to drive to the hospital in an emergency. That's fine if you are living alone and you are the only person you are responsible for - but with a child... again I'd say don't take chances.
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:00 pm
Savina Tsuzuki-san Not to be done. If breastfeeding a mother should avoid drinking until she stops breastfeeding. Oi, not true. Again, read my above post. If proper precautions are taken, there's no reason you should be able to drink. Note I said DRINK, not get DRUNK. Thank you. I don't think anyone is advocating giving alcohol to your child in any form. Like Savina posted, alcohol will leave your system, just take care not to breastfeed while drinking. I occassionally imbibe with a glass of red wine (which has been proven A glass of wine a day is beneficial to your health). I do not get drunk with my children around. When they sleep, we will share a glass. There is nothing wrong with having ONE here and there with all the precautions (we have ambulance services here in case) in place. We're talking one or two drinks rarely, not everyday drunken rampages. I understand some people are so adamantly anti-alcohol, but it doesn't mean those who are not are rampant drunks who are irresponsible. Moderation and responsibility.
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:16 pm
Kukushka Alcohol has DISASTROUS effects on an infant. You don't know how much it would take to severely harm your child (or even harm a little) - a drop, a bottle, etc... It's different for everyone. So if you care at all for your child, don't mess with alcohol AT ALL. Don't take any chances. A few glasses are NOT worth all the possible pain you could be causing your child. There are some people who will tell you that a little alcohol is ok because it will help your kids sleep or help them through teething and all that. But honestly, considering how many ADHD cases there are these days and how closely ADHD is to FASS (often misdiagnosed as each other), I'd say these people are probably extremely wrong. The rule with alcohol is JUST DON'T MESS WITH IT. Honestly, I would recommend not drinking even if you aren't breastfeeding anymore. Even a glass or two can impare your judgement enough that you may not be able to drive. You don't know what could happen. Your baby could just stop breathing. You may need to drive to the hospital in an emergency. That's fine if you are living alone and you are the only person you are responsible for - but with a child... again I'd say don't take chances. You should not EVER drive anyone to the hospital if it is an emergency where they stop breathing/are bleeding profusely/etc. Any EMT you know...and I know a few will tell you that. You should call 911, attempt to perform CPR (generally with instruction of the operator), and await medical rescue. You have no sirens, and moving them while they are not breathing simply so they can be pronounced dead is equally as stupid. So moot point. You are being absurd and reactionary. I drank while pregnant with Bella. Because I didn't know that I was pregnant. I got BOMBED. ONCE. Before I was even pregnant to show on a pregnancy test. My midwife said: don't worry IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL because 1. it was early in development before brain development and nervous system development and 2. FEA - Fetal alchohol system has only been shown to develop in children who's mother's drink over long periods of time at a high rate of intake. Some doctors even SUGGEST a drinking of a glass of wine very occasionally during pregnancy since it is a vaso dialator for mom helping relieve swelling and discomfort and helping blood pump faster/better. Small amounts will be filtered out by the mother's kidney's before baby even recieves anything. Granted I agree with you that you should not give children directly alcohol as it affects them quicker.
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