Can I have a drink while BF?

[Dragonfly]

I am not talking getting trollied I just mean a bottle of west coast cooler. i am sure I read somewhere that it was ok to drink while BF as it dosnt get to the baby through the milk.

 

[marley2580]

One's not going to hurt your LO. The alcohol does go into your milk, but only a really small amount.

 

[Dragonfly]

I think west coast cooler is abot 4% a big bottle but i am iffy about drinking as i dont want any of it that can harm my baby going to him.

 

[Samantha675]

Something like that has very little alcohol in it, so very little if any would pass through.

 

[princessellie]

i read we were allowed something like a couple of units a couple of times a week, saying that i mixed some wine with some diet coke (about 30% red wine and 70% diet coke) and actually got drunk off of a glass of that lol!!

i wouldve thought if u had enough alcohol in ur system to feel drunk then some would go through to the baby but i literally had half of my glass haha so i dunno

when ur pregnant how much areu allowed then, do u know? i would imagine its about the same as that

x

 

[Serene123]

It's fine. I'm not a drinker myself, but have read 1-2 glasses of wine are recommended!

 

[princessellie]

red or white?

x

 

[nellbellie]

Don't worry about having one drink. Most of the things I've read say a few drinks a week are fine. You can always pull a pump-and-dump if you're worried about it!

 

[Dragonfly]

I meant the whole 750ml bottle of west coast cooler lol

I didnt even get to drinnk any anyway as we had visitors and I had to fi someones lap top and william was demanding feedings all the way through so I was multi tasking the whole night but not with a glass anyway.

 

[Pyrrhic]

I think they recommend waiting 30mins per unit. I wouldn't worry about one drink though, but if you were going to drink the whole bottle I'd wait 2 hours to feed or express for the next feed.

 

[Brockie]

i have a small glass of vino a couple of evenings a week only a tiny ammount of what you eat and drink goes into your milk xxx

 

[Dragonfly]

Thats not going to work when William wants it he wants it and there is no holding him off. I aint to bothered I didnt drink really before I was preg I havnt had a drink in over a year I am sure I can hold out for another good while.