As a CBC, your information is not a replacement for medical advice. However, the scope of practice does include parent education. Keeping up-to-date with evidence is an important service you offer your clients. Rather than having to navigate a variety of opinion based parenting blogs, they can seek your professional knowledge on many topics. This included the topic of alcohol and breastfeeding. After nine months of turning down all alcohol, many mothers wonder if breastfeeding and alcohol are compatible.
As we continue to celebrate the holiday season and upcoming new year, what can you tell new parents? In short, breastfeeding and alcohol are compatible in many instances.
However, many new parents are interested in a more details. Yes, you can consume any type of alcohol while breastfeeding. Research shows that only a fraction of what you consume is in your breastmilk. Pumping and dumping breast milk doesn't speed the elimination of alcohol from your body. However, if you'll be missing a breast-feeding session, pumping and dumping will help you maintain your milk supply and avoid engorgement.
Remember, breast-feeding is the optimal way to feed a newborn and is recommended until a baby is at least age 1. If you choose to drink, plan carefully to avoid exposing your baby to alcohol. There is a problem with information submitted for this request.
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A mother may choose to express or pump milk after consuming alcohol to ease her physical discomfort or adhere to her milk expression schedule. If a mother decides to express or pump milk within two hours per drink of consuming alcohol, the mother may choose to discard the expressed milk.
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To receive email updates about this topic, enter your email address. If the baby is less than 3 months old, he or she can only process the alcohol half as fast as a grown up can.
This is because the alcohol lowers the breast milk production of the mother. The baby can also fall asleep almost immediately, but wake up sooner and become restless faster. An additional study of babies showed that at 1 year old, babies lagged behind their age group in gross motor development large movement control like arm and leg swinging. Those who lagged were breastfed while their mothers took alcohol at least once daily, during the first 3 months after birth. Some mothers try to remove the dangers to their babies by pumping their milk directly after drinking alcohol, and dumping it.
However, since it is the alcohol in the bloodstream that causes the alcohol content in the milk, it does nothing for either mother or baby. If the baby feeds soon after the mother drank alcohol, there is no change in the blood alcohol. An article on alcohol and breastfeeding reviews a number of studies on this subject. According to The Nursling: The Feeding and Hygiene of Premature and Full-Term Infants , excessive alcohol intake by a nursing mother can cause unnatural weight gain in babies.
In one study, a mother was taking alcohol excessively, believing it would increase her milk production. Her baby gained 30 grams daily, became restless, and eventually had fits and seizures.
His growth returned to normal when he was given to a wet nurse. A study by Binkiewicz, Robinson, and Senior finds the same thing.
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