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Does anyone drink?

etymon · 2015-11-29 17:14:25

Errr... do any of you drink? Clearly, I don't mean the usual consumption or behaviour as before being pregnant, but a glass of wine if you go out for a meal? Would you find people stare or pass comments? I'm more interested in society's view as opposed to the medical evidence (I'm a doctor so am aware of the evidence…

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#92 04-02-2016 10:43PM

olaola

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lazygal wrote: »

Drinking while breastfeeding is fine. There's newer research showing the transfer of alcohol to breast milk is so low it isn't really of concern. It's still miles better than formula no matter what.

It's a tiny tiny amount, they ingest the equivalent of your BAC (let's say 0.05%) which is then ingested by the infant at that concentration, and their BAC becomes a fraction of that. Which is different to foetal BAC, which would be similar to the Mothers.

I'm sticking with Dr Jack Newman's advice... it's fine to drink a reasonable amount - "you must not drop the baby, but the problem is your coordination not the amount of alcohol in the milk."

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