i had 2 drinks can i breastfeed?
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If a mother has consumed more than a moderate amount of alcohol, she may choose to wait 2 hours (per drink) to breastfeed her child, or feed her infant with milk that had been previously expressed when she had not been drinking, to reduce her infant's exposure to alcohol.
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Alcohol levels are usually highest in breast milk 30-60 minutes after an alcoholic beverage is consumed, and can be generally detected in breast milk for about 2-3 hours per drink after it is consumed.
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Alcohol levels are usually highest in breast milk 30-60 minutes after an alcoholic beverage is consumed, and can be generally detected in breast milk for about 2-3 hours per drink after it is consumed. However, the length of time alcohol can be detected in breast milk will increase the more alcohol a mother consumes.
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To prevent breast milk production, one tablet is taken twice daily for 2 weeks. Sometimes milk production will start again 2 or 3 days after the medicine is finished. A further 1 week course of Parlodel will usually bring this under control.
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Alcohol and Breastfeeding Alcohol is metabolized in about 1 to 3 hours, so to be safe, wait about 2 hours after one drink (or 2 hours for each drink consumed) before you nurse your baby. This time frame should safely allow the alcohol to be metabolized.
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Can alcohol be found in breast milk? Yes. Alcohol levels are usually highest in breast milk 30-60 minutes after an alcoholic beverage is consumed, and can be generally detected in breast milk for about 2-3 hours per drink after it is consumed.
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Starting with your infant's second day and throughout the next few days, it will be important to aim to nurse 8 to 12 times (or even more) in 24 hours – both day and night – in order to stimulate milk production, help your baby regain weight lost after birth, and protect your baby against or treat jaundice5.
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A single breastfeeding session can express anywhere from 54 – 234 mL of milk. Boys typically drink about 831 mL daily while girls usually drink about 755 mL each day.
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Like coffee, the best time to indulge is right after feeding baby. To avoid passing any alcohol to your little one through your breast milk, “you should wait two to three hours before nursing” after having a single drink.
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Many moms get the most milk first thing in the morning. Pump between breastfeeding, either 30-60 minutes after nursing or at least one hour before breastfeeding. This should leave plenty of milk for your baby at your next feeding. If your baby wants to breastfeed right after breast pumping, let them!
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To avoid passing any alcohol to your little one through your breast milk, “you should wait two to three hours before nursing” after having a single drink. To be honest, whether you're nursing or not, we doubt you'll want a glass of bubbly right after birth—sleep and a burger might be more your speed. See how you feel.
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You can increase the frequency that you empty your breasts to start signaling your body to produce more milk. Some moms have seen a great response to adding an evening or early morning nursing or pumping session. Make sure you're nursing or pumping at least 8 times a day.
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It's important to remove milk from your breasts whenever your baby would normally drink – this means your breasts will still get the message to make milk. Aim for eight to 10 pumping sessions every 24 hours at first,3 and continue this frequency once your milk comes in.
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Not drinking alcohol is the safest option for breastfeeding mothers. Generally, moderate alcohol consumption by a breastfeeding mother (up to 1 standard drink per day) is not known to be harmful to the infant, especially if the mother waits at least 2 hours after a single drink before nursing.
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Up to 300 mg of caffeine, or about 2-3 cups of coffee, is safe for breastfeeding mothers to consume (Lauwers & Swisher, 2015).
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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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Try not to breastfeed for 1 to 2 hours after taking the dose to minimise the amount in your breastmilk.