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My dad snuck a guinness into the hospital after I gave birth b/c he heard it made milk come in!! We still laugh about it (and I did drink a little)
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Anonymous
I love red wine, and have been enjoying it since my pregnancy ended. (DD is a formula baby.) But 2-3 glasses every night is not so great for your health! my stepmom makes this great punch that will let you "stretch out" your red wine a bit. she mixes 1 cup red wine, 1 cup cranberry juice, 1 cup apple juice and 1 cup water and heats it up in the slow-cooker. it tastes great, gives you a bit of wine buzz and an 8-oz mug only has 2 oz of wine, less than half a glass. 
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Anonymous
| LLL recommends no more than 1 -2 glass of wine per week while bf, so I think 3 glasses a night is a lot. I used to be a heavy drinker before having children, and now I try to follow the LLL. |
Anonymous
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How about if your baby doesn't like your wine breath? Not only yours but some members of your family as well.
I might have to give him more formula than breastmilk and I'd love to celebrate his birth with champagne and have a glass of Malbec or fruity white wine on weekends. I wouldn't be confortable at all intoxicating my baby with wine breath. |
Anonymous
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It depends how big your glasses are, seriously. Some wine glasses are small and some are huge. I have huge wine glasses so after I came home I had to measure how much wine I used to be drinking in 1-2 glasses to see how much it really was . I have done the same thing on maternity leave, it does feel a little like a vacation since you don't have to worry about going into work. Although it did take about 6-8 weeks to feel good enough to enjoy it! I have a glass of wine probably on avg about 4 nights/week, 1-2 nights I may have 2, and probably once a week will have more than 2. 3 glasses EVERY night may be a little much but everyone is different. No reason to give it up, just cut down to 1 glass or so. If you find you can't cut back or give it up then you might have a problem. When I left the hospital they said 1 glass of wine a night was fine while BF.
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Anonymous
| If you drink 1-2 glasses of wine a night, that seems okay. Three is actually quite a bit IMHO, and I used to be a pretty regular and often heavy drinker before having my baby. I just finished drinking a white russian and it's 2:19 in the afternoon, so it's not like I'm against having a good time. OP, I think some people on this board just want to validate their own behavior by encouraging you to drink up. I hope you recognize that. |
Anonymous
| If you haven't drink during your pregnancy, take it easy, go slow and think if you really, really have an itch for wine. I think there are other beverages, non alcoholic, that help you feel good. For me, one of them is ice tea with ginseng. |
Anonymous
OP here, This recipe sounds delightful. Especially now when the nights are getting colder. Thanks to all who weighed in on the subject. I appreciated the comments from the person who noted that 2-3 glasses nightly might be bad for my health. That was my concern when I posted. I do stretch it out, enjoy a big meal, and drink enough water to drown an elephant. This might be TMI, but our love life is wonderful when we can relax and share a glass of red wine in bed. We never had these nights when we both got home late from work, and had to shake off the tension and politics from work. Now I just need to shake off my burp cloth and mimic our baby's giggle that my husband missed when he was at work. I am really going to miss maternity leave. Uggh. . . |
Anonymous
I think this is a great idea. one or two glasses then switch to something |
Anonymous
| I think it also depends on your size. Are you 4'11 or 6'1? |
Anonymous
| My maternity leave ended 5 months ago and I still have a glass of wine or two each night. As long as you aren't consuming an entire bottle or it's begging to affect your parenting, than I think you are ok. Of course there are functioning alcoholics and if you are concerned about your consumption and/or it is affecfing your parenting than that is a different story. But I think sometimes us moms overthink things. It's ok to have a glass of wine and still be a good parent. |
Anonymous
| I am not against drinking at all and I love wine and would drink it almost every night but don't. My mother is alcoholic - she just drinks wine, probably a bottle or more a night. I'm sharing this b/c for years my family was in denial about her alcoholism, we thought, it's just wine, no biggie. She started off with a glass or two a night and over the years it has increased. So, just be careful. |
Anonymous
Ok so maybe some Mormons have chimed in, taking a break from all that evangalizing and bike riding. |