Drank too much while breastfeeding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here again. Baby woke up to nurse at 6. Seems fine, but she did sleep longer than usual. How would I know if she was affected by last night? What are the continued risks? Or is she probably ok?
We were at a neighborhood (outdoor) gathering, so driving wasn’t an issue. And it was so nice to be outside in good weather and see our neighbors. But I probably had 4 cocktails over 5 hours? Maybe even 5. And I nursed her throughout that time without a thought.
I am a basket case and so upset with myself. What was I thinking?!

That's a lot of drinks. To drink 4-5 cocktails in 4-5 hours is a lot. You must be a big boozer. Did you have any care or concern for your baby at the drink fest?

Go away, sanctimommy. No one likes you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Breast-feeding and alcohol don't mix well. There's no level of alcohol in breast milk that's considered safe for a baby to drink.

When you drink alcohol, it passes into your breast milk at concentrations similar to those found in your bloodstream. Although a breast-fed baby is exposed to just a fraction of the alcohol his or her mother drinks, a newborn eliminates alcohol from his or her body at only half the rate of an adult."
---Mayo Clinic

Translation: we can't do experimental studies on alcohol and nursing women and there is no downside for us to say it is unsafe to drink even though there is no evidence that it causes long term harm to a nursing baby.

Thank you Emily Oster.

Folks, alcohol is bad for you but worse for your kids. No your child will not develop FAS from this. FAS is extreme, obviously detectable damage. Low exposure will not get you past that threshold. But let’s not pretend it’s ok just because we can’t run the (inevitably low power) experiment. Use your common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Breast-feeding and alcohol don't mix well. There's no level of alcohol in breast milk that's considered safe for a baby to drink.

When you drink alcohol, it passes into your breast milk at concentrations similar to those found in your bloodstream. Although a breast-fed baby is exposed to just a fraction of the alcohol his or her mother drinks, a newborn eliminates alcohol from his or her body at only half the rate of an adult."
---Mayo Clinic

Translation: we can't do experimental studies on alcohol and nursing women and there is no downside for us to say it is unsafe to drink even though there is no evidence that it causes long term harm to a nursing baby.

Translation: the patriarchy thinks women are stupid and don't understand what moderation is so we will put out a blanket statement saying all consumption is bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here again. Baby woke up to nurse at 6. Seems fine, but she did sleep longer than usual. How would I know if she was affected by last night? What are the continued risks? Or is she probably ok?
We were at a neighborhood (outdoor) gathering, so driving wasn’t an issue. And it was so nice to be outside in good weather and see our neighbors. But I probably had 4 cocktails over 5 hours? Maybe even 5. And I nursed her throughout that time without a thought.
I am a basket case and so upset with myself. What was I thinking?!

That's a lot of drinks. To drink 4-5 cocktails in 4-5 hours is a lot. You must be a big boozer. Did you have any care or concern for your baby at the drink fest?

Go away, sanctimommy. No one likes you.

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I like them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Breast-feeding and alcohol don't mix well. There's no level of alcohol in breast milk that's considered safe for a baby to drink.

When you drink alcohol, it passes into your breast milk at concentrations similar to those found in your bloodstream. Although a breast-fed baby is exposed to just a fraction of the alcohol his or her mother drinks, a newborn eliminates alcohol from his or her body at only half the rate of an adult."
---Mayo Clinic

Translation: we can't do experimental studies on alcohol and nursing women and there is no downside for us to say it is unsafe to drink even though there is no evidence that it causes long term harm to a nursing baby.

Translation: the patriarchy thinks women are stupid and don't understand what moderation is so we will put out a blanket statement saying all consumption is bad.

55 pct of pediatricians and 60 pct of obgyns are women. The head of the AAP is a woman. Wrong decade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Breast-feeding and alcohol don't mix well. There's no level of alcohol in breast milk that's considered safe for a baby to drink.

When you drink alcohol, it passes into your breast milk at concentrations similar to those found in your bloodstream. Although a breast-fed baby is exposed to just a fraction of the alcohol his or her mother drinks, a newborn eliminates alcohol from his or her body at only half the rate of an adult."
---Mayo Clinic

Translation: we can't do experimental studies on alcohol and nursing women and there is no downside for us to say it is unsafe to drink even though there is no evidence that it causes long term harm to a nursing baby.

Thank you Emily Oster.

Folks, alcohol is bad for you but worse for your kids. No your child will not develop FAS from this. FAS is extreme, obviously detectable damage. Low exposure will not get you past that threshold. But let’s not pretend it’s ok just because we can’t run the (inevitably low power) experiment. Use your common sense.

Is fruit juice bad for kids because it has alcoholic in it (about the same concentration as what ends up in breast milk)? I thought it was just the amount of total sugar but wow. We need to tell people to stop giving their toddlers fruit juice immediately. You thought your toddler had a sugar high? Turns out they are actually drunk!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fetal alcohol syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome occurs when a mother drinks during pregnancy and child is born with resulting issues. Has nothing at all to do with the situation OP describes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Breast-feeding and alcohol don't mix well. There's no level of alcohol in breast milk that's considered safe for a baby to drink.

When you drink alcohol, it passes into your breast milk at concentrations similar to those found in your bloodstream. Although a breast-fed baby is exposed to just a fraction of the alcohol his or her mother drinks, a newborn eliminates alcohol from his or her body at only half the rate of an adult."
---Mayo Clinic

Translation: we can't do experimental studies on alcohol and nursing women and there is no downside for us to say it is unsafe to drink even though there is no evidence that it causes long term harm to a nursing baby.

Thank you Emily Oster.

Folks, alcohol is bad for you but worse for your kids. No your child will not develop FAS from this. FAS is extreme, obviously detectable damage. Low exposure will not get you past that threshold. But let’s not pretend it’s ok just because we can’t run the (inevitably low power) experiment. Use your common sense.

Show me the study that offers evidence that drinking while nursing harms babies long term.

[Anonymous]

The amount of alcoholics on this board is…yikes. 5 drinks in 4 hours is too much for anyone, let alone someone who is in charge of watching a child, let alone someone who is BREASTFEEDING that child. Full stop.

OP, atleast you’re in good company. Maybe you and a dozen of these other women can start a support group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The amount of alcoholics on this board is…yikes. 5 drinks in 4 hours is too much for anyone, let alone someone who is in charge of watching a child, let alone someone who is BREASTFEEDING that child. Full stop.

OP, atleast you’re in good company. Maybe you and a dozen of these other women can start a support group.

If you knew any real alcoholics you would know how stupid you sound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Breast-feeding and alcohol don't mix well. There's no level of alcohol in breast milk that's considered safe for a baby to drink.

When you drink alcohol, it passes into your breast milk at concentrations similar to those found in your bloodstream. Although a breast-fed baby is exposed to just a fraction of the alcohol his or her mother drinks, a newborn eliminates alcohol from his or her body at only half the rate of an adult."
---Mayo Clinic

Translation: we can't do experimental studies on alcohol and nursing women and there is no downside for us to say it is unsafe to drink even though there is no evidence that it causes long term harm to a nursing baby.

Translation: the patriarchy thinks women are stupid and don't understand what moderation is so we will put out a blanket statement saying all consumption is bad.

55 pct of pediatricians and 60 pct of obgyns are women. The head of the AAP is a woman. Wrong decade.

Who is talking about pediatricians and OBs? I'm talking about Mayo Clinic. And my OB said drinking while breastfeeding is fine.

[Anonymous]

OP, you’re fine. The people responding to this are something else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Breast-feeding and alcohol don't mix well. There's no level of alcohol in breast milk that's considered safe for a baby to drink.

When you drink alcohol, it passes into your breast milk at concentrations similar to those found in your bloodstream. Although a breast-fed baby is exposed to just a fraction of the alcohol his or her mother drinks, a newborn eliminates alcohol from his or her body at only half the rate of an adult."
---Mayo Clinic

Translation: we can't do experimental studies on alcohol and nursing women and there is no downside for us to say it is unsafe to drink even though there is no evidence that it causes long term harm to a nursing baby.

Thank you Emily Oster.

Folks, alcohol is bad for you but worse for your kids. No your child will not develop FAS from this. FAS is extreme, obviously detectable damage. Low exposure will not get you past that threshold. But let’s not pretend it’s ok just because we can’t run the (inevitably low power) experiment. Use your common sense.

You really couldn’t be missing the point in a more precise way.

Show me the study that offers evidence that drinking while nursing harms babies long term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Breast-feeding and alcohol don't mix well. There's no level of alcohol in breast milk that's considered safe for a baby to drink.

When you drink alcohol, it passes into your breast milk at concentrations similar to those found in your bloodstream. Although a breast-fed baby is exposed to just a fraction of the alcohol his or her mother drinks, a newborn eliminates alcohol from his or her body at only half the rate of an adult."
---Mayo Clinic

Translation: we can't do experimental studies on alcohol and nursing women and there is no downside for us to say it is unsafe to drink even though there is no evidence that it causes long term harm to a nursing baby.

Thank you Emily Oster.

Folks, alcohol is bad for you but worse for your kids. No your child will not develop FAS from this. FAS is extreme, obviously detectable damage. Low exposure will not get you past that threshold. But let’s not pretend it’s ok just because we can’t run the (inevitably low power) experiment. Use your common sense.

Actually...her child won’t develop fetal alcohol syndrome from this because her child isn’t a fetus, she is nursing a baby. In your rush to be a judgmental cow you forgot to read the post properly. Gosh I hope your child isn’t learning their critical reading skills from you?!? Imagine the long term damage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fetal alcohol syndrome

This is so stupid. Her baby has already been born.