Cannot drink alcohol after having kids (without feeling horrible)

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Anonymous wrote:It’s your body telling you that you should be breast feeding.

You can drink alcohol and breastfeed at the same time safely so I don’t think this is it…

I do not believe any amount of alcohol is a good thing for a nursing child.

Prove me wrong.

ITA, they have testing strips for this too. You just have to wait to breastfeed, maybe that's what PP meant? Alcohol leaves your body and your milk too, then it's safe to BF. So, generally, you don't need to be sober the entire time you are BFing, just sober when it actually comes to giving milk. It's just complicates logistics if you like to drink, so you tend to switch to less drinking overall, or only social events or special occasions.

How do the testing strips work?

[Anonymous]

I posted earlier about being in the same boat. One trick is to make a spritzer. I do half a glass of sav blanc and half sparkling water. Sometimes I do sparkling water with just a splash of wine.

[Anonymous]

I've seen these supplements around that are supposed to help you avoid a hangover - anyone had any success with one of those? Would be really awesome to be able to enjoy a glass or two of wine occasionally.

The one drink that doesn't give me a migraine: titos and soda with lime

[Anonymous]

As our bodies get older, they can’t deal with poison as well. I stopped drinking around age 40 except for maybe a half a glass of wine on holiday dinners because it just made me feel like crap. I tell people the reason too because I want people to know that it’s OK not to drink. For me I would get vicious heartburn and insomnia.

[Anonymous]

This is a common impact of aging.

Are you Asian by any chance, because they are more likely to have a genetic predisposition to developing an intolerance to alcohol (but the symptoms of that are more immediate, not like a hangover ).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s your body telling you that you should be breast feeding.

You can drink alcohol and breastfeed at the same time safely so I don’t think this is it…

I do not believe any amount of alcohol is a good thing for a nursing child.

Prove me wrong.

ITA, they have testing strips for this too. You just have to wait to breastfeed, maybe that's what PP meant? Alcohol leaves your body and your milk too, then it's safe to BF. So, generally, you don't need to be sober the entire time you are BFing, just sober when it actually comes to giving milk. It's just complicates logistics if you like to drink, so you tend to switch to less drinking overall, or only social events or special occasions.

How do the testing strips work?

My friend gave me a few. It was several years ago but if I remember correctly you pump some milk and dip the test strip into it. If there's alcohol in the milk the strip changes color. If there's little to no alcohol the strip stays the original color. I'm a scientist so of course I wanted to see a negative and positive control. I dipped the strip into milk that I knew would have no alcohol, and it didn't change color. I dipped it into milk that I pumped when I was pretty drunk and the strip turned very dark. The strip will be lighter if you've only had a little to drink. I think they're most helpful for deciding whether to keep or dump the milk you pump if you're out for the night away from the baby. If you've had a lot to drink you would obviously pump and dump, but if you've only had a little or it's been hours, you could keep the milk if it tests clean.