NO, the level in her milk is NOT the same as in her blood!!  The AAP
considers alcohol "generally compatible with breastfeeding." This particular
mother was probably WAY too drunk to be even holding a baby. As Jodine
pointed out, BF was about the only thing she was doing that was normal and
healthy.

Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC
Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd
6540 Cedarview Ct, Dayton OH 45459
937-438-9458 / fax 937-438-3229
www.BFLRC.com   

-----Original Message-----
From: Cee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: Mom killing baby while breast-feeding

It should also be mentioned, IMO, that a breastfeeding mother who has been
drinking should wait to breastfeed until she feels sober so the BABY
doesn't get drunk, too.  The alcohol level in a woman's breastmilk
is the same as her blood alcohol level, right?  This woman shouldn't have
been breastfeeding her baby at that point... for that and other reasons.

Cee

 On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Jodine Chase wrote:

> The headline is what's wrong with the story. I sent this note to the web
> site editor:
>
> " The headline on your story, "Breastfeeding mom kills baby" should more
> appropriately be "Drunk mom kills baby." The breastfeeding didn't kill the
> baby. The breastfeeding is healthy and normal. Being so inebriated that
you
> don't notice your baby suffocating beneath you is not normal, and not
> healthy, and THAT's what killed this baby."
>
> -- Jodine Chase
>

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