This article from Hale's Infant Risk Center site may be helpful when discussing alcohol in milk (whether directly from the source or expressed): http://www.infantrisk.com/content/alcohol-and-breastfeeding. When discussing alcohol and bedsharing, etc as others have brought up, I think it helps to remind mothers that too much alcohol can impair one's ability to respond and safely parent as baby needs -- no matter how baby is fed. Most of alcohol-related consequences are not breastfeeding issues, per se... Re: sage in dressing/stuffing -- most stuffing/dressing has only a small amount disseminated throughout lots of breading/rice (whatever used). Would think a mother would have to think, "I'd like a little bread with my sage" for it to make a difference. At least I'm glad no one suggested this to me when I was breastfeeding (BF). As a sample of 1, I happily ate mounds and mounds of my favorite homemade sage stuffing/dressing -- the best part of the meal as far as I'm concerned -- on certain holidays and as much of the stuffing/dressing leftovers that I could get away with with no detrimental effects to milk production -- even when BF our twins. (However, I'm not sure I'd know if production was affected as I simply BF on cue and would increase BF if any indicated and that would bump it up again if, indeed, it had gone down. I really don't think production was affected.) Well, 'tis the season for plugged ducts, mastitis, etc as someone else noted... Happy Holidays! -- Karen Gromada www.karengromada.com/ *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome