>  At this time of year however, the question is more
>likely to be about going out on New Year's Eve and getting well and
>truly drunk, while leaving the baby with a sitter.  My response to that
>involves doing some pumping and dumping for a few hours.

But why say that, Judith?

The only reason would be for the mother's own comfort, if she is 
missing a feed.  She only needs to express to comfort, anyway, and if 
she does express more than this, she could choose not to dump 
it....if she is really, really palatic * or even mortal* she will not 
be able to get her act together to be expressing anyway, by hand or 
by pump.

Pumping does not speed up the rate at which the alcohol leave the 
milk, so it's a bit pointless (except for comfort - in which case you 
would only need to do it once or twice, minimally, for comfort).

Heather Welford Neil

NCT bfc, tutor, UK




* regional North East England words!!

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