I think it is helpful to women when we employ the communications tool of
explaining relative risk when talking about alcohol in breastmilk.
There have been good examples suggested over the years on Lactnet, but they
don't seem to have made it into official handouts and advice for women. Off
the top of my head, some examples given are that the amount of alcohol in
breastmilk if a woman blows .05 is similar to that in non-alc beer, or
fresh orange juice.
I'd like to see educational materials include information that will help
women to truly understand just how much (or little) alcohol is in her
breastmilk. The usual information - x amount of hours based on y weight and
z number of drinks until the alcohol is gone, is less helpful without it.
-- Jodine Chase
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:32 AM, gonneke van veldhuizen <
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> According to Thomas Hale alcohol level in milk in the breast is a quite
> exact match to that in her blood. It wil rise and decrease with the blood
> alcohol promilage. In pumped milk alcohol will sit and stay the same.
> Hale T: Medications and Mothers' MIlk, ed 2010(14), p382
>
> warmly,
>
> Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LC lecturer in southern Netherlands
>
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> >________________________________
> > From: Norma Ritter <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 2:27 PM
> >Subject: alcohol levels in pumped milk
> >
> >With parties ahead of us this season of the year, I am looking for
> >references concerning the alcohol in milk that has peen pumped soon after
> a
> >mother has been drinking.
> >Specifically:
> > - the percentage of alcohol in the pumped milk
> > - how long it stays in the pumped milk
> >
> >
> >Thank you!
> >norma, cross posting
> >
> >
> >Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
> >Breastfeeding Matters in the Capital Region
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