Hi

I was just reading these posts and I have a question. Although we do know 
from research that the alcohol gets cleared quite quickly, do we know if the 
ENZYMES related to alcohol that stay in the blood for more than 24 hours are 
transferred into the breast milk and/or if they are harmful for babies?

I only know about these enzyme being able to be detected as I have a very 
sick friend (not breastfeeding) who has been regularly tested for alcohol in 
the lead up to surgery - she was under the impression the doctors wouldn't 
be able to detect anything if she had no alcohol for about 24 hours before 
the testing. BUT one time she did have a drink or two and it was 48 hours 
later the enzyme was still detected in her blood tests.

I believe in Australia our health authorities have recommended ZERO alcohol 
during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Thanks
Del
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joylyn" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: wine and breastfeeding


> ---- Bernshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> It might be a good idea to try to find out why the mother needs to
>> drink alcohol every night. She may be traumatized to be separated from
>> her baby all day and needs to wind down after a hectic day at work.
>
> I agree with this and I was also thinking that if mom knew she could time 
> her wine, very little if any would get into baby's blood stream... I used 
> to have my glass of wine while I was nursing my older baby to sleep, she 
> would usually sleep 4-6 hours, so by the time she needed to nurse again, 
> the wine was clear from my blood stream and therefore from my breastmilk.
>
> Joylyn Souter
>>
>> Nicole Bernshaw
>>
>> > Date:    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:06:45 +1000
>> > From:    Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Subject: Re: Wine and breastfeeding a 6 month old.
>> >
>> > Gosh, if she's having wine every night and has consumed 3/4 of a
>> > bottle over
>> > 5 days she's not having much every night! I can't see a problem.
>> > Karleen Gribble
>> > Australia
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: <[log in to unmask]>
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>> > Subject: Wine and breastfeeding a 6 month old.
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> her daughter in law is having wine after work each evening. She
>> >> says the
>> >> bottle which is "larger than a regular size bottle of wine" is over
>> >> the
>> >> course of 5 days down about 3/4.? She is concerned about the
>> >> breastmilk
>> >> passing the alcohol to the baby and causing the baby harm.
>> >> My concerns was how much did Mom consume each time she drank. I
>> >> also told
>> >> her that sometime ago when I was breastfeeding people thought a
>> >> glass of
>> >> wine or beer in evening would help baby "sleep better" and might
>> >> even help
>> >> Mom increase her supply by "relaxing her".? Grandma is concerned
>> >> that she
>> >> may cause this baby to be "addicted".? I told her that if addiction
>> >> and
>> >> alcoholism run in family it's more genetic.? She approached her son
>> >> who
>> >> defended his wife and felt that it was not harmful...needless to
>> >> say this
>> >> is a rocky start to someone who moved herself 500 plus miles away
>> >> from
>> >> everyone she knows to be closer to her son and help establish a
>> >> relationship with his new family.
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