>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
>


Cee, I don't think we have evidence for this.....a mother has to be 
extremely inebriated for the baby to show symptoms of being drunk. 
Per Hale, this would be having an alcohol/blood level three times 
higher than would be illegal to drive (UK)  - and that's very, very 
drunk.

Please lets be careful before we say when a mother  'should' and 
'shouldn't' be feeding :)

Heather Welford Neil, UK

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