Perhaps the grandmother would be interested in some facts, to impact on 
her worry?

Alcohol processes out of breastmilk at the same rate it processes out of 
blood.  At approx one hour per unit of alcohol.  Depending on the 
mother's  food intake at the time, it will take the alcohol between 30 
and 90 minutes to get into her blood/breastmilk, and then one hour per 
unit to be removed. 

If there is any alcohol in breastmilk when ingested by the baby, it is a 
very small amount, and then has to be ingested in turn by the baby, and 
processed.  Meaning the baby gets a tiny tiny shred of what the mother 
ingested.

At the level quoted here, if the baby is being fed straight after the 
mother drinks, then there is a tiny, almost negligible amount of alcohol 
in the breastmilk.  If the baby is not being fed until two or three 
hours after dinner then the baby is not receiving one drop of alcohol.

Telling mother's who are breastfeeding that they cannot drink, is 
another way if inhibiting breastfeeding, and it is usually a moral panic 
issue, that somehow requires a breastfeeding mother to be superhumanly 
virtuous and 'clean'. 

Perhaps the grandmother would be better examining her own agenda with 
other parenting issues, to see if she is 'alighting' upon this one as 
the 'indefensible' one?  The formula btw, is much more risky than the wine.

As long as she's not binge drinking, any breastfeeding mother can 
consume the maximum 14 recommended units for her weekly consumption, 
without one drop every reaching the baby.  It's called arithmetic.

Above 14 units, the issue is the health of the mother, not the health of 
the baby.

Morgan Gallagher
(Who had a glass of red wine per day all the way through her pregnancy, 
with her OB's blessing.)


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> My friend called to inquire about a concern she found in the home. That 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.? 


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