Hi All,

First off - my professional opinion about this product is that it is a waste
of money and a way to scare moms out of breastfeeding.  While it may have
been designed with the best of intentions, it will actually harm often times
because moms with any amount of alcohol will think they need to pump and
dump (NOT TRUE!) or worse, supplement with formula which as we all know has
its own known risks.

Secondly, and respectfully, I am not crazy about the wording of this
suggestion because in reality it isn't quite accurate.  

//"If you are "tispy", your breastmilk is tipsy, don't breastfeed during 
that time, wait till you sober-up, the milk in your breast will  sober-up
also, 
.....if you are *drunk* your breastmilk is drunk also, you may need help 
to pump and dump if your breast are full/uncomfortable, ...a  sober 
care-taker should feed the baby sober milk that you pumped  previously"//

Just because we are tipsy doesn't not mean that the baby will get tipsy if
s/he breastfeeds when the alcohol level is at its peak in the breastmilk.
This suggestion implies that this is what will happen.  That simply is not
the case.  Mom may drink Bacardi 151 proof and end up with a .08% alcohol
level after 1 drink - this does not mean the baby is drinking 151proof
alcohol!  The baby is getting .08%...BIG difference!

Per Jack Newman: (from "Just the Facts Baby")

Although alcohol does pass from a mother's blood to her breast milk, that
doesn't mean she can't have a drink or two with dinner. Here's why:
If you have a drink, the concentration of alcohol in your breast milk is the
same as the concentration of alcohol in your blood. But even if you were to
drink to the point of legal intoxication (0.08 blood alcohol in most areas),
your breast milk will still only contain the same amount of alcohol as your
blood, so 0.08 percent. But that doesn't mean you're baby will have a 0.08
blood alcohol level.

This means your baby is only getting a tiny percentage of the alcohol you
consumed. (Even non-alcoholic beer actually contains 0.6 percent
alcohol-which is more than seven times the amount of alcohol that would
appear in a mother's milk if she were legally drunk.)

Considering wine contains up to 12 percent alcohol, beer up to 5 percent,
and hard liquor approximately 40 percent, the bottom line is that breast
milk with an alcohol content of 0.08 is negligible and will not harm your
baby. While you should avoid getting drunk for various reasons, most
importantly so that you are capable of caring for your child, an occasional
glass or two of wine is nothing to worry about.

Jack Newman, M.D. is one of North America's most respected breastfeeding
experts. He is the author of Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding (Canada) and
The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers (United States). Dr. Newman's
breastfeeding information is available at www.drjacknewman.com


Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM
Breastfeeding Network
Sacramento, CA
www.breastfeedingnetwork.net

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