Most questions health care professionals hear are usually about alcohol use
Alcohol rapidly exchanges between plasma and breast milk
One study has shown that mothers’ alcohol showed 23% reduction in amount of milk ingested by babies
May be due to taste of alcohol in milk
Prolactin may be inhibited by alcohol, but not definitively known
Maternal blood levels have to reach 300 mg% before significant side effects affect baby
Resume breastfeeding after moderate alcohol use as soon as mother feels normal
Recommend interrupting breastfeeding for 1 hour per drink or until mother is sober

Frank J. Nice, RPh, DPA, CPHP
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