I did not catch the first question on alcohol.  But I would say it is
absolutely unnecessary to stop after drinking alcohol.  I agree with
Elisheva.  It is a reflection of our puritanical society that everyone gets
so uptight about alcohol.  If the mother is at the legal limit, say 0.08% in
her blood, her milk will contain 0.08%.  That's nothing.  And I wouldn't
stop for one second.  Let the mothers have their drink.  Breastfeeding is
already seen as too restricting. You can't have a drink, you can't go out,
you can't eat what you want, you can't have a cigarette, you can't have sex,
you can't have a joint.  Let not lactation specialists also be part of the
process that convinces mothers that breastfeeding is just too restricting.

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC

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