First night out!!

[LauraKC]

Hello
it is my 29th birthday on saturday!! first night out without my 7 week old beautiful baby boy......

mum is babysitting and we have booked a restaurant. am currently breastfeeding and although it is going well i am worried that joseph wont take his bottle on sat night when we are out. i have been expressing milk and sometimes he takes it, other times he is not settled until i put him back to my boob.

Do you think it would be ok to have a few drinks if he is drinking expressed milk that evening? obvioulsy i wil need to feed him in the middle of the night and dont want to cause any harm. i would like a drink on my birthday but dont want to if it is going to affect my baby!

Laura

 

[Lyndsey]

As long as you don't get bladdered I am sure it will be fine. My MW told me that you can drink a couple of units and it won't affect baby because such a small amount gets passed on, .... If you felt uncomfortable then you could always pump and dump but having said that there is some evidence that shows that the alcohol does go into your breastmilk approx 2 hrs after you drank it but then your body takes it back out and filters it out after about 4 hrs......

So I would say go and have a nice birthday with a couple of glasses of wine!

Just to say as well, I have had some wine while bf Logan (2 glasses) and there has been no ill effects ( that I could see) but my friend had a pint of lager and her baby was very unsettled the day after and the HV said sometimes they get a mini hangover if you drink too much!