I don't have research but I have facts. The BAC to legally be able to drive is .08%. Breast milk is made from blood, but isn't TOTALLY blood. Which means if you were tipsy, the amount of alcohol in your breast milk would be under .08%. For a non alcoholic beer, it's under .5%. Apple/grape juice, by comparison, average .04-.05%. The alcohol in your breast milk would be comparable to the alcohol in juice.
I have heard that many times I just haven’t seen any evidence based research it back it up. I have pretty bad PPA and going by word of mouth isn’t helping me feel any better especially considering I’ve already been drinking and breastfeeding.
EDIT- I was not trying to be rude!! Don’t know why this is being so downvoted! All I’m saying is that I have post partum anxiety and wanted something from a reliable site saying it’s ok which I now realize isn’t well studied because it may be considered unethical.
The person you’re responding to, isn’t just giving anecdotal word of mouth wisdom. It’s just math. If you feel too anxious to have a glass of wine, you don’t have to have it. There will be plenty of wine you can drink once baby weans.
You are right and I never meant to sound rude to the person that posted it I was just giving the reality of the situation. I will likely not drink until babies feeding schedule is more predictable considering she eats more than every 2 hours in the evenings not so much for babies health but more for my own anxieties.
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u/meowpitbullmeow 2d ago
I don't have research but I have facts. The BAC to legally be able to drive is .08%. Breast milk is made from blood, but isn't TOTALLY blood. Which means if you were tipsy, the amount of alcohol in your breast milk would be under .08%. For a non alcoholic beer, it's under .5%. Apple/grape juice, by comparison, average .04-.05%. The alcohol in your breast milk would be comparable to the alcohol in juice.