https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 15:11:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-alcohol-and-then-breastfeed#post-37821 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:14:04 +0000 mrstilly 37821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would wait two hours after one drink before nursing or pumping (without dumping). Once I was at a bridal shower and had a second beer without thinking about it and had to leave to get DS a bottle of milk I had pumped earlier. Thankfully we were only a mile from my inlaws, otherwise I would have packed some or not drank at all. I talked with my lactation consultant and pediatrician, and both said 2 hours was plenty for one drink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-alcohol-and-then-breastfeed#post-37820 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:14:04 +0000 cupcakemama 37820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I feel like a glass of wine then I will have a really small one - probably more like 1/4 of a glass and then wait a few hours. I find if I have a glass straight after I have fed LO then that gives me enough time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-alcohol-and-then-breastfeed#post-37799 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:58:06 +0000 venice4504 37799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend always had a glass of wine/beer while she was nursing and was out with us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-alcohol-and-then-breastfeed#post-37740 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:09:29 +0000 Rosie Girl 37740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always wonder about this.... for when the time comes :) I don't know how I will feel. I will probably pump and dump, or wait for a long time because I will feel guilty. I feel slightly guilty when I have a sip of DH's beer while being pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-alcohol-and-then-breastfeed#post-37709 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:53:47 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 37709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had any since the positive pregnancy test. Sigh. It's just easier to avoid it completely, and since I was only a very occasional social drinker, I don't miss it all that much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-alcohol-and-then-breastfeed#post-37701 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:50:00 +0000 Mrs. Bee 37701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i've only had two glasses of wine since olive was born. i came home and pumped and dumped, and then i pumped and dumped my next session too. the alcohol was probably completely out of my system at that time, but i felt guilty since the only thing i'd had was the wine and nothing else.</p> <p>i can't even bring myself to have one glass of wine or a beer without pumping and dumping, or letting a couple of hours pass. somehow i managed to survive 9 months like that with charlie.</p> <p>how long do you wait after drinking to breastfeed? or do you not wait at all if you've only had one glass of wine or beer? </p>