https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Jul 2026 04:13:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68434 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:56:33 +0000 Maysprout 68434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@enjollah: Yup, she's breastfed. I don't usually pump and dump. Your breast milk will have roughly the same concentration of alcohol as your blood. So it's quite a bit different than when you're pregnant and LO is sharing your blood supply. If I have a glass I'll nurse her before I have a glass so she won't be hungry again for a few hours or wait until after she goes to bed. Pumping doesn't make the alcohol leave your breast milk, only time does that, pumping is just so you don't become engorged if you miss a feeding due to drinking. While I like a glass on some evenings I don't usually have more than that so I haven't worried much about pumping and dumping. On the occasion that I have I just have a bottle on hand and she gets her next feeding from there (and I just deal with having big boobs for a bit instead of pumping), even then though I've kept it to always being sober enough to drive.<br /> <a href="http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/alcohol.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/alcohol.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68412 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:35:15 +0000 enjollah 68412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone for your responses! good to know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68409 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:34:44 +0000 enjollah 68409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: Do you breast feed? And if you do, do you pump and dump after your glass of wine? ooO oh how I miss kicking back with with a nice glass of wine :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68359 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:26:01 +0000 autumnlove 68359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat anything I want but I try to eat more veggies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68358 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:47 +0000 Maysprout 68358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat everything - spicy, milky, nutty, etc. and luckily no problems. We do eat healthy but that's what we've always done. I still have a morning coffee, which I had cut out during pregnancy and a glass of wine on some evenings after baby goes to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68307 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:50:26 +0000 chopsuey 68307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I eat anythIng! :) and everything </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68284 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:28:52 +0000 banana 68284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting! I totally restricted my diet during BFing. I avoided all of the foods that I avoided during pregnancy. Augh. At least I know for next time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68231 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:49:25 +0000 Downward Dog 68231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you are also supposed to limit high-mercury fish. But most of the stuff that's off limits in pregnancy is okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68176 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:04:00 +0000 Mrsbells 68176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard from other BF moms that caffeine and alcohol are the two things to avoid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68118 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:20:11 +0000 Rubies 68118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was told that I could eat ANYTHING I wanted. I was told that I might consider cutting back on caffeine but other than that, it was all good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-choices-during-breastfeeding#post-68104 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:15:01 +0000 enjollah 68104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This might be a stupid question but....can you eat pretty much anything when breastfeeding? I know you should continue with healthy choices but can you eat the foods you are suppose to avoid during pregnancy (ie: hotdogs, deli meats, sushi, etc)? </p>