https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:18:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1307121 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 05:01:22 +0000 erinpye 1307121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://evolutionaryparenting.com/guest-post-breastfeeding-and-alcohol-consumption/" rel="nofollow">http://evolutionaryparenting.com/guest-post-breastfeeding-and-alcohol-consumption/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1304930 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:31:41 +0000 PurplePeony 1304930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At our BFing class, the instructor said alcohol clears the milk at the same rate it clears your bloodstream, so approximately 1 drink per hour. Everyone metabolizes a bit differently, though, so that's just an estimate. It doesn't really correlate to feeling drunk or buzzed because if you have a higher tolerance, you could easily have one drink and not even notice but still have alcohol in your bloodstream and milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1304684 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:48:29 +0000 Dagny 1304684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As I understand it, you pump and dump when you are drinking and are missing a feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1304656 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:24:45 +0000 Foodnerd81 1304656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok good. We went out to dinner last night and I got pretty buzzed for the first time in over a year! (3 glasses of wine over 5 hours, ha). C did me a huge favor and slept until 5 am again so I didn't have to use pumped milk, made sure I felt fine in the morning, and I fed her. Woohoo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1304655 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:24:04 +0000 birdofafeather 1304655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>never did it. not going to go through the effort of pumping if i'm tossing it out! i just waited it out. but i have only been questionable a couple times in the last year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1304617 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:57:43 +0000 mrs. wagon 1304617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I always waited since the alcohol metabolises through milk the same way it does with blood. I'd just stay up til an hour or two after my last drink, then pump and go to sleep. When in doubt I used one of those alcohol test strips... Milk screen, I think they're called. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1304607 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:44:50 +0000 sslm 1304607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As far as I know pumping and dumping is kind of a myth/pointless endeavor, for the reasons you said, it's not like you get rid of the alcohol by doing it. I might do it if I was super engorged in the motn and was really uncomfortable. Otherwise I wouldn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1304605 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:43:56 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1304605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, you got it. You only need to pump and dump if you get uncomfortably engorged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-and-dump-question#post-1304592 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:32:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 1304592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Question about pumping and dumping. The way I understand it, once you no longer feel drunk/buzzed, there is no longer alcohol in your milk, the way there is no alcohol level in your blood. So you wouldn't feed the baby while you feel buzzed, but a few hours later you'd be fine. So, why bother pumping off the milk? Why not just wait until you are sober? </p> <p>I can see that there might be times when you'd have to, like before bed when you had nursed for hours or whatever, but usually I feed Lo right before bed and then can go until morning anyway (if she sleeps that long). So if I went out and had a few glasses of wine at dinner, I wouldn't nurse her during the motn feed but would just wait and feed her with very full breasts in the morning. </p> <p>Am I missing something? </p>