I'm not a HUGE drinker, but I do enjoy a glass of wine. This, week, especially, I'm thinking about how much I'd like one, and looking forward to this luxury post-delivery.
Do you have the occasional glass of wine while BF-ing? I'm assuming with a newborn I'll be feeding too frequently in the first few weeks to have a glass. Am I right?
Were you ever able to squeeze in a glass a wine while BF-ing a newborn?
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I had my first glass last night, pumped before and then waited 3 hours and pumped again. My doc and pediatrician said this was ok.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I love my wine. However the first few weeks I was SO TIRED I couldn't even think of drinking anything. I think I had a half a beer once but it made me want to pass out.
After a few weeks, I had the occasional glass of wine. I might be in the minority, but I don't get worked up over people having a glass of wine while breastfeeding (well, not actually while feeding, but you know what I mean). I would have it right after I fed my son.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Our NP during our BF class told us one glass is fine, she said wait an hour or so, but you don't have to pump and dump.
pomegranate / 3314 posts
Like @winniebee: I was initially too tired to drink, as much as I wanted to. I finally had a beer maybe 5 weeks after delivery? And woah, it went straight to my head. Even though I didn't entirely abstain from drinking while pregnant (I had maybe 5 or 6 drinks over the course of the 9 months), I was so happy to be reacquainted with the luxury of having the occasional drink!
grapefruit / 4400 posts
@mrsjyw: Ditto for us, too. I think I had my first glass at 4 weeks pp right after I finished a nursing session... but the time C got hungry again, it was already out of my system.
papaya / 10560 posts
I totally abstained from alcohol until a glass of wine the week I had the baby and a beer the night my water broke..,ha! I have had a beer a couple nights a week and one night had two glasses of wine with a lot of water in between. I had a beer and mixed drink last Saturday. Not an alkie I swear, but I have the milk screen test strips and they are fab!
coconut / 8498 posts
I hadn't even thought much about drinking until recently, and LO is 5.5 months. I just wait 2 hours after drinking to pump.
grapefruit / 4056 posts
I have a glass of wine or a drink when I feel like it. The rate of transfer is so low I doubt it makes much of a difference. We are having a house party on Saturday, and I will allow myself 1 glass every 2-3 hours throughout the night, and will likely still BF, unless Sawyer decides he will take a bottle from someone.
pear / 1895 posts
I've been wondering about this, too. I'm almost 7 months along, and man have I missed my occasional glass of wine! I didn't know they made test strips for milk, @lydg. Where did you get them? Do you feel like they're pretty accurate (I guess you do, if you use them)? I'm excited to know I might not have to wait another year before having a drink!
nectarine / 2797 posts
Well, I may be the minority, but I have a glass pretty much every night. But I also had a half glass here and there during pregnancy.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
Talk to your dr/mw. My midwife said a glass of milk in the first few days would help with milk production and letdown; and also help calm my jitters from giving birth/being a new mom... I bought a white wine called gerwurtztraminer (or something like that) and in German it means mothers milk haha :):).
Anyway - I am in the camp that it is totally okay while EBF - even in the early days.
I have a glass about once a week after LO goes to bed.
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
I indulge whenever the urge strikes. At the beginning I was just too pooped to think about it. My doula LC and Dr all gave me the same info, if you are safe to drive you are safe to nurse. When she was younger I would wait until after she nursed to have a drink knowing I had a 2-3 hour window, now I just have a drink when I feel like it, but usually never more than one (unless she's gone to bed at night, then I might have 2 because she is out for 12 hours)
pomegranate / 3983 posts
I didn't until LO was about 3 months just because I was already so tired all the time. From 6 months on it was more of a regular thing after he was down for the night.
bananas / 9118 posts
Absolutely! Since he was born, I would pour myself a glass and sip on it in the evenings. These days when I have more, I just plan nursing around it.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
i didn't drink when olive was a newborn, but hell to the yes I have a glass or two (my limit) once a week!
pomegranate / 3706 posts
Yep! I would just nurse and then have a glass right afterward. Now that LO is 6.5 mos. and sleeping long stretches at night, I have a glass with dinner if I want and by the time she wakes to feed hours later, it's definitely out of my system.
grapefruit / 4819 posts
I fully planned on having a glass of wine regularly but was just too tired the first few weeks! My midwife actually suggested that I start my glass of wine whilst feeding as it wouldn't hit the bloodstream that quickly and would be gone by the time the next feed came around. I did use a bottle of expressed milk for the first feed post-drink in the early weeks but now I don't bother.
Now that LO is 4 months and sleeps for long stretches at night, I just wait until she goes to bed and then have a glass of wine or beer, knowing it will be a long while before she feeds again!
pear / 1554 posts
Once she consistently slept through the night, I would have a glass of wine at night.
persimmon / 1427 posts
Absolutely! I actually had a 1/2 a glass of wine the night I got home from the hospital.
coconut / 8279 posts
I waited until his weight check at 5 weeks. He was just so tiny I didn't want even the smallest trace to make it into his body.
I would have one drink, wait two hours then nurse or pump.
persimmon / 1135 posts
I don't drink often, but I'll have a glass of wine when I feel like it. The best time to drink alcohol is actually while you are breastfeeding. They're drinking milk that you've already produced so it provides maximum time for the alcohol to dissipate before they eat again! 
blogger / pear / 1964 posts
Although it looks so wrong, drinking wine while breastfeeding makes sense! I'll have to keep that in mind. Maybe I'll wait until I have a mini stash in the freezer so I can do a bottle of it if one of those dip strips shows my milk has alcohol in it.
GOLD / pear / 1845 posts
Ha, I know I also have a photo of drinking wine while breastfeeding, but I can't find it right now. I hardly drink, so I'm not stressed about the odd glass (like less than once a month?)
kiwi / 515 posts
6 months pp I haven't yet, I didn't drink often before though. I am starting recently to crave a glass, I may go for it soon!
bananas / 9973 posts
@megwag - LOL! I love the pic! hilarious!
Ooh you ladies are making me want some wine pronto! I've still got 4.5 months to go before I can even think about it!
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
@Mrs. Tricycle: Are you kidding! I had wine the day I got home from the hospital. I felt drunk off 1/4 glass though! Definitely didn't work my way up to a full drink for months.
@MegWag: LOL. This is totally true! 
Great pic!
grapefruit / 4671 posts
I have a glass every night after she goes to bed. It is a nice little ritual that I enjoy.
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