Drinking alcohol in large quantities is unacceptable for a nursing mother. However, some experts believe that it is not worth imposing a complete ban on alcohol.
The harm of alcohol to the baby
When a nursing mother uses alcoholic beverages, ethyl alcohol, which is part of them, is absorbed into the bloodstream and almost immediately penetrates into milk. Perhaps everyone knows about the dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy and lactation.
Ethyl alcohol, which enters the infant's body with breast milk, has a very negative effect on his health. High concentrations of alcohol can have serious consequences. There are cases when the intake of large doses of alcohol by a nursing mother ended in death for the newborn.
It is important to remember that during the newborn period of her baby, the mother should not consume any alcohol, even in the smallest doses. It is difficult to predict how this will affect the health of the infant. At this age, they are still very weak. Sometimes the ingress of trace amounts of ethyl alcohol into milk can provoke poisoning.
Under what circumstances can you drink alcohol?
Some experts do not believe that a nursing mother should completely stop drinking alcohol. In some cases, women can afford to drink a glass of dry wine. It is important to understand that this should not be part of the system. Drinking alcohol while breastfeeding can be a rare exception to the rule of thumb.
Some women breastfeed babies up to 2 years of age. Naturally, during this period, she attends for some holidays, events where people drink alcoholic beverages. Sometimes young mothers confess that they are beginning to experience a sudden craving for alcohol. They really want to drink a glass of dry wine or a little beer. In such cases, it is perfectly acceptable to violate the prohibition, but it is important to know about certain rules for drinking alcohol.
It is known that ethyl alcohol does not accumulate in milk. Its concentration in this biological fluid decreases as it decreases in the mother's blood. The maximum concentration of ethyl alcohol in blood and milk can be reached after 30-50 minutes after taking alcohol.
If a young mother drank a glass of dry wine, she should not breastfeed her baby for 2-3 hours after drinking alcohol. Expressing milk is useless. The concentration of alcohol will decrease in it only when it begins to decrease in the blood.
It is permissible for young mothers to occasionally consume only a small amount of high-quality low-alcohol drinks. Vodka, strong cognac and other high-grade alcohol should remain strictly prohibited. Do not drink alcoholic cocktails containing dyes and preservatives.
