Drinking Wine After Giving Birth

Like going to a book launch and standing around for an hour without drinking the warm cheap white wine.

Drinking wine after giving birth. Blood and breastmilk alcohol levels peak 30 to 60 minutes after your first drink pound says. Mind you a little means around a glass or two a week and hard liquor is not good. The month wasn t entirely alcohol free.

Preggo with number 2 due february. Binge drinking where you have more than 6 units of alcohol in 1 session may make you less aware of your baby s needs. Not only can it cause problem with the child but one needs to remember that having a child takes alot from your body so it is always wise to give your body time to heal.

It won t decrease the amount of alcohol in your breastmilk. Drinking after giving birth. One needs to drink adequate water before to ensure the blood volume gets back to normal after.

Plus you should never drink while breast feeding. Risks of binge drinking. You are not suppose to drink any form of alcohol until a month after you stop breast feeding.

Some experts recommend breast feeding moms avoid drinking alcohol until their baby is 3 months old the aap recommends that ingestion of alcoholic beverages should be minimized and limited to an occasional intake but no more than 0 5 g alcohol per kg body weight which for a 60 kg mother is approximately 2 oz liquor 8 oz wine or 2 beers. Avoiding alcohol consumption before and after donation as this may lead to issues with hydration levels and makes recovery to take long. After the birth of the baby i drank my first glass of wine two hours after giving birth it calmed me down and gave me more strength to cope with it but it was an addiction that i needed to give up and get rid of.

I drank one night on monday 15 july. If you do binge drink your baby should be cared for by an adult who has not had any alcohol. Here s when you can have that first celebratory drink after giving birth.