RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Drinking alcohol while breastfeeding. Will it harm my baby?
JF Canadian Family Physician
JO Can Fam Physician
FD The College of Family Physicians of Canada
SP 39
OP 41
VO 48
IS 1
A1 Gideon Koren
YR 2002
UL http://www.cfp.ca/content/48/1/39.abstract
AB QUESTION: I recently delivered a healthy, full-term baby and am now breastfeeding exclusively. I abstained from drinking alcohol during my entire pregnancy and am wondering if drinking alcohol now would harm my nursing baby. ANSWER: Nursing mothers who choose to drink alcohol during the postpartum period should carefully plan a breastfeeding schedule by storing milk before drinking and waiting for complete elimination of alcohol from their breast milk after drinking. Motherisk has created an algorithm to estimate how long it takes to eliminate alcohol from breast milk.