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How long for alcohol to leave BM?
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 10:05:18 +1100, "*Hunee*"
wrote: but then again I might just have mucked up the snipping as usual! DH wants me to pump and dump for 3 days but I think this is too long. As others have said, the amount in your breastmilk is negligible anyway. However P&D for 3 days could have a disastrous effect on your supply, which could be bad for the baby in itself. Megan -- Seoras David Montgomery, 7 May 2003, 17 hours: sunrise to sunset (homebirth) To e-mail use: megan at farr-montgomery dot com |
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How long for alcohol to leave BM?
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Naomi Pardue wrote: Um, here in NSW we are legally too drunk to drive at 0.05% -- is yours 0.1%? Varies from state to state. Most are either .1% or .08. I don't know of any states where it's ,05%. (However, the main point of the figure was to explain that, even if mom is solidly plastered, the milk is still going to contain only a fraction of the amount of alcohol that would be found in any actual alcoholic beverage, and so would not do any harm to the baby.) I totally agree moderate amounnts are fine - that glass of wine with dinner or beer with pizza are going to dilute down to almost nothing - even "Non-alcoholic" beer can have up to %2 alcohol. Legally drunk isn't really drunk though, 2 beers can get you to .05%, which may not be safe to drive, but I wouldn't call plastered by several drinks. Here's an interesting BA estimator I just found: http://www.drunkdrivingdefense.com/general/bac.htm This may be more helpful than gauging by the effects - if you are regularly a heavy drinker your tolerance may be high enough that your blood alcohol could be high enough to effect the baby without you being noticably drunk, whereas a normal teetotaler could get pretty sick on that 2 beers. Some breastfeeding book (can't remember which one) mentioned a woman who drank so heavily her milk wouldn't freeze - gack! -Liz |
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Liz S. Reynolds wrote:
Some breastfeeding book (can't remember which one) mentioned a woman who drank so heavily her milk wouldn't freeze - gack! Alcohol is fatal at a blood alcohol level one-tenth that of full-strength beer (0.5). I'm finding this story very, very difficult to believe. Lara |
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Lara wrote: Liz S. Reynolds wrote: Some breastfeeding book (can't remember which one) mentioned a woman who drank so heavily her milk wouldn't freeze - gack! Alcohol is fatal at a blood alcohol level one-tenth that of full-strength beer (0.5). I'm finding this story very, very difficult to believe. LD50 is 0.4% and 0.3% is pretty darn dangerous. We'd need to know how much alcohol is required to prevent freezing - probably not all that much since the natural sugar has already lowered the freezing temperature. I find my milk thaws much quicker than a similar sized ice cube and I'm sure that's why, so it could be plausable at least. -Liz |
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How long for alcohol to leave BM?
Liz S. Reynolds wrote:
In article , Lara wrote: Liz S. Reynolds wrote: Some breastfeeding book (can't remember which one) mentioned a woman who drank so heavily her milk wouldn't freeze - gack! Alcohol is fatal at a blood alcohol level one-tenth that of full-strength beer (0.5). I'm finding this story very, very difficult to believe. LD50 is 0.4% and 0.3% is pretty darn dangerous. I was going for "just about universally fatal, even for alcoholics", rather than the naive-user LD50, but sure. We'd need to know how much alcohol is required to prevent freezing - probably not all that much since the natural sugar has already lowered the freezing temperature. Beer is pretty sugary, and ten times that alcohol level; it freezes just fine in my freezer. Not exactly a datapoint, but there it is. Hm - cows milk formula has roughly the same sugar/protein/fat levels as breastmilk (not the same proteins/fats, but the same sugar) - I wonder if I can feel an experiment coming on? Lara -- |
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How long for alcohol to leave BM?
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Lara wrote: Hm - cows milk formula has roughly the same sugar/protein/fat levels as breastmilk (not the same proteins/fats, but the same sugar) - I wonder if I can feel an experiment coming on? Heh, this is reminding me of a discussion I got into on medieval dye recipes that called for urine of a particular type - ie from a pregnant woman. My friends and I can't say "root beer" with straight face anymore... --Liz |
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