However, many common drinks contain much more alcohol than this. Consuming one of these drinks would be the equivalent of two standard drinks. Generally, moderate alcohol consumption by a breastfeeding mother up to 1 standard drink per day is not known to be harmful to the infant, especially if the mother waits at least 2 hours after a single drink before nursing.
Drinking alcoholic beverages is not an indication to stop breastfeeding; however, consuming more than one drink per day is not recommended. Alcohol levels are usually highest in breast milk minutes after an alcoholic beverage is consumed, and can be generally detected in breast milk for about hours per drink after it is consumed.
However, the length of time alcohol can be detected in breast milk will increase the more alcohol a mother consumes. For example, alcohol from 1 drink can be detected in breast milk for about hours, alcohol from 2 drinks can be detected for about hours, and alcohol from 3 drinks can be detected for about hours, and so on.
Moderate alcohol consumption by a breastfeeding mother up to 1 standard drink per day is not known to be harmful to the infant, especially if the mother waits at least 2 hours before nursing. However, higher levels of alcohol consumption can interfere with the milk ejection reflex letdown while maternal alcohol levels are high.
Over time, excessive alcohol consumption could lead to shortened breastfeeding duration due to decreased milk production. A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only. This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here.
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Show references May PA, et al. Breastfeeding and maternal alcohol use: Prevalence and effects on child outcomes and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Reproductive Toxicology. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed June 20, Briggs GG, et al. Philadelphia, Pa. Koren G. Drinking alcohol while breastfeeding: Will it harm my baby? Or is there? If you want to, you can enjoy a glass of wine, a beer or whatever it is that you choose to drink.
The key is to plan ahead. The concentration of alcohol in your blood is the concentration of alcohol in your milk. Alcohol gets into your breastmilk from your blood, moving freely from the blood to the breastmilk and back out again. A number of factors affect how much alcohol gets into your breastmilk, including:. As a general rule, it takes 2 hours for an average woman to get rid of the alcohol from 1 standard alcoholic drink and therefore 4 hours for 2 drinks, 6 hours for 3 drinks and so on.
The time is taken from the start of drinking. The Feed Safe app can help you work out these times more accurately.
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