You just went through 9 months abstaining from alcohol and certain foods and now all you want is a cold-cut and a beer. As you place your baby on your boob and open that much needed beer you have a twinge of guilt, am I harming my baby? In this episode we discuss drinking while breastfeeding.

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References:

https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/facts.html

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/breastfeeding/conditioninfo/benefits

https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/breastfeeding/factsheet/index.html

https://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/making-decision-breastfeed

https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/breastfeeding-special-circumstances/vaccinations-medications-drugs/alcohol.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501469/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1351273/

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/bfm.2018.0053

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/breastfeeding-and-lifestyle/alcohol/

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/alcohol-and-breastfeeding/

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/alcoholism-treatment/effect-of-alcoholic-mother-on-children

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257751840_Alcohol_and_Breastfeeding

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bcpt.12149

https://www.abbeyskitchen.com/drinking-alcohol-while-breastfeeding/

https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/substance-use-in-women/substance-use-while-pregnant-breastfeeding

https://youtu.be/-l5BpqllTLg