"I guess she's not breastfeeding," assumed one user.īut, regardless of Beyoncé's choices and her naysayers, what are the recommended guidelines for drinking alcohol while breastfeeding? Registered nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed breaks it down:
Roughly 34-million women of childbearing age drink alcoholic beverages (approximately half of all lactating women in Western countries consume alcohol while breastfeeding), so, it is understandable that it has been the subject of a lot of research. Alcohol consumed occasionally in low or moderate amounts is unlikely to harm your baby (NHS, 2019 Wilson et al. However, opinions vary over the amount of alcohol that is safe for a breastfeeding mother to drink. Others took the picture as 'proof' that the singer is in fact feeding twins Rumi and Carter using formula, which they also chastised her for. So can I drink alcohol when Im breastfeeding. For more complex issues, including concerns with postpartum thyroiditis, hormone imbalances, gut issues, fussy-baby and/or baby’s food allergies, while breastfeeding, please learn more about my Adult Advanced program. In an interesting study of the effect of alcohol on milk ingestion by infants, the rate of milk consumption by infants during the 4 hours immediately after exposure to alcohol (0.3 g/kg) in 12 mothers was significantly less. However, higher levels of alcohol consumption can interfere with the milk ejection reflex (letdown) while maternal alcohol levels are high. Check out my Safe Detox for Breastfeeding 7-Day Meal Plan to jump-start your postpartum health & support breastfeeding. Avoid breastfeeding during and for 2 3 hours after drinking alcohol. "You feed your children with your breast, so why do you drink?!" one person wrote, while another added "Beyoncé please don't be drinking too much." 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. While it's absolutely no one else's business but the mother concerned - plus, we don't actually know if she's breastfeeding or not - that didn't seem to stop Instagram users from starting a fierce debate in the comments section alongside the picture. A post shared by Beyoncé Beyoncé shared a picture of herself enjoying a glass of wine over the weekend, she was quickly targeted by online trolls accusing her of being irresponsible for consuming alcohol while (they presume) breastfeeding.
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