How Long to Wait After Drinking...

Hi R.,

I don't know for certain, but I'd guess at least 24, maybe even 48 hours or more. I should think you might want to drink plenty of water afterwards also, to help flush out your system.

I know that all the stop smoking literature says it takes 72 hours for all the nicotine to leave your body when you stop, so 72 hours is probably a safer bet.

Talk to your baby's pediatrician or maybe a lactation consultant and ask to be absolutely sure, though.

Happy birthday to you!

K. W

I can't remember the exact time period for all the alcohol to get in your breast milk, but I think it is something like wait until you are sober and "pump and dump" until there is no milk left to pump. Any milk produced while you are sober, should be sober milk.

I have no advice but you go mama!!!! I am glad there a is a mom out there not ashmaed to admit she needs a break from life!!!!! my hub always tried tog et me to just have a drink ven when i wasnt BF but i would get so guilty feeling about it i wouldnt!!!! Hvae a blast!!!

"Alcohol clears the breast milk in about the same amount of time it takes to clear the blood stream. If you are planning to drink heavily (more than 2 drinks), you may want to give it 6-8 hours to clear your system." This is what I got from the internet. I did the same thing when my son was still breastfeeding. Me and my boyfriend had a couple friends over, and had a couple drinks (while my son was in bed, sleeping). I waited until about 1-2 hours after I felt sober again before I started breastfeeding again. I had a couple of pumped bottles in the fridge and I only had to "pump and dump" once. It seemed to work out fine, my son never suffered any adverse affects, so I am sure I had waited a proper amount of time. Have fun!!!