Your pregnancy and baby guide




Skip to main content






































Your pregnancy and baby guide


























Page contents



  1. Managing social occasions


  2. Risks of binge drinking


  3. Alcohol and your breast milk supply















Breastfeeding and drinking alcohol






Anything you eat or drink while you're breastfeeding can find its way into your breast milk, and that includes alcohol.



There's some evidence that regularly drinking more than two units of alcohol a day while breastfeeding may affect your baby's development. But an occasional drink is unlikely to harm your breastfed baby.



It's recommended that breastfeeding mothers have no more than one or two units of alcohol once or twice a week.



One unit of alcohol is approximately a single (25ml) measure of spirits, half a pint of beer, or 125ml (small) glass of wine, although this depends on the strength of the drink.



To check units in other drinks, see Alcohol Concern's alcohol unit calculator.








Managing social occasions



If you do intend to have a social drink, you could try avoiding breastfeeding for two to three hours per unit after drinking. This allows time for the alcohol to leave your breast milk. You will need to make sure breastfeeding is established before you try this.



You may want to plan ahead by expressing some milk before a social function. Then you can skip the first breastfeed after the function and feed your baby with your expressed milk instead. 



Bear in mind your breasts may become uncomfortably full if you leave long gaps between feeds.








Risks of binge drinking



Binge drinking, where you have more than five units of alcohol in one session, may make you less aware of your baby's needs. If you do binge drink, it's essential your baby is cared for by a sober adult. 



Never share a bed or sofa with your baby if you have drunk any alcohol. Doing this has a strong association with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).








Alcohol and your breast milk supply



There's no evidence that alcohol, including stout, helps you produce more milk.



Rest, being well in yourself, and letting your baby breastfeed whenever they want will all help increase your milk supply.



See how else you can boost your breast milk supply.



Got a breastfeeding question?



Sign into Facebook and message the Start4Life Breastfeeding Friend chatbot for fast, friendly, trusted NHS advice anytime, day or night.














var hu_webpart_id = 25;
var hu_comm_id = 718;
var huarr = huarr || ;
huarr.push(['_createWebpart', hu_webpart_id + ',' + hu_comm_id]);
(function () {
var hu = document.createElement('script');
hu.id = 'hu_webpartid' + hu_webpart_id;
hu.type = 'text/javascript'; hu.async = true;
hu.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://' : 'http://') + 'www.healthunlocked.com/choices.v8.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[document.getElementsByTagName('script').length - 1]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(hu, s);
})();

Community content from HealthUnlocked









Page last reviewed: 29/01/2016

Next review due: 29/01/2019























  • NHS sites


  • About us


  • Contact us


  • Profile editor login




  • Sitemap


  • Accessibility


  • Our policies


  • © Crown Copyright









// WebTrends SmartSource Data Collector Tag v10.4.23
// Copyright (c) 2016 Webtrends Inc. All rights reserved.
// Tag Builder Version: 4.1.3.5
// Created: 2016.01.13
window.webtrendsAsyncInit = function () {
var dcs = new Webtrends.dcs().init({
dcsid: "dcs222rfg0jh2hpdaqwc2gmki_9r4q",
domain: 'statse.webtrendslive.com',
timezone: 0,
i18n: true,
adimpressions: true,
adsparam: 'WT.ac',
offsite: true,
download: true,
downloadtypes: 'xls,doc,pdf,txt,csv,zip,docx,xlsx,rar,gzip',
onsitedoms: 'nhs.uk',
fpcdom: '.nhs.uk',
plugins: {
hm: {
src: '//s.webtrends.com/js/webtrends.hm.js'
}
}
}).track();
};
/*
* This webtrends JS is commented out because we load it elsewhere as
* part of the main javascript bundle
*
(function () {
var s = document.createElement('script');
s.async = true;
s.src ="/static/shared/js/webtrends.9e259ef158a6.js";
var s2 = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
s2.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s2);
}());
*/

//


Check here for alerts




dcsimg



-

Popular posts from this blog

Full-time equivalent

Image
Full-time equivalent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Full-time equivalent ( FTE ) or whole time equivalent ( WTE ) is a unit that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable [1] across various contexts. FTE is often used to measure a worker's or student's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization. An FTE of 1.0 is equivalent to a full-time worker or student, while an FTE of 0.5 signals half of a full work or school load. [2] Contents 1 U.S. Federal Government 2 In education 2.1 Example 3 Notes 4 References U.S. Federal Government [ edit ] In the U.S. Federal Government, FTE is defined by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as the number of total hours worked divided by the maximum number of compensable hours in a full-time schedule as...
Read more

さくらももこ

Image
さくら ももこ 本名 非公開 [1] 生誕 ( 1965-05-08 ) 1965年5月8日 日本・静岡県清水市 （現・静岡市清水区） 死没 ( 2018-08-15 ) 2018年8月15日（53歳没） 日本・東京都目黒区 国籍 日本 職業 漫画家 エッセイスト 作詞家 活動期間 1984年 - 2018年 ジャンル 少女漫画 青年漫画 児童漫画 代表作 『ちびまる子ちゃん』 『コジコジ』 受賞 1989年：第13回講談社漫画賞少女部門 （『ちびまる子ちゃん』） 1990年：第32回日本レコード大賞 （『おどるポンポコリン』作詞） 公式サイト さくらプロダクション テンプレートを表示 さくら ももこ （1965年5月8日 - 2018年8月15日 [2] ）は、日本の漫画家、エッセイスト、作詞家、脚本家。また、自身の少女時代をモデルとした代表作のコミック『ちびまる子ちゃん』の主人公の名前でもある。静岡県清水市（現・静岡市清水区）出身。血液型はA型。身長159cm。一男の母親。 代表作のコミック『ちびまる子ちゃん』の単行本の売上は累計3000万部を超える。また、エッセイストとしても独特の視点と語り口で人気が高く、初期エッセイ集三部作『もものかんづめ』『さるのこしかけ』『たいのおかしら』はいずれもミリオンセラーを記録。 目次 1 経歴 2 人物・交遊関係 3 主な作品 3.1 漫画 3.2 エッセイ 3.3 作詞 3.4 詩集 3.5 雑誌・ムック本 3.6 翻訳 3.7 絵本、ドラマ脚本他 3.8 ラジオ出演 3.9 その他 4 関係人物 4.1 アシスタント 4.2 さくらももこを演じた人物 5 脚注 5.1 注釈 5.2 出典 6 外部リンク 経歴 年譜形式の経歴は推奨されていません 。人物の伝記は流れのあるまとまった文章で記述し、年譜は補助的な使用にとどめてください。 （ 2018年8月 ） 清水市立（当時）入江小学校...
Read more

13 indicted, 8 arrested in Calif. drug cartel investigation

Image
Fox News U.S. World Opinion Politics Entertainment Business Lifestyle TV Radio More Expand / Collapse search Login Watch TV ☰ Hot Topics U.S. Crime Military Education Terror Immigration Economy Personal Freedoms World U.N. Conflicts Terrorism Disasters Global Economy Environment Religion Scandals Opinion Politics Executive Senate House Judiciary Foreign policy Polls Elections Entertainment Celebrity News Movies TV News Music News Style News Entertainment Video Business Markets Politics Technology Features Business Leaders Lifestyle Food + Drink Cars + Trucks Travel + Outdoors House + Home Fitness + Well-being Style + Beauty Family Science Archaeology Air & Space Planet Earth Wild Nature Natural Science Dinosaurs Tech Security Innovation Drones Computers Video Games Military Tech Health Healthy Living Medical Research Mental Health Cancer Heart Health Children'...
Read more