Am i the only person here who gave EBM, exercised, had coffee and drank alcohol while i was breastfeeding?!
I didn't find BFing inconvenient but equally i didn't take the most virtuous approach to it. I didn't have OJ or chocolate for the first 6 weeks because it made DD throw up and that was more hassle than the "treat" was worth. But she grew out of it and i did have OJ and chocolate then. I even had *gasp* wine/beer on occasion. I remember doing the maths at the time and figuring it'd be out of my system by the next feed but i also remember not being too worried about it. In the 70's they used to give women alcohol after birth to bring on the milk (and during PG to slow premature labour!) and most of us seem to have survived that. Besides the blood and milk share the same alcohol level. 0.1% blood alcohol is fairly drunk but 0.1% alcohol in milk is still counted as a non-alcoholic beverage.
I can remember a few years back seeing a programme on what chemicals can get from our food/perfume/deodorant/furniture into our breastmilk. It also detailed on how a strict 3-day detox every 3 months could reduce the chemical levels as the starvation induces fat-cell mobilisation which releases the chemicals for your liver to deal with. No WONDER women find it easier to FF when they're told that they have to do x y and z if they are to BF. No drinking, no eating nuts, no caffiene, no underarm deodorants, no intense workouts, you name it. As with so many things it isn't the breastfeeding but the breastfeeding "right" which might put people off.
As for the writer about you have to wonder WHO was tantruming - not a week-old baby for sure! I guess i felt if anything it was that the article was trying to inflame all sides without actually saying anything.
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