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  1. September 1st, 2011, 09:29 PM #1
    kelebek
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    I did drink while bf, I would wait until he had had a feed and knew it would be a few hours before he would want another drink.
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  2. September 2nd, 2011, 05:44 PM #2
    Ca Plane Pour Moi
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    Doesn't every woman need a pint of guinness a night whilst breastfeeding? I was told that by my mother and she kept buying me stout. (I like my alcohol so am not going to complain.)
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  3. September 2nd, 2011, 06:17 PM #3
    nothing2lose
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    Lol FB..my mum always drank stout while breastfeeding.
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  4. September 2nd, 2011, 07:45 PM #4
    Nai
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    I did! I am sure stout brought my milk in and beer makes you really engorged, not sure why.
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  5. September 2nd, 2011, 07:46 PM #5
    nothing2lose
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    Nai, I think it has something to do with the yeast... Or the vitamin B - or both!!!
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  6. September 2nd, 2011, 08:18 PM #6
    onthefly
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    I read somewhere that the alcohol slows your flow or something, which leaves you feeling more engorged (but not actually with more milk)
    Maybe yeast is supposed to help supply...? think it's in those lactation cookies.
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  7. September 3rd, 2011, 07:55 AM #7
    luna moth
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    I did! I am sure stout brought my milk in and beer makes you really engorged, not sure why.
    Brewers yeast in good quality unfiltered beer.

    DH is a keen all grain home brewer, so I drink his beer from time to time. At the moment it's only once a week, but that's more for weight loss purposes than because I'm breastfeeding.

    I went to a party a few weeks ago and had two West Coast coolers and a tequila shot. Oh yes, I'm wild! Got home at 2, fed DD at 4. Had a "hangover" the next day, but I think that was from lack of sleep, sugar, and too much exposure to smoke, rather than my three standard drinks.
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  8. September 3rd, 2011, 05:42 PM #8
    deletedit
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    Having got happily sozzled on one strongbow last night (the side effect of rarely drinking and having lost a lot of weight) I think the worst problem would be having to carry the baby and falling over!

    Thankfully he slept through the night - absolutely loving the baby having his own room now so he doesn't wake us up 10 times a night to be fed
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  9. September 3rd, 2011, 09:45 PM #9
    MummyOfTerrors
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    thank you oh thank you for this thread
    im not a drinker (my last pregnancy hormones has really turned me off great for pregnancy but)
    but i was always given funny looks drinking while BFing and told to express and dump and even doing that wasnt good enough
    but thank you now i know if i have a drink or 2 its ok
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