I urgue you to reAd the Aba brochure as posted by Mayaness.
Somehow the imperitive to stay "pure" and not drink is put on breastfeeding. Women. In fact current Australian guidelines sAy thAt women should have no
more 1-2 standArd drinks - that's all of us, whether we are breastfeeding or formula feeding -18 or 80. It's bad for our heAlth. Many of uschoose not to follow those guidelines.
The real problem is drunk parents are not really good parents regardless of how they feed their baby.
For many woman working with the pressures in our society the alternatives are not "drinking or not drinking" when you gave a young baby, they are having a drink and giving thebaby formula. The consequences of formula feeding to the health of mothers and babies is real and thoroughly researched. No negatve consequences have been found in
babies of mothers who drink even high amounts of alcohol have been found. The amount of alcohol that would be ingested over a few drinks over a night is inconsequential. So don't get into a lather about it. Your MCHN was basically right.