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Breast feeding while drunk: is it a crime?  

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Alcohol does pass freely into breastmilk, though in small amounts and in short duration. Alcohol is considered compatible with breastfeeding by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs and Chemicals and Human Milk.

Alcohol will leave the body as it is metabolized. Because there is little storage space in the breast, most of the breastmilk is made from the blood as it is called for by the baby. Therefore the level of alcohol in the breastmilk is more closely related to the level of alcohol in the blood at the time the breastfeeding is occurring, rather than the level of alcohol the mother consumed overall.

Since milk production slows during the time between feedings, alcohol will not be stored in the breastmilk and passed to the baby at a later feeding if that feeding occurs when the blood alcohol level is down.

An occasional drink -- one glass of wine, one beer or one mixed drink -- would not necessitate interrupting breastfeeding. However, daily drinking would not be recommended because it can inhibit milk let down and cause slow weight gain in the infant. Studies have shown that babies of mothers who drank beer breastfed more frequently but consumed less breastmilk than babies whose mothers did not drink alcohol. (Mennella and Beauchamp 1993) There is no truth to the old wive's tale that drinking wine or beer will increase milk supply and enhance milk let down.

It would also be inadvisable to drink to the point of intoxication. Mothers who become intoxicated should not breastfeed until they are completely sober. When the mother becomes sober, most of the alcohol has left the blood and it should be safe to resume breastfeeding. Drinking to the point of intoxication, or binge drinking, has not been adequately addressed in studies of breastfeeding mothers and babies so all of the risks are not clearly understood.

 

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That's just fucking twisted.

 

The dad shoulda put the foot down a long, long time before it ever got to that point.

This is a prime example of when it's actually ok to beat your wife.

 

that was a fucked up docmentary they showed over here in the UK

 

those people were fucked in the head completely

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