New Breast Feeding Study

**reAllytee** · 31-05-2006 01:07

Im so glad that the new study shows that drinking alcohol while breastfeeding is not a good idea & that it goes straight into the milk 30-60 mins after drinking it.
They advise that should you have a glass ( although are not advising this ) that you feed bubs then have your glass of alcohol then wait at least 3hrs before feeding bubs again !
The study showed many women were drinking at the level they did before falling pregnant because they dont know the facts.
So many mis-truths out there & they have been all shown to be wrong even the drinking of a stout to help with milk flow etc it has instead found to hinder it !
As one of the mums that was shown on the t.v said " i wouldnt put alcohol in a bottle for her to drink so why would i drink it ??? " & i totally agree !!!!
Imagine if any of the bottle feeding mums did this !
Anyways well done to the Curtin University for their great study that helps disspell the myths & let us mums know what the right thing to do is & make informed choices

**cheezelkat** · 31-05-2006 01:15

That's a really interesting study. I've had one standard drink since falling pregnant and that was a glass of champagne at a birthday party. I had it straight after a feed and felt so guilty about it.

Although it makes me wonder if drinking some whiskey will help put DS to sleep at night! Joke, joke....

**Chickadee** · 31-05-2006 01:31

... new study... on the tv...

What are you talking about? Have any more details on where people could actually find the study?

**reAllytee** · 31-05-2006 01:38

Hold on will try & find the link but yeah it was on the t.v with a professor from Curtin Uni talking about it.

**reAllytee** · 31-05-2006 01:48

Grrr my computer is playing up so can only find this for now which is lame but it was on channel ten news
http://www.tennews.com.au/main_idx.a...on=newsWeather

But this is the details of the study in regards to the public health webpage :

Project Title: Alcohol consumption by women in Australia; changes with pregnancy and breastfeeding
Principal Investigators: Roslyn Giglia
Supervisors: Prof Colin Binns and Dr Helman Alfonso
Funding: NHMRC
Aim: This study will investigate the factors relating to alcohol intake and breastfeeding and provide information on the actual levels of alcohol consumed by lactating mothers.

**reAllytee** · 06-06-2006 01:40

Ok well considering i have the most annoying web browser in history etc at this point in time & havent be able to find what i needed the wonderful Ms Clarabelle found this for me so you can read a little about the study im talking about hopefully i can come across something soo as long as this stupid computer gets its act together LOL !

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories...iew/sid/15404/

**MonkeyMum05** · 06-06-2006 09:23

I saw this it on the news the other night. It didn't sound like anything new or groundbreaking though? Just the same things they've said all along.

I really think the comparison to 'tipping alcohol in your babies bottle' is an exaggeration.

**Nan** · 07-06-2006 16:55

Originally Posted by allyoo

.....They advise that should you have a glass ( although are not advising this )......

I'm confused!!

Love,
Nan. xx

**Tam-I-Am** · 08-06-2006 01:26

I think Ally meant to say, that if you choose to have an alcoholic drink, the researchers would recommend waiting at least 3 hours before breastfeeding a baby - but the researchers would not recommend drinking alcohol at all.

Sorry if I've spoken out of turn, Ally!

**reAllytee** · 08-06-2006 01:31

Not at all Tami !
I need someone with brains to help me out lol !
Sorry i often dont word things right or even get out what i mean half the time so yeah what Tami said is right