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A member asked:
I had 4 glasses of margarita last night how long do i wait to breast feed?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
No need to wait: There is no need to wait any longer.
Answered 4/12/2014
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Wait till sober: Alcohol’s effect on lactation julie mennella, ph. D. States "peak alcohol levels both in the mother' s blood and in the milk occur approximately one-half hour to an hour after drinking and decrease thereafter, although there are considerable individual differences in the timing of peak levels and in alcohol elimination rates in both milk and blood (lawton 1985; mennella and beauchamp 1991) .".
Answered 3/22/2014
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