What happens if baby drinks breast milk with alcohol one time

Alcohol can pass into your breastmilk and then into your baby when you feed them.

An occasional drink is unlikely to harm your baby especially if you wait at least 2 hours after having a drink before feeding..

Regularly drinking above the recommended limits can be harmful for you and your baby.

Aside from the known health risks of excessive alcohol to yourself, drinking too much can decrease your milk supply.

It may also cause sleep, growth and developmental problems with your baby.

Alcohol units

To keep health risks from alcohol to a low level, it's safest not to drink more than 14 units a week on a regular basis.

If you regularly drink as much as 14 units per week, it's best to spread your drinking evenly over 3 or more days.

If you wish to cut down the amount you drink, a good way to help achieve this is to have several drink-free days each week.

Fourteen units is equivalent to 6 pints of average-strength beer.

If you regularly drink more than 14 units a week, you may find it helpful to discuss this with your health visitor or GP.

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