When can i breastfeed after drinking calculator
Do you have to pump and dump breast milk after drinking...
Is That Advice About Pumping and Dumping Just #MomShaming?Should i pump and dump after 1 drink
Not Necessarily
Medication use under the guidance of a doctor
Always check with your physician before breastfeeding while using prescription medications. You can also use LactMed (a national database on drugs that may impact breastfeeding women) to learn more about specific prescription medications — but this isn’t a substitute to talking with your doctor.
After consuming coffee or caffeine
There’s probably no need to pump and dump just because you’ve consumed some coffee or chocolate.
Research tells us nursing mothers can safely consume at least 300 milligrams of caffeine per day — which is roughly equivalent to 2 to 3 cups of coffee — without fear of your infant seeming jittery or losing sleep.
(Some have even found that up to 5 cups of coffee per day can be consumed without side effects for the breastfeeding infant!)
Nursing mothers should try to breastfeed right before consuming caffeine and try to minimize their coffee and caffeine consumption when breastfeeding premature and newborn babies, as their