A breastfeeding mother asks you if alcohol can be eliminated from her breast milk by pumping immediately after drinking a few glasses of wine. What would you tell her?
a. Yes; in fact, discarding your breast milk is a good thing to do if you would like to drink while breastfeeding.
b. Yes; pumping will help, but you need to pump for the next 24 hours and discard any milk that you collect.
c. No; your breast milk will still contain alcohol; you will need to wait 1 hour per alcoholic beverage and then pump the milk and discard it to be safe.
d. No; the alcohol will still be in the breast milk and will clear from the milk as soon as it clears from the blood stream: roughly 2 to 3 hours per drink for a 120-pound woman.
e. No; alcohol cannot be removed from breastmilk; if she wishes to breastfeed, she must eliminate her alcohol consumption.
Question 2
The leading cause of accidental ingestion fatalities among children is an overdose of:
a. iron.
b. vitamin D.
c. zinc.
d. niacin.
Breast self examination
A little girl talking to her mother, who looks amused.
Mary Cassatt, Young Mother, Daughter, and Son.
Breast-Feeding at Work Can Work
Allelic differences in alcohol metabolism