Is Any Amount of Alcohol Safe During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding?

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

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🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

There are many common questions about alcohol when trying to conceive, during pregnancy, and breastfeeding. Does drinking alcohol make it more challenging to get pregnant? Can you drink any alcohol during your pregnancy? Does it affect your baby? How much is okay? Can you pump and dump if you drink while breastfeeding? Doctors and midwives usually give you one of two answers. You hear absolutely no alcohol in any quantity. Or they may tell you it’s okay to enjoy a glass of wine with a meal occasionally. You already know that drinking high amounts of alcohol is a bad idea. What about an occasional drink? This article will examine the evidence on everything from the party night you had before you realized you were pregnant, enjoying a drink or two during pregnancy, and whether you need to pump and dump if you drink while breastfeeding.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Mert.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're going to
0:16.9	tackle a lot of common questions about alcohol when you're trying to conceive during pregnancy and well breastfeeding.
0:24.5	Questions like does alcohol make it more challenging to get pregnant?
0:28.4	Can you drink any amount of alcohol during your pregnancy?
0:31.6	Is any amount safe? How does it affect your baby, and we're going to talk about
0:36.4	alcohol and breastfeeding and the whole idea of pumping and dumping milk.
0:41.5	If you ask your doctor or midwife
0:43.4	about enjoying an alcoholic beverage
0:45.7	when you're pregnant, you're usually
0:47.3	going to get one of two answers.
0:49.2	Either they're going to tell you absolutely
0:51.2	no alcohol at all in any quantity, or they might tell. tell you
0:55.0	it's okay to enjoy a glass of wine from time to time with a meal.
1:00.0	In this episode, we're going to look at the evidence on everything from having that party night
1:05.3	before you found out that you were pregnant enjoying a drink or two during pregnancy and why you may not need to
1:12.4	pump and dump if you drink when you're breastfeeding.
1:15.0	Thank you to mommy steps for their support of this episode.
1:20.0	In one study 61% of pregnant participants had a measurable increase in foot length and
1:27.2	22% reported going up a shoe size. Now I know the last thing you want to do is replace every pair of shoes
1:35.2	that you own. The good news is that wearing insoles can protect the integrity of your
1:40.9	arch and protect your feet from going up in size. Check out mommy steps
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