Can women drink red wine during breastfeeding?

Can women drink red wine during breastfeeding?

Red wine is different from white wine. The alcohol content of red wine is not high. Drinking red wine is more of a symbol of romance. Although red wine is more popular in the West, it is gradually becoming popular in China. There is definitely no problem if you drink some red wine on a normal basis, but if you are breastfeeding, many new mothers worry that it will have a certain impact on the baby's feeding. So, can women drink red wine during breastfeeding? Let’s take a look below.

Breastfeeding mothers should not drink red wine. If they must drink red wine, the amount should not exceed 50ml per day. Because red wine contains alcohol, the alcohol can enter the blood and then enter the breast milk. The baby can absorb the alcohol in the breast milk through breastfeeding. If the mother drinks red wine frequently or drinks more than 50ml of red wine a day, the alcohol in the breast milk will reach a certain amount, which will seriously affect the baby's brain and body development.

What are the effects of drinking red wine during breastfeeding on the baby?

1. The baby has adverse reactions

If breastfeeding mothers drink red wine frequently, the baby will often be in a "milk in the mouth" state, leading to a series of adverse reactions, the most common of which are sudden drowsiness, sweating, rapid breathing, slow reaction, etc.

2. Affect the baby's intelligence

If a breastfeeding mother drinks red wine frequently, a large amount of alcohol will be absorbed by the baby, just like the baby drinking alcohol. Alcohol can affect the development of the baby's nervous system and make the baby in an excited state for a long time.

If this continues for a long time, alcohol will paralyze the baby's nervous system, damage the baby's brain cells, affect the baby's intellectual development, and ultimately cause the baby to have intellectual disabilities.

The right way to drink red wine during breastfeeding

If a breastfeeding mother must drink red wine on some occasions, she must pay attention to the following two points:

1. Control the amount of drinking

If a breastfeeding mother must drink red wine, she must drink less, no more than a small glass a day, no more than 50 ml, otherwise it will affect the baby's brain development.

2. Do not breastfeed immediately after drinking red wine

A breastfeeding mother cannot breastfeed immediately after drinking alcohol. She must wait 12 hours after drinking before breastfeeding. Otherwise, the baby will become "milk drunk", just like the baby has drunk red wine, which is very harmful to the baby's health.

3. Eat some hangover-relief foods after drinking

After drinking red wine, breastfeeding mothers can eat some foods that have the effect of sobering up, so that the alcohol can be quickly excreted from the body to avoid affecting the baby.

For example, mothers can sober up by drinking green tea, mung bean juice, sugarcane juice, or eating bananas, pears, watermelons, oranges and other fruits. If these foods are not available at home, you can directly add a little salt to boiled water and drink it, which can also effectively sober up.

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