Happy New Year, what is your drink of choice?

[JulieG]

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Originally Posted by LisaG Really? I thought if you drink, you have to pump and dump. hummm....maybe I will do some reading today and maybe have one drink. I haven't had a drink since I found out i was pregnant in March. I bet I'm such a light weight now.

Just 2 things I found online.

Dr. Jack Newman, member of the LLLI Health Advisory Council, says this in his handout "More Breastfeeding Myths":
Reasonable alcohol intake should not be discouraged at all. As is the case with most drugs, very little alcohol comes out in the milk. The mother can take some alcohol and continue breastfeeding as she normally does. Prohibiting alcohol is another way we make life unnecessarily restrictive for nursing mothers.

Thomas W. Hale, R.Ph. Ph.D., member of the LLLI Health Advisory Council, says this in his book Medications and Mothers' Milk (11th ed.):
Adult metabolism of alcohol is approximately 1 oz in 3 hours, so that mothers who ingest alcohol in moderate amounts can generally return to breastfeeding as soon as they feel neurologically normal.

I am looking for more now.

ETA: and this http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/alcohol.html

In otherwords 1 to 2 drinks is fine, but have them right after you feed and don't feed again for 2 to 3 hours. So if you have a drink or 2 when he goes down and night and he sleeps for 3 or more hours, there is no harm at all. I have only have a beer a few times, but I always do it when she is down for the night, this way I know I have till at least 4 AM before I need to feed her again.

[ACDCDCAC]

oh man casey, i found vodka gimlets in cabo last time and i was hooked! i LOVE HEART LOVE anything LIME!

but they were calling them vodka collins, which i think might me slightly different. but they were pouring vodka with sweet and sour mix, but i think thats sort of like collins mixer, close

[ACDCDCAC]

and dang it all i forgot most of the liquor stores in our state are closed on "holidays" which-so not cool-includes today. i'd have to drive like 40 min out of my way and wait in a 1 hour line if i took off right now, since it closes at 2pm today shite!

 

oh well, i've got a bottle of kahlua especial that i can drink with milk, but i'd rather add vodka and coke to that! my all time fave. hopefully SIL will have some vodka at her house, since all we have besides the kahlua at our house is tequila left over from the wedding, YUCK!

[missdanelle]

i cant do tequila either, atleast not by itself... but i do LOVE me some margaritas!!

[ACDCDCAC]

mango margaritas are so yummy, but i like them rocks not blended, and with a sugared rim! we had a margarita fountain at our wedding and it was SO cool! but no, tequila straight up is NOT good! yuck!

[missdanelle]

A margarita fountain!! That i soo cool!

Your mango margarita sounds yummy.. I want one!

[1elephant]

my drink of choice tonight is the same as every other night - white wine! a bit of bubbly at midnight and then back to the bottle

[ACDCDCAC]

haha back to the bottle i would love to like red wine but it makes me weepy, like "i love you, and i love you, and i love you too!" with tears and the whole works. weird! but i love a rose', like beringer has a sparkling one that is SO yummy!

[Mrs. Martin]

My drink of choice for New Year's Eve (at least the last few years) has been vodka and Monster or vodka and Gatorade. My DH and I usually go out camping and ride our toys the New Year's week, so Gatorade and Monster is what we have readily available and it tastes gooood!

 

However, since I'm preggo this year, I will be stuck in my RV unable to ride this trip and not drinking a darn thing but water

 

Have plenty of drinks for me ladies and be safe tonight!

[missdanelle]

i can't drink blush wine for some reason... It gives me awful headaches.. and hangovers; the worse. Red wine is my favorite when it comes to wine. I love Shiraz & Pinot Noir. YUM