Breastfeeding Question

[carla]

how long does it take for the food and drink i have to come out in me milk?

[ladybug]

Not sure for definite. It's the same as the blood stream. Whatever is absorbed into your bloodstream is in the milk, so however quick that is... You know how quickly alcohol can hit you LOL but I'm not sure if different things are absorbed more or less quickly depending on their qualities iygwim.

[Debbiemeep]

The only one I know for sure is alcohol (and I don't even drink!) but its because its quite a common question we get asked as breastfeeding supporters. It hits blood pretty much straight away but clears at a rate of one unit every 2 hours so depending on how much you drink, you should leave at least 4 hours before feeding. Not that I'm saying this is what you were asking about but its the only one I know for sure as there have been studies on it!

I know with Matthew, when I drank coca cola and then fed him, he went completely hyper so it was passed fairly quickly into the milk. Haven't had the same problem with Hannah, so he was maybe more sensitive to caffine levels than she is.

With food, it would have to be in your bloodstream first before it can be passed into the milk, so it takes roughly 8 hours(?) before what you eat is absorbed. Can't remember that far back to A-level biology but I think its something like 8-12 hours. I know if I eat honey chilli chicken for dinner Hannah has awful nappies around lunchtime the next day!

So I suppose the answer is: food will take about 8-12 hours but drink would be almost straight away.

Hope this is useful
Debs

[Debbiemeep]

Actually, was curious if different things were absorbed quicker and was doing a bit of searching and came across this BreastFeeding Basics, Practical Solutions for Breast Feeding Problems

They say the average time it takes is 4-6 hours...but can be anything from 1 to 24 hours. I thought it took 8 hours from when food is eaten to get through the stomach, I mustn't remember my biology as well as I thought!

Quite a good wee site actually, some good advice on there.

[SephiesMum]

Been on a vindaloo and 10 pints of lager session again Carla?

[carla]

thank Debbiemeep

fraser is some times realy fussy for one feed then fine the next and was wondering if it is something i am eating so will keep and eye on what i eat to see if it that or he's just being a pain

[carla]

Originally Posted by SephiesMum

Been on a vindaloo and 10 pints of lager session again Carla?

omg how did you know