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Here's two references on bf and alcohol

http://www.lalecheleague.org/faq/alcohol.html

http://kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/alcohol.html

It's a bit different than drinking while pregnant since when you're pregnant the baby is sharing your blood supply, whereas breastfeeding baby is drinking a couple ounces of milk, which is thought to have the same alcohol content as  your blood.  So for example wine is 10% alcohol.  If you were on the line of too drunk to drive your milk would be 0.08% alcohol.  On the kellymom website she says in general if you're sober enough to drive you're sober enough to bf, though I wouldn't feel right about getting that close to the line.  Typically if I'm going to have wine with dinner I try to feed her so I know there will be time in between when I have a drink and the next time, though I'm not worried after having one drink will effect her in anyway.  Your boobs aren't closed systems either if you don't pump all the milk out your body does continue to clear the alcohol, so it's not like you have to get rid of all the milk that was in your body at the time you drank unless you're getting engorged. And as with any medication, newborns are more sensitive.

I will still breastfeed after one drink (usually there will be a couple of hours between my drinking and BFing since I will most likely be out with friends). If I can feel the effects I won't BF.