Is it safe for a Breastfeeding Mom to Drink Alcohol: Effects on Baby and Safety Tips
Naveen Kumar (Author) Published Date : Jul 31, 2018 10:47 ISTHealth News
Latest researches convey that the breastfeeding mom drinking alcohol will have effects on the baby that influences the cause of cognitive deficits of the child until a certain age. Erica Rothenstein is breastfeeding who is breastfeeding her 9-month-old baby talks about her drinking habit and her priority of feeding her baby over the alcohol intake that made her compromise her drinking to a specified amount in a day and not before breastfeeding.
New Pediatrics research suggests that the consumption of alcohol before breastfeeding will result in the exposure of alcohol to the baby which affects the reasoning and thinking skills of the baby. Dr Elissa Rubin said that the child may face a cognitive deficit at the age of around 7, although the condition gets adopted when time passes and on and will be back to normal. The research was conducted with more than 5000 babies and was evaluated every 2 years until the age of 11 starting from 2004.