Luckily I always followed my grandmothers advice of having a glass of wine just before or
during a nursing session because she said it would take a while for the alcohol to get to the milk and you would have time for it to hopefully leave your system before the next feeding.
Not exact matches
Nursing women tend to be thirstier anyway, especially
during feeding
sessions,
because part of their water consumption goes directly to milk production.
There seems to be an inherent wisdom in this approach,
because although I know of some women who have practiced intermittent fasting while breastfeeding (under the supervision of their doctor), I personally needed to eat
during late night
nursing sessions in order to feel my best.