Comments on: Activity #23: Drink beer

By: Robin Rivers

Robin Rivers — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:43:42 +0000

Guiness is AMAZING for milk production.

I understand Becky’s concern. And I don’t recommend nursing a beer just before you feed. But, it does work to make the milk happen.

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:24:51 +0000

Is anyone else worried about the effects on the baby? With all the lit. out there about drinking (granted it might be 1 or 2) and alcohol for infants…it just seems like a scary risk; especially, when the milk does come in with the baby’s demand (or at least in my experience).

By: jj

jj — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:52:32 +0000

My OB is irish and when he found out my husband is a homebrewer, he strongly suggested I have myself a nice bottle of homebrew in the recovery room after delivery. He said the hops and the unpasturized yeast help your milk come in. Less than 2 more months, and I’m *so* looking forward to a nice cold one!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:01:10 +0000

WOW! I didn’t know that beer helped milk production. Would have LOVED to have known that when I was struggling during those first few weeks of nursing.

I got here from the Blogher Ads links and am glad to have learnt something new!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:23:52 +0000

Guinness helped me through the three day work week I had that drastically slowed my milk production when I returned to work. 12-14 hour days with no newborn meant the first day at home was rough.

Guinness was suggested, then a friend in Dublin recommended a shot of Chambord in it (I wasn’t fond of stouts back then). Yum.

Perhaps that is why my 8 year old always wants to try the beers we enjoy!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:45:28 +0000

In my 20′s I preferred cheap beer (bad beer). But since being pregnant with my son I can only drink strong/dark beers like Guinness and stouts. Maybe it has something to do with having little boys?!

By: karen

karen — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:18:35 +0000

No joke, my FIL is Irish and he said that in Ireland they use Guiness as a milk producer…they call it mothers milk. I also heard it from one of our NICU nurses. I’ll have to try the lactation tonic…mmm sounds good.

By: Drink more beer » Rookie Moms

Drink more beer » Rookie Moms — Fri, 26 May 2006 20:27:26 +0000

[...] Well, we already told you to drink beer once, back when you were crying more. But now, maybe do it for fun. [...]

By: Pump it up » Rookie Moms

Pump it up » Rookie Moms — Tue, 02 May 2006 15:59:24 +0000

[...] Boost production. As long as you’re making milk, you’d like to get the most out of your sessions, right? Right. Everybody seems to use Mother’s Milk Tea, but for the full dosage, you need to let the tea steep for 10 minutes, drink it three times a day for the entire duration of your nursing relationship – wow! Instead, I squeeze a little Lactation tonic into my morning juice whenever I feel like my production is dropping. I got it from Whole Foods and after 9 months of using it, I’m still on my first ounce. And there’s always beer. [...]