Drinking while breastfeeding?

I see everywhere that people are misunderstanding the difference in drinking pregnant vs drinking while breastfeeding. While pregnant, baby is effectively getting as much alcohol into their system as you are getting, which impacts them a lot more than it does you. While breastfeeding, baby drinks a liquid that is equivalent to your BAC, which for a single drink would be <0.1% alcohol. That’s less than fruit juice, an NA drink, etc.

You would have to drink A LOT for there to be any significant alcohol in your breastmilk which would then still have far less alcohol than a standard drink. As an example, a glass of wine at 5% alcohol is 50x greater than your breastmilk after having that glass of wine and increasing your blood alcohol content to 0.1%.

One legitimate thing to consider is how alcohol may impact your milk supply. If I had more than a single drink I would see a noticeable decrease in output. I was a “just enough” producer so this was enough to taper my intake.