11/18/2025
Let me just say this louder for the people in the back who still swear every breastfeeding mom needs to “pump and dump” if she even looks at a margarita:
You. Can. Drink. While. Breastfeeding.
No, that’s not an opinion. That’s not “reckless.” That’s science.
Your breastmilk doesn’t magically turn into tequila the second you take a sip. Alcohol enters your milk the same way it enters your bloodstream in the same tiny proportions. If you’re sober enough to safely hold your baby, you’re safe to breastfeed your baby. Period.
But oh, the judgment.
You’d think a mom having a glass of wine after surviving a 16-hour cluster feeding marathon was committing a federal crime. Meanwhile, Aunt Karen is on her third rum-and-Coke at Thanksgiving while lecturing you about “responsibility.” Make it make sense.
And for the record…
Pumping and dumping does NOT speed up alcohol leaving your milk.
Your body clears alcohol at the same rate in your blood and milk. You’re dumping liquid gold for nothing, except maybe to make a myth believer feel better.
Breastfeeding moms deserve joy. They deserve a night out. They deserve to toast to surviving another day of keeping a tiny human alive with their body. And if someone has a problem with that? That’s a them problem.
So here’s the truth they don’t want going viral:
You can breastfeed responsibly and enjoy a drink.
You don’t have to punish yourself because other people don’t trust mothers with their own bodies.
You don’t have to “pump and dump” unless you want to.
Some of y’all were fine with pregnant celebrities va**ng on TikTok but suddenly want to police a mom’s half-glass of rosé. The math ain’t mathing.
Cheers to the moms who love their babies enough to know facts over fear.
Cheers to the moms who refuse to be shamed over outdated myths.
And cheers to the moms who are doing their best every damn day with or without a wine glass in hand.
