A Breastfeeding Mother Asks You If Alcohol Can Be Eliminated

Multiple Choice

A breastfeeding mother asks you if alcohol can be eliminated from her breast milk by pumping immediately after drinking a few glasses of wine. What would you tell her?

A) Yes; in fact, discarding your breast milk is a good thing to do if you would like to drink while breastfeeding.
B) Yes; pumping will help, but you need to pump for the next 24 hours and discard any milk that you collect.
C) No; your breast milk will still contain alcohol; you will need to wait 1 hour per alcoholic beverage and then pump the milk and discard it to be safe.
D) No; the alcohol will still be in the breast milk and will clear from the milk as soon as it clears from the bloodstream: roughly 2 to 3 hours per drink for a 120-pound woman.
E) No; alcohol cannot be removed from breast milk; if she wishes to breastfeed, she must stop consuming alcohol.