Women who wish to drink socially may reduce exposure to their infants by storing milk
before drinking and/or waiting for complete alcohol elimination from the breast
milk.
The calculator below estimates the time it would take to eliminate alcohol
in the breast milk after consuming a given number of alcoholic drinks.
Assumptions:
Time is calculated from the beginning of drinking
Alcohol metabolism is constant 15 mg/dL
Height of the woman is 5 feet 4 inches
REFERENCES
1. Ho E, Collantes A, Kapur BM, Moretti M, Koren G.Alcohol and breast
feeding: calculation of time to zero level in milk.
