Dear DeeAnn,

There is ABSOLUTELY no reason a parent should NOT have a drink now and then. Your attitude perpetuates the dependent behavior on substances that our society suffers from. If we could all relax and accept each others’ differences, coupled with the idea that HEALTH PROFESSIONALS state moderation (A GLASS OR TWO) of alcohol is acceptable.

GET OVER YOURSELF!

seeing as the alcohol goes out of the system as you process it, there is no need to pump and dump unless you have to feed baby before it is out of your system. Then you should indeed do so in order to keep your supply up.

and just because a woman becomes a mom doesn’t mean she’s not still a person… so if she wants to have an occasional drink, nothing wrong with that.

I had a couple drinks when my oldest was 6mo old with my husband and his friends. My son woke up early for his feeding, so I took some previously stored breastmilk out of the fridge… pumped and dumped after I fed him… and before the next feeding, the stuff was out of my system. If I hadn’t had two drinks so close together, I wouldn’t have needed to, but there you are. (not tipsy, but still just that really super relaxed state from having two drinks in a short time)

I do think this product just feeds into womens’ fears.

Instead, they should talk to their doctors, do the research, and be informed of the realities with having a drink when nursing.

“I wonder why this product has gotten under people’s skin so much”?

The fact that people drink and drive get under people’s skin or should. Now we are discussing drinking and breastfeeding your baby all because this product Milkscreen tells you it will be ok.
Maria pointed it out that Dennis Quaid is a “recovered” alcoholic who still drinks, I too find the irony in it that his wife is the promoter of a product that lets you drink so you have no qualms about breastfeeding your baby.
I think this is a needless product. Go with your Dr’s advise. If he/she says it is ok to have a glass of wine, then do so and save your money on this product that should say, “DRINK AND DUMP”

By his own admission, in several magazine interviews in the nineties, he was indeed a recovered alcoholic. Not a good sign that you saw him drinking alcohol.

I had no idea one product would cause so much anger! If you don’t like the product, don’t buy it.It’s that simple.If a mother wants to spend her own money to make herself feel better, then that’s her choice.I wonder why this product has gotten under people’s skin so much?

Since you guys brought up the name Dennis Quaid I’ll add this, I find it very ironic that he is supposed to be a recovered alcoholic. Unfortunately, he still drinks. I too live in Austin and worked at his charity event this year. I went to several of the after parties that he and his wife Kimberly attended. At each one they had a drink in one hand and a cig in the other.
I was already aware of Kimberly and her friends product Milkscreen. Sorry, but after watching her down a few one night the thought occured to me that if she had been able to carry their twins and was planning on breastfeeding, then she personally might would have benefited from her own product.

Liz, so it’s Dennis’ wife who created it, that still makes it a Hollywood product and another way for the rich to get richer. I don’t think any mothers should waste their money on these, unless you are one of the wealthy actresses listed who do use this product and think “why not?” But for the rest of us, better to use the money on any number of more pressing things in these difficult days. I’m happy to hear that Dennis Quaid supports breastfeeding. Thankfully, many men do, including my husband who is a vehement defender of breastfeeding in public, however, creating a product like this and trying to convince mothers it’s just another thing they should have if they really care, IS an attempt to make money. Call me cynical, but until it’s being handed out for free or at affordable prices, someone made it to make money, period.

Amanda I wouldn’t be too proud of being over the top or paranoid. It’s not a healthy way to live. You should talk to your doctor, maybe get counselling or go on an anti-anxiety med.

I agree with ‘Liz’. Some women can’t help worrying and so if this helps someone than what difference does it make? Why get so bothered and angry about it?
And all those women who say lighten up are just trying to sound like they are better than moms who worry. I say lighten up about moms who feel a bit anxious.
Some things have to be ‘geared toward those over-the-top paranoid moms’. Isn’t that why we’re over the top, and paranoid?

This is not about Dennis Quaid, Liz. His wife was never involved untill earlier this year and it seems her involvement is restricted to promoting this product by using her husbands last name.

Yep, pumping and dumping is to empty full breasts, not to get rid of alcohol.

No need for this product whatsoever. I certainly never had the need for this when I was breastfeeding my kid.