Hefeweizen helps nursing mom express milk

Reponses from the post to the HBD

From: Cory Wright < cwright@midcom-inc.com >
To: "' thor@valhallabrewing.com '"

Subject: Re: Hefeweizen benefits new mom
Date sent: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:08:08 -0500

I don't think the effect is limited to beer- I have heard that alcohol in general can stimulate lactation. My sister in law was prescribed a glass of wine/day with at least oneof her children. We (my wife and I) discussed this with a few different doctors over the past few years in the course of having three girls of our own. At least one claimed it is purely a wives' tale, another was of the opinion that it "might" work. There are several theories about why it might work, from an actual chemical in the a Cheers,

Cory

From: "Bret Morrow" <johnson_et_ale@hotmail.com>
To: post@hbd.org
Copies to: thor@valhallabrewing.com
Subject: Lactation & beer (Hefeweizen)
Date sent: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:48:44 PDT

Greeting,

Responding to Thor's comments re: "Hefeweizen helps nursing mom express milk." History is full of stories of beer, esp. English stouts (see Dave Line for recipes), being used for 'letting down' milk. The general thought in the medical community is that it is due to the alcohol-induced relaxation, not anything with regards to the yeast. In point, my Italian wife's family suggests a nice, yeast-free red wine to do the job. One point of concern is that alcohol will pass into the breast milk and therefore into the baby. Having said that, my wife (Associate Clinical Professor, Yale School of Nursing; Clincal Coordinator of Pharmacy Yale-New Haven Hospital) has had a small glass of wine once in a while to help "let down the milk." So I wouldn't worry about doing it once or twice. Well, I'll drink toast to any woman giving birth--its a tough job I couldn't do ;-)

Cheers,

Bret Morrow, R.Ph, Ph.D, Associate Clinical Professor/Associate Research Scientist, Yale University School of Medicine; Co-founder Johnson's Brewing--Home of the Yale Ale
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