Milkscreen: Make sure you don’t share that margarita with your breastfeeding baby

I exclusively breastfed both my kids until they were about 6 months old. I’m not a lush, but a few times in those six months I wanted to be able to let go and have a few drinks. You know…that first BBQ you go to where everyone is having a beer, or the first time you have sex after baby (tip: it goes MUCH better if at least you are a little tipsy hee) When my daughter was breastfeeding, I would just err on the side of caution and do the pump and dump routine. This time, with my son, I had a way to make sure my breastmilk was safe for him to drink after having a couple glasses of wine with dinner.

Milkscreen: Home Test to Detect Alcohol in Breast Milk comes with individually packaged test strips, instructions and a color card. The strip packs are about the size of a credit card, so they can be easily stashed in your purse or diaper bag. They are very easy to use too. You can either express milk in a cup and dip the strip in, or express milk right onto the strip. Then you tap off the excess, and wait 2 minutes. Reading it is not complicated either…no color change, no alcohol present.

The peace of mind that this test gives is invaluable. Since every mother is unique and metabolizing alcohol depends on several factors (body weight, type of alcohol consumed, and food intake) Milkscreen is a great tool to give you the definitive answer to “Is my milk safe for my baby?”. One less mommy-guilt thing to worry about. Go ahead and enjoy that margarita with dinner, and be able to know your breastmilk is safe when the time comes. Not only for social alcohol consumption, this test will also detect alcohol from prescription medications.

There really isn’t anything bad to say about these strips. They are easy to use, easy to read. They are such a great idea. If you know a breastfeeding mom, they would be a great gift. If you are a breastfeeding mom, who wouldn’t mind a guilt-free cocktail every now and then, get a box of these. You’ll love KNOWING your breastmilk is safe.

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