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Us Weekly Says Jessica Simpson Was Drinking While Breastfeeding

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From Us:

The scale has spoken – and it doesn’t have any good news for Jessica Simpson. A source tells Hot Stuff that Jessica learned at her first Weight Watchers weigh-in – a few weeks after the May 1 birth of daughter Maxwell – she had gained 70 pounds. Luckily, Jessica has $4 million worth of motivation to shed them.

Her contract requires a 20 to 30 pound loss by the end of August or no payday, says a source. But it won’t be easy.

“Jessica has always had issues with junk food,” says a Simpson pal. So Jessica has called in reinforcements: She enlisted her mom, Tina, and a few pals to do the program “to help keep herself in check,” says the insider. Simpson, who plans to breastfeed through July, also ditched her beloved high-calorie margaritas, adds the source. “She had a few drinks postpregnancy, but then stopped.”

I know it seems what Us did here was innocent enough, but guys. Come on. It totally wasn’t. Jess “also ditched her beloved high-calorie margaritas” and “Simpson, who plans to breastfeed through July”? They’re totally making us draw the conclusion that Jess had been drinking during her pregnancy and/or while breastfeeding her daughter, Maxwell Drew.

Now, I might be a little bit biased because I love Jessica so much, but this is just a low blow. If you’re going to out-and-out accuse the girl of imbibing and feeding her daughter the spoils of her breasts, just come out and say it. Don’t pussy-foot around it and pretend like that’s not what you’re trying to say, damn.

Do I think that Jess was drinking while breastfeeding, or even pregnant? Well, without knowing the girl personally, I’m going to go ahead and say ‘no’. I know a lot of people don’t give girlfriend a lot of credit when it comes to the brains department, but I don’t think that Jess is the type to do things that people are going to give her shit over, because why would she even want to hear it, let alone put her daughter at risk over something so trivial? No, I think if Jess really wanted to hit the cocktails, she would just stop breastfeeding and not care what people thought of her choice not to breastfeed—even if the choice was made because mom wanted to knock back a few adult beverages. It’s not like she’s ever really cared what anyone’s thought anyway, you know.

Can’t we just give this fine lady a break for a minute? God.

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  • This is so fucking preposterous. So what if you have a drink while you breastfeed? One glass of wine a day isn’t going to damage your child. Neither is eating cheese or dyeing your hair. Can we stop treating pregnant people or people who have just given birth like human incubators? You’re pregnant or breastfeeding but you’re still a human being and can’t put your life in a standstill for two years. Fucking hell so what if you have a beer or a cocktail, the child isn’t going to go deaf.

  • i’m not a mom but i think they can pump out breast milk and refrigerate it to feed the baby as a substitute if mom plans for a drinky. If they drink alcohol it doesn’t stay in the body/breast milk for long and there’s test strips that can test the milk for traces of alcohol to show when it’s okay to start breast feeding directly again. hopefully this is the case but don’t quote me.

    • Oh, babe; Jessica Simpson attempting this test strip procedure is like asking a chimp to knit the Empire State bldg!!!

  • Sick of the gang up mentality out there right now with regards to Jessica Simpson.. Enough is enough. Leave the woman alone. I don’t believe for one moment Jess would do anything that would even remotley do harm to her baby.. Its not in her to do that period.

  • Can you please not equate drinking while pregnant with drinking while nursing? While in most of the world, having wine with dinner while pregnant is considered ok (and they have lower birth defect rates than in the USA) there is evidence that even small amounts of alcohol, particularly in the first trimester, can damage the fetal brain.

    During nursing, however, you’d have to get shit-faced drunk to pass a measurable amount of alcohol to your baby. And he’d still get more from a single dose of gripe water. If you’re so drunk you might drop the baby, if you’re drinking so much that you’re not eating healthily, it’s bad for the baby. Anything less, whatever.

    And, get this – in less puritanical parts of the world, beer and wine are encouraged for nursing women, because they have nutrients that can be beneficial, and being tense about nursing makes it harder. Chill out, people.

    • Preach. This is common knowledge among mothers. It still surprises me when someone does not know this. It surprises me even more when someone how has never had a child, never been pregnant, and never educated themselves on the subject, gets on a soap box and preaches against mild drinking while pregnant and nursing.

  • Even the La Leche league advises to go ahead and have a beer while breastfeeding. It helps with milk let down, and, in moderation, does not affect the child whatsoever. This has been common knowledge among mothers since the 70’s.

  • The story is boring to me but I just needed to say that I’m sick to death of seeing that damn picture. She looks so fucking stupid and slack jawed and she really, really, really needs to not wear those godawful sunglasses anymore.