To have a glass of wine while pregnant?

I’m disgusted about people like you making incredibly judgemental comments when there is precisely 0 studies that suggest that a single glass of wine poses any risk whatsoever. But, whatever makes you feel good!

Yes, why not just wait? Even if breastfeeding, the levels of alcohol in breastmilk are approximately your blood alcohol level, so much much less of a risk than in pregnancy. Just wait, pregnancy is only 9 months of your life.

My mum smoked and drank during both pregnancies. My sister and I are both successful university graduates with great careers. My sister had childhood asthma but grew out of it. I have hay fever but they are just things that cannot be linked to drinking the occasional glass during pregnancy! We were also both 7lb plus!

my son has adhd, but my fiancé does and i also have it. It is 100 percent biological and not caused by the fact that I had the odd sip of wine or glass towards the end! And I mean…occasional!

unless you have guaranteed evidence don’t say drinking during pregnancy is the direct cause of your allergies and or other things! My friend didn’t drink at all and her son is asd and has asthma etc!

FYI my adhd is bright, has lots of capabilities, is incredibly imaginative and wonderful! He’s four and thriving! He has an ehcp but I am absolutely not beating myself up about having an occasion glass during pregnancy because with my fiancé and I both being adhd then likely his adhd is down to the fact that it’s a biological cause!

Get some nice alcohol free drinks/wine. The alcohol free kopperberg are nice

100% no from me, but I have lost 6 pregnancies (4 after 11 weeks) with no discernible medical reason why, so I feel like I have read more studies on pg loss since 2017 than there have been mumsnet posts! 2 that I’ve read recently have estimated a 6% increase in the risk of likely miscarriage associated with every alcoholic drink. Yes you could drive a bus through some of the data due to the difficulty of having a true control group but the conclusion was why take the risk? Also, Waitrose do some fairly passable non alcoholic wine, and Gordons n/a G&T also pretty good!

I think it's absolutely ridiculous to want a single glass of wine so much that you'd drink it while pregnant and I'm disgusted how many people on here would do so.

I do think just one glass probably won’t do anything but I’ve seen the effects of FAS so I would never risk it.

It’s so true regarding the lack of understanding of female biology. I thought some books were over-egging it, but reading some of the comments on here are pretty flabbergasting. If men had children there would be so much more general knowledge about pregnancy and risks. It’s so much easier to tell women they can’t do things rather than provide proper information. It’s the same with the outdated and disproven ‘your fertility falls off a cliff at 35’. I’m definitely not a conspiracy theory believer, but it’s convenient that all the misinformation pushes the ideal of women to get pregnant as soon as possible, live only for the child, be the main caregiver, not get paid enough to warrant to continue to work… or maybe I’m just too cynical!

personally no. I’ve seen firsthand the impact of FASD & wouldn’t risk even 1 glass.

I have a ds with very complex needs/ multiple disabilities. I've had myself over the coals many times about all sorts of things, I often lose sleep still over why (he's a teen). One thing I'm glad about is I did everything by the book. I know I'd have blamed anything I did that was against guidelines.

My best friend did drink in her pregnancies, she had two healthy children. She needed to for her well being. She rightfully has no guilt.

Only you can judge what you'd feel if something doesn't go as planned. The likelihood is everything will be fine. If you do, do not beat yourself up at all. Many women do all sorts and a lot worse than drink one glass of wine.

No, its not worth it.
They think up to 5% of kids have fasd.
It only ever seems to be diagnosed in adopted kids.

My dc both have asd/adhd so i would have been blaming myself for any symptoms.

I also wouldnt smoke having had my mum smoke in pregnancy and i have
Asthma
Allergies
Hayfever
Born at 6lb

Nope. Never. How would it be worth it? The 'fancying one' feeling will pass, and let's face it, the guilt may ruin it anyway so what's the point?

I had a small glass of wine on my 40th birthday, a small glass of wine at Christmas, and a small champagne at a friend's 50th while I was pregnant, so yes I would. As it worked out that was one glass per trimester.

I also ate very healthily and stayed active running then power walking, pilates and swimming until 39 weeks. Textbook pregnancy, birth and a healthy and thriving baby.

I'd read Expecting Better as mentioned above along with various online resources and made my own informed decisions, as should you OP.

When I was pregnant my cousin visited from France, with some top notch brie, pate and red wine. She was gobsmacked when I said I couldn’t have any as it would not occur to a pregnant French woman. So I had a taste of it all and it was glorious.

Enjoy, OP!!

It might do the baby harm. I wasn’t saying she’s just a vessel but she’s chosen to have a baby and should give it the best chance of a healthy start in life. The baby has no choices at this stage. Will it really affect her wellbeing to not drink for 9 months??

I personally wouldn’t…

Yes I would (& did) .. was drinking until I was 10 weeks pregnant ... was not 'trying' (hate that expression) and had a surprise pregnancy at 42 .. I also had the occasional glass of wine when I was breast feeding, my DS is now 23 perfectly healthy ..
in fact he rarely had a day off sick during his school years compared to some DC who 'pick up every bug' ... I doubt he had more than 2/3 days off from nursery to Uni ... he's in his first graduate job now and actually commented that out of his 'intake' there are only two of them who have never had a day off sick!

I wouldn't, because I did have a very occasional, very small glass when pg with DC2, and my DC has a number of health issues physical and mental. Yes, most likely unrelated, but I will always wonder.

I would bet my house and everything I own on the same quite happily.

This.

Such a contentious topic that brings out all the judgement!

I personally don’t think a glass of wine is going to do any harm. And please anyone send me the studies that shows it does. From reading , when I was pregnant, it would seem that women are just not trusted to keep to a small amount, so now nothing is the guidance.

I personally never had any in pregnancy as the concept of it would have given me heartburn.

In the 3rd trimester I wouldn't worry about the occasional small glass of wine, unlikely to cause any harm at that stage. I didn't but that's because everything made me vomit!
But, anecdotally, I didn't know I was pregnant until around 6 weeks gone with my oldest, and was drinking heavily at the time and went on holiday which meant drinking even more than usual, and she came out perfectly healthy (she was also exposed to strong painkillers and a whole bunch of x-rays in the 3rd trimester). But of course I don't recommend doing that! Just reckon it takes a lot more than the odd glass to cause harm.

When I was pregnant, NHS guidelines were different...can't remember exactly how much you were allowed. I didn't drink... except for a glass of champagne. Honestly I really can't get worked up about one drink

No

Ingested alcohol goes into the bloodstream so no, I wouldn't.