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onethousand · 2024-07-20T18:00:34+00:00

Third trimester, I know it's not recommended but ... really fancy a glass of wine. Would you?

SharonEllis · 21/07/2024 08:46

NowIam35 · 21/07/2024 08:26

@MidnightPatrol alcohol crosses the placenta and enters the baby's bloodstream.
I just wonder how many posters who say it's fine would be happy to give their baby a bit of wine once born? You wouldn't would you. So why expose your baby to it when pregnant?!

By that logic a pregnant woman can only drink milk.

NowIam35 · 21/07/2024 08:26

@MidnightPatrol alcohol crosses the placenta and enters the baby's bloodstream.
I just wonder how many posters who say it's fine would be happy to give their baby a bit of wine once born? You wouldn't would you. So why expose your baby to it when pregnant?!

Universalsnail · 21/07/2024 08:17

I would and did occasionally

CheeseWisely · 21/07/2024 08:12

I'd wager that a small glass of wine in pregnancy will do less harm to a baby overall than being raised by some of the sanctimonious harpies on this thread would.

RedHelenB · 21/07/2024 08:10

Yes..

SharonEllis · 21/07/2024 06:40

TwattyMcFuckFace · 20/07/2024 23:49

I'm trying to work out what not being an alcoholic or alcohol reliant, has to do with the OP's question?

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Exactly, and a pp saying above that if you can't sacrifice a drink you won't have the mentality to be a parent. We're talking the odd drink. The op hasn't said she thinks she'll die if she doesn't have a glass of wine. Peoole need to get a grip.

OP, hope you feel comfortable with your decision, whatever it was & don't read too much into it either way!!

FalderalderaldoSittingintheWater · 21/07/2024 06:25

We had Einstein, Bell, Lovelace, Pankhurst, Baird, Turing, and any number of intelligent, socially adept, adjusted people before we knew that excessive alcohol consumption was not ideal in pregnancy.
People need to calm down.

Marblessolveeverything · 21/07/2024 06:19

MintTwirl · 20/07/2024 22:33

No, I am amused that people think that someone having one small glass of wine during pregnancy means they have an issue with pregnancy. It was pretty clear in my post but perhaps you have issues with comprehension.

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"makes me laugh that people try and insinuate that someone must have an issue with alcohol if they fancy a glass of wine while pregnant"

I believe it is your comprehension that may be the issue. Interesting you can't recall your own comment.....

Noseyoldcow · 21/07/2024 01:06

I had my kids in the 1980s. I ate liver, raw steak, any cheese I fancied, pate, the lot. And I drank Guinness for the iron as instructed by the midwife. Haven't noticed anything wrong with my kids. But if I were pregnant nowadays I would follow the current advice and swerve all of them.

AngryBird6122 · 21/07/2024 00:59

I personally wouldn’t no

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Abouttthat · 21/07/2024 00:56

I drink alcohol so no particular judgement on that, but it Is effectively a poison, so why anyone would put it into their body while growing a baby is bizarre.

ToRecordOnlyWater · 21/07/2024 00:47

I wouldn’t, because if anything went wrong I would blame myself instantly (even though it would probably be fine). I was very anxious and careful when I found out I was pregnant- not even a cup of non-decaf tea for the 9 months just in case. 😬 I probably did worry a bit too much, but I knew if I did anything that isn’t recommended and there were issues I’d just automatically assume it was that coffee I drank before work, or the can of Red Bull I knew wasn’t recommend but I had anyway.

TwattyMcFuckFace · 21/07/2024 00:32

RogueFemale · 21/07/2024 00:13

Wanting to have a glass or two of wine occasionally isn't a 'reliance on alcohol', merely a desire to have the occasional bit of social life not 100% centred on being pregnant/having a baby. Millions of women have achieved this balance, with no harm to their baby.

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Exactly.

We want what we can't have, which is why people struggle with diets for example.

RogueFemale · 21/07/2024 00:13

MartinsSpareCalculator · 20/07/2024 23:46

No. But I'm not an alcoholic and I don't have a reliance on alcohol so it doesn't bother me to just not have it.

Wanting to have a glass or two of wine occasionally isn't a 'reliance on alcohol', merely a desire to have the occasional bit of social life not 100% centred on being pregnant/having a baby. Millions of women have achieved this balance, with no harm to their baby.

AutismHelp1980 · 21/07/2024 00:03

No I gave up alcohol last year can’t imagine needing a drink when I’m pregnant.

Thegreatestoftheseislove · 21/07/2024 00:02

The choice is yours and you are free to make it. All I would ask is your desire for alcohol so strong you can't abstain for a few months for the sake of another totally vulnerable human being who is reliant on you, and who does not have a choice?

TwattyMcFuckFace · 20/07/2024 23:49

MartinsSpareCalculator · 20/07/2024 23:46

No. But I'm not an alcoholic and I don't have a reliance on alcohol so it doesn't bother me to just not have it.

I'm trying to work out what not being an alcoholic or alcohol reliant, has to do with the OP's question?

MartinsSpareCalculator · 20/07/2024 23:46

No. But I'm not an alcoholic and I don't have a reliance on alcohol so it doesn't bother me to just not have it.

GabriellaMontez · 20/07/2024 23:42

I wouldn't hesitate. I'd make it a large one. Unless I was driving.

Marmalade1987 · 20/07/2024 23:41

when people are saying show us the research to say one drink doesn’t do harm, remember it is difficult to do direct studies…..because it’s unethical! unethical to ask a mother to consume alcohol for research when we don’t know the effects on the baby. We know alcohol isn’t good for you, we know the negative effects it has on the body sonorous can’t ask women to participate and voluntarily pass this to babies blood.

so just because there aren’t any saying one glass is not safe doesn’t make it ok because there aren’t any saying one glass is safe.

and for what it’s worth I’ve posted a link a few pages reviewing the evidence to suggest low consumption does have an impact,

SurferDog · 20/07/2024 23:36

I didn't drink any alcohol when pregnant so no, I wouldn't.

Maddy70 · 20/07/2024 23:04

You are not going to harm your baby by having a glass of wine

XxEmily88xx · 20/07/2024 22:59

DancingLions · 20/07/2024 20:03

These message boards are full of women who did everything "right" and still had DC with SEN, health issues etc.

So the only question you have to ask yourself is this "would I feel guilty and blame myself if everything wasn't 100% ok" some people would, some would just accept it as not their fault (which in all likelihood it wasnt). Which camp you fall into gives you your answer.

Because as you can see, the answers are very divided. So it's up to you as to what you feel comfortable with.

Didn't drink a single sip with my first, he is autistic. Didn't drink a single sip with my middle child. Not autistic. Had one glass of wine with my youngest, she is autistic. SEN doesn't come from having one drink. I agree with your comment fully xx

GMH1974 · 20/07/2024 22:36

No way.