WIBU to have one small beer at 5 weeks pregnant?

[BlackberryQ]

It's a lovely wedding celebration outside on a hot day. How much harm could it do?

I'm on the fence and you can talk me out of it if it's really a bad idea!

I sometimes had a bass shandy if I was having a curry. I know its basically just pop but it tasted nice with my madras!

Calm down @Dermot. You're getting awfully worked up

The only thing I'm getting handed to me on a plate is entertainment. From you primarily right about now.

And if you want to talk about the 'olden days' (are you Peppa Pig?), you'll find that infant mortality was huge.

She does have a problem with alcohol.

How can anyone know this - advance search shows this is OP's only post under this username? Presumably it's a guess, and it seems like quite a hurtful one.

I wouldn't, advice is no alcohol at all, and why would you bother?

I wouldn't. But not necessarily because of the risk of 1 beer. I had half a glass of wine during one of my pregnancies and it made me violently sick. My body just rejected it. I wouldn't risk feeling so sick again.

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As a teacher, I regularly work with pupils that have FAS and the number is rising.

It's not really the risk of miscarriage that is the greatest issue here, but the risk of leaving your child with lifelong brain damage.

I see these kids struggling to keep up with their peers intellectually and socially. To me there is no question about what is the right choice regarding alcohol during pregnancy.

ethelfleda

I was exactly the same! I wanted to enjoy the taste but then when it came to it I felt I couldn't! It went on to a few weeks/months after the birth too!

My third was FF and was born on 17th December. I hosted xmas dinner for us and mum, dad, two sisters and niece. I poured a small glass of my favourite wine and it lasted 4 hours!

Sorry OP I think the comments you are getting here required an over the top response.

One smal beer will be fine! Just wouldn't down it or follow it up with some tequila chasers!

Enjoy the wedding and relax

reborn
If alcohol has such a profound effect on fetal development and miscarriage rates, how do you explain why the rates of first trimester miscarriage are startling similar in middle eastern countries where alcohol is banned, and western countries where drinking during the first trimester is relatively commonplace?

It's not really the risk of miscarriage that is the greatest issue here, but the risk of leaving your child with lifelong brain damage

Which is not possible from a beer at 5 weeks. Not that its unlikely, or improbable. It is literally not possible.

If you work in the FAS area you really should know a bit more about it, one would think.

Surely a teacher should be intelligent/ educated enough to know you don't get FAS from the odd beer a couple of times during pregnancy?!

As for people implying the OP has alcohol issues, because she said she might like ONE beer, that's pretty despicable. You posters should be ashamed of yourselves.

I strongly suspect, from a match between both usernames and details, that this is a regular poster in a complex situation with an increasingly dysfunctional relationship with alcohol.

If I am wrong I will certainly apologise. I don't think I am though.

Do you think that drinking during the first trimester is relatively commonplace? I don't. I think that most women stop as soon as they see that blue line. I can't answer your specific question without doing some research @spare. I'm not doing that tonight. Too tired. But I'm sure I could come up with something if I had to. The beauty of research. There's an answer to most theories if you look hard enough.

The issue with placental development is that might be sufficient to support the baby until later trimesters, but it will do so ineffectively. This will result in IUGR for example or a small for gestational age baby.

Anyway, as I say, my understanding is that first trimester alcohol consumption affects placental development. I can probably put my hand to a study or 2 if forced! They'll most likely be easy enough to find if you search for them.

Anyway, as I say, my understanding is that first trimester alcohol consumption affects placental development

In large amounts, perhaps. And you missed a big and important word: MAY.

As in "Women who drink moderate to heavy amounts of alcohol during the early stages of pregnancy may damage their placenta, a new study has found"

It's easy reall, to be more accurate.

lol
you'll be fine
have ten and it'll make no difference.

plenty of.alcoholics out there who's babies come out fine..Unfortunately they got pregnant obviously. I drank a good bit before I found out I was pregnant... All my kids fine.

In my FAS training we have learned that since the fetus' central nervous system is developing from as early as week 4 there is no safe window for alcohol during pregnancy. Some people are more genetically succeptable than others. Most will get away with it and have a healthy baby. Some won't.

Why one would take the risk is beyond me.

How can anyone know this - advance search shows this is OP's only post under this username? Presumably it's a guess, and it seems like quite a hurtful one.

OP has a long posting history under purposefully different-but-not-that-different usernames. A beer in early pregnancy is the least of this prospective child's problems.

Ding, Ding @Grandoleduke! Exactly my point! May as in could or there is a chance or a risk. And I've said numerous times, that risk is most likely (see more non-commital language) minimal.

Personally, I'd rather have no risk whatsoever. And the only way to do that is to abstain from alcohol.

Sure how many women have come on this evening to say that they drank all the way through and had no issues. They win. The fact of the matter is though, that risk, no matter how small, means some will lose.

I'm not a gambler. I wouldn't risk it.

Not a problem for the sperm providers ever.... is it.

Women get with the program. If you want a glass of champagne or whatever, have it.

If you decide not to, make sure your DP/DH goes the distance with you. But there are no dangers or rules for them are there.

True @sunglassally. But on the other hand, they never get to experience the joy of feeling your baby kick or going through labour and having your wee one placed on your chest. Being able to look at them and say 'I made that'. I'd swap that for all the drinks in the world. Any day.

Erm, when I say 'any day', I'm actually done. No thanks. Been there, done that etc. But, man, it was a beautiful journey at the time.

Ding, Ding @Grandoleduke! Exactly my point! May as in could or there is a chance or a risk. And I've said numerous times, that risk is most likely (see more non-commital language) minimal

How is that exactly your point when you didn't say it MAY, you said it DOES?

And that is for much heavier drinking. NOT for one drink.

I don't know anything about this poster and cannot comment on her relationship with alcohol or any other aspect of her life.
However I will comment on some of the absolute claptrap being spouted on here.
Yes, FAS exists. Yes, it is an awful, entirely preventable thing.
NO, one beer in the first trimester cannot cause FAS. It doesn't matter how susceptible you are to alcohol, whether you have eaten or drunk water or there is a full bloody moon.
one beer does not and cannot cause FAS.

Reborn,

Lovely post.

not worth it. Surely you can handle going without a drink.