To think 2 glasses of wine per week won't do any harm?

[Poptart4]

I fully expect to be eaten alive for this post but here we go...

I'm 4 weeks pregnant with my 4th child. With my first 3 pregnancies I didn't touch a drop for 9 months and all dc were perfectly healthy. However I have watched people, friends/acquaintances, binge drink every weekend through out their pregnancies and their children were also perfectly healthy.

To be clear i would never binge drink while pregnant!

But I have been thinking that maybe 2 glasses of wine max on a Friday evening won't do any harm.

What do you think? Anyone else done the same? Did it harm your baby?

There's no safe level of toxic substances to give any creature during its development

Sorry, this makes little sense to me.

Again thanks for all the replies. When I wrote this post I was fully expecting to be ripped apart so I find it refreshing that there seems to be an equal mix of pro & against responses.

I had an appointment with my doctor yesterday and she says 2 small 125ml glasses per week was fine as long as I didn't go over that. She thinks smoking is a bigger risk to baby's health. I don't smoke BTW. But I would never judge others.

I won't be drinking in the first trimester even though the doctor doesn't think it will make any difference. My original post states 2 glasses every Friday night. I might do this or I might only have 1 glass once a month/ every 2 month's. I don't HAVE to drink every week or at all. It was just an example to start the discussion.

I suffered severe morning sickness through out my last 2 pregnancys and if this one is the same I probably won't be able to drink at all. But I do believe that the choice is ultimately mine and it is nice to have that choice.

I'd not give a new born two glasses of wine to drink so why on earth would I drink them myself when pregnant.

Well, I don't know about you, but I wouldn't give my 9YO two glasses of wine. What does that have to do with anything?

Alcohol is problematic when it is consumed in large quantities. A glass of wine is fine for normal, functioning adults.

Those who get slightly hysterical about it must have some issue with it themselves, or perhaps a family history of disfunction, because surely they would realise that it's perfectly possibly to consume it because it tastes nice and they enjoy it, and not because it's a means to get drunk.

There are so many other much riskier activities that pregnant women engage in, that nobody bats an eyelid to.