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To ask if you had a drink while pregnant

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secretdoubleagent · 06/07/2018 14:46

So before anyone judges I'm not talking about going out and getting hammered I am meaning the occassional glass of wine with dinner.

I'm currently pregnant (13 weeks) and just really in the mood for 1 with dinner tonight. I had with my last pregnancy (maybe 3 glasses on different nights throughout the whole time) however it was not until I was much further down the line.

Just wanted to see others opinions really, I know the NHS is strickly zero, however it wasn't that long ago that it was 1 or 2 units once a week.

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greenlynx · 06/07/2018 20:35

No, and happily survived through Christmas and a few birthday party. I thought that possible risk is not worth it. I also cut coffee and tea a little bit as I drank them a lot and was told that it affected my level of iron.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 06/07/2018 20:37

No definitely not. It's all very well saying.
The one drink won't do anything harm and that's probably right.
However would you dream of giving a glass of wine to a new born baby because effectively that's what you're doing when you drink during pregnancy.
When I say you're/you I mean collective youre/you not you personally.

PurpleDaisies · 06/07/2018 20:41

However would you dream of giving a glass of wine to a new born baby because effectively that's what you're doing when you drink during pregnancy.

Of course it isn’t the same. Ridiculous comparison.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 06/07/2018 20:44

No it isn't. What ever you eat or drink it goes through to the baby. I'm not apologising for saying drinking in pregnancy is wrong

LokiBear · 06/07/2018 20:44

Yes. A very small glass of wine here and there. Make your own, educated decision.

TheFormidableMrsC · 06/07/2018 20:45

Yes, two (measured) units of wine every Friday. Midwife and GP were fine with that. Other than that, I'd have the odd Becks Blue shandy. Obviously we are educated to the dangers of excessive drinking during pregnancy now but I think about my mum who had anaemia and the medical advice was to drink a bottle of Guinness A DAY. This was in 1969 but imagine doing that now??

Oly5 · 06/07/2018 20:46

It is not the same as giving a glass of wine to a newborn! You don’t know what you’re talking about.
If you look at the studies, there is no evidence of harm from small amounts. The no alcohol message from the NHS is because they think women can’t work out what 1-2 units of alcohol is.
I’m a health professional and I’ve had a small glass of wine every 1-2 weeks in all of my pregnancies.
There is no proven link between small amounts of alcohol and harm to babies

LokiBear · 06/07/2018 20:46

Aww, it doesn't go directly to the baby. It gets filtered through you first. Your body metabolizes the alcohol in a small glass of wine before it gets tp the baby. No one is suggesting the op gets hammered.

SwimmingKaren · 06/07/2018 20:48

Yes small one here and there when I felt like it during both pregnancies.

glintandglide · 06/07/2018 20:49

Awww do you not think the mother absorbs any of the wine into her own body? You seriously think everything she eats and drinks goes directly to baby? Bloody hell baby would be born 8 stone if that were the case

SoyDora · 06/07/2018 20:49

What ever you eat or drink it goes through to the baby

No. Your body metabolises the alcohol before it crosses the placenta.

Geekmama · 06/07/2018 20:50

No!!! I would never put my child at risk, it's a very selfish thing to do in my opinion.

MoHunter · 06/07/2018 20:50

Personally I didn’t, it wasn’t hard as I rarely have a drink anyway though.

ChocAuVin · 06/07/2018 20:51

Yep - a glass here and there throughout each — TBH I didn’t often feel like it whilst pg so it never felt like a hardship.

AndIWouldWalk500Yards · 06/07/2018 20:52

Yep. I drank happily over New Year 1986/1987 before finding out I was pregnant in March 1987. I was 5 months pregnant. And even after I found out I was pregnant my midwife was encouraging me to drink Guinness to build up my iron levels. She also advised me to drink it after I gave birth to help with breastfeeding. I think she probably had shares in Guinness.

It's taken me nearly 30 years to look at a can of Guinness without feeling sick. DS is fine. He doesn't like Guinness though.

Hemlock2013 · 06/07/2018 20:56

One or two glasses of wine a week or so.

Not drinking at all is very new advice. And quite specific to where you live on our madly over populated planet.

Generations have survived without the advice.

Be sensible, don’t drink a lot and don’t get drunk.

There are no children damaged by a glass of wine a week.

PurpleDaisies · 06/07/2018 20:57

No it isn't. What ever you eat or drink it goes through to the baby.

The alcohol from the wine will be carried in the blood of the adult female and will be broken down by the liver. Think about how much blood a woman has compared to a baby. The blood concentration will be much less even if they drink the same amount. How can you say a pregnant woman drinking a glass of wine is the same as a newborn having one? As I said before, it is a ridiculous comparison.

Think what you like about drinking in pregnancy but don’t justify it with unscientific arguments.

LapinR0se · 06/07/2018 20:59

I had a bit of wine or champagne when I fancied in both pregnancies. No issue at all

breastfeedingdrivingmecrazy · 06/07/2018 21:02

I'm sure it's already been said, but read Expecting Better.

And yes I drank in pregnancy. A couple of glasses of wine per week, and a little more than that when I was on holiday in Tuscany in the third trimester.

Tunnocks34 · 06/07/2018 21:02

Not really, I did have a small glass of champagne at a party when I was 8 months. And then with my younger son, I think I had a champagne at my grandads 70th birthday.

I don’t particularly judge people who do. I just preferred not to regularly drink. I’m not a big drinker anyway so I didn’t miss it!

Hemlock2013 · 06/07/2018 21:02

Tbh I see this new advice as an extension of the crazy parenting generation new mums now belong to. Where nothing is allowed, everything is frowned upon.

Kids and mums take no risks on the very slight chance something goes wrong. If god forbid something does, people immediately look for someone to blame. There are no accidents anymore, every situation is avoidable and someone liable.

It’s rubbish.

Boomerangs · 06/07/2018 21:03

I wouldn’t risk it
Alcohol is a poison why would you poison your baby?
Honestly you have to give up a lot when you have a baby e.g sleep, money, going out, endless list so if you can’t give up alcohol for a bit it’s a bit crappy. I didn’t drink for 2.5 years after the birth either as still breastfed

youknowwherethecityis · 06/07/2018 21:06

No. Your body metabolises the alcohol before it crosses the placenta.

Actually that's not true. Alcohol is quickly distributed throughout the entire blood system (including foetus) so levels in foetal blood aren't really that different to maternal blood.

However there is no evidence whatsoever that consumption of 1 unit a week has any effect. In fact the study mentioned earlier concluded there consumption at that level had no effect

Lana1234 · 06/07/2018 21:07

As soon as I found out I never touched any again for the rest of the preganancy. I have always enjoyed a drink but tbh I just didn’t feel well enough ever for a drink. i wouldn’t judge anyone for having a little one here and there though.

youknowwherethecityis · 06/07/2018 21:09

Alcohol is a poison why would you poison your baby?

EVERYTHING is a poison depending on the dose.

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