To 'fib' to my friend to excuse my not drinking at her Hen Do?

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So, it's my best friends hen do in 4 weeks, by which time I will be 12 weeks pregnant. Due to numerous miscarriages, the last I lost my daughter at 21 weeks, I'm wanting to keep this pregnancy to myself for as long as I possibly can.

I'm thinking of excuses I can use to avoid drinking at her Hen Do, I feel bad for lieing and ultimately when she eventually does find out she will probably click I'd made whatever I said up. I don't know yet what I'm going to say. Though I'm sure she will understand.

Low carb diet.. you are sliming for the wedding to fit into the fab outfit you have your eye on and you have to drive them the next day.

I really feel for you. You absolutely should be able to go along and not drink and not have everyone question it and decide on a personal reason.

develop a tooth absess - set it up in advance complaining about a tooth ache and dentist appointment,

They will give you metronizole for tooth absesses - you CAN'T drink on metroniazole (seriously it will make you vomit if it's been in your system for 48 hours after you finish - I had a sip of alcohol while on them - I forgot an someone offered me a try of what they were drinking, I knew you couldn't drink on them but I didn't realise a sip will have you projectile vomiting)

There are other drugs which have the same effect but metroniazole is the most commonly prescribed

God, I'm starting to get nervous about telling people when I'm on antibiotics! I need them two or three times a year and I never realised there were any other implications besides the fact that I might be a little under the weather.

It won't be an issue because my friends all know me well enough to know it's genuine, but if I'm ever in a new crowd maybe I'll avoid that explanation

When I was in this position, I gave some excuse assuming that some people would think I was lying but be tactful enough to keep it to themselves and someone I barely knew said 'So you're pregnant, then?' and I just said 'Imagine if I was and clearly didn't want to tell everyone and then you just asked me about it as though that was appropriate!'

In fairness, she did look a bit shamefaced and sort of blustered about how awkward that would be before sloping off to speak to someone else. I really didn't care if anyone suspected, I just didn't want to be in a position of being asked outright and feeling like I had to lie.

@FuerzaAreaUruguay Wow. What a nasty comment, pretty unnecessary. Either you cannot read nuance, or have no sense of humour. Or both.

Can't afford to do rounds guys, sorry
Buy your own "alcoholic" drink
Fake it

I wouldn't lie, I just wouldn't say anything.
If you normally drink cocktails, get a mocktail. If you normally drink spirits just buy your normal mixer and ask for a long glass.
People dont pay that much attention as long as you dont draw attention to yourself.