To have had one small glass of champagne last night (26w pregnant)

[bluemoon2468]

Basically, what I'm trying to establish is how many mums can actually say they didn't have a sip of alcohol during their entire pregnancy?

Last night I celebrated a friend's birthday with a very small glass of champagne, just less than half of a standard size champagne flute. This was my first drink since a couple of weeks before I conceived, aside from a few very occasional sips of other people's drinks here and there (e.g. tasting a cocktail DH made a few weeks ago with a small sip). I have no particular plans to drink again whilst pregnant, but I won't rule out another small drink at some point before I give birth if I fancy it.

I'm pretty comfortable with my decision, but am just wondering whether in reality most mothers engage in the occasional drink in pregnancy or stay strictly tee total?

My mum drank (and smoked) a litre throughout pregnancy, her doctor said it was fine. I once (as a 13 year old already delving into uni textbooks) said that she may have limited my IQ... asked her to imagine how clever I could be had she avoided it altogether.

Her reply was: “The world will be so thankful.”

I think it’s not something to judge over. I don’t drink, but did succumb to sushi a few times the second time round. Raw eel, and it was absolutely worth it. I get HG, and it was the only time I wasn’t sick all the way through.

YANBU OP but this is a proper wind 'em up and watch 'em go subject on MN

I always suspect those who hoik their judgey pants up the highest, will have done something just as 'bad' or worse in their pregnancies

I had a glass of champagne at my wedding in my last pregnancy. This time around I’ve had a couple of sips of cider/beer but nothing else as I haven’t really fancied it. I might later on though (only 22 weeks currently), who knows? The evidence suggests that a small amount of alcohol (and probably quite a bit more than that) is safe, it just isn’t ethical to do further research.

I’m seriously considering having a big glass of wine in early labour this time around!

I used to have a few drinks when pregnant, many years ago, when people didn't get in a tizzy about it. I didn't touch alcohol for the first three months of both pregnancies,as was sick all the time, but after I would sometimes drink my favourite Martinis quite often. I would never drink any fizzy type drinks, especially Coca Cola, its awful stuff, except it's good for unbloking a toilet and cleaning some metals !

I'm sure the old guide lines were 1-2 units 1-2 times a week. I didn't drink massive amounts but the odd glass of fizz, a small glass of wine with lunch occasionally.

I always thought the no alchohol message was a bit . Apparently there are those who can't understand the concept of what up to four units a week means so we'll just tell all pregnant women to have none. I suspect those that were going to drink excessively still are and those that weren't are wondering if they're still allowed to eat risotto :)

There was a study done recently that suggested light drinking is fine during pregnancy.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/pregnancy-drinking-units-allowed-health-baby-harm-a7941316.html

No, I didn't. I just didn't fancy it.

I'm not sure why some posters are all 'good on you OP', it's not really worthy of judgement or congratulations IMO.

I didn’t have a drink through pregnancy. Honestly I think if you can’t go 9 months without a drink, for an incredibly good reason, then you have a bit of an issue with drink. I enjoy a cocktail / glass of wine but it didn’t bother me at all not to drink 🤷🏼‍♀️ That’s probably not what you want to hear but hey ho...

My GP said that there is very little risk from these tiny things such as the occasional small drink etc however, what he said that in the rare chance that the baby did develop issues, regardless of whether these were related or not, you'd blame yourself. I maybe had a couple of small weak drinks over my pregnancy (it was the millenium when I was pregnant).

@Winterwoollies

Ignore the holier-than-thou types on here. They will attempt to crucify you.

I had the odd little glass of something during pregnancy. I even once had gasp a pint of Guinness in two halves while watching some sport.

No one is suggesting you get tanked every weekend but the odd tiny glass of champagne is not going to make a jot of difference and will be a treat.

I found when I was pregnant that the same crowd who were aghast at my choice to have a tiny occasional drink were also horrified by my continuation of exercise throughout. That’s just my experience. You do you.

@Winterwoollies I'm 15 weeks and had the occasional glass of wine here and there Last week I even had a pint of shandy! 4 cans of Guinness in the fridge for when times are desperate

With DD, I had a glass of fizz at a friend's wedding. Very small glass of wine occasionally. With DS, I had no taste at all for it and also felt more guilty so I abstained totally. I think a few small drinks here and there are fine. The majority of us can trust our own judgement surely? That said, I do have a friend (who's in the medical profession) who drank a lot during both pregnancies. I remember she came to our party at 8 months preg, I offered her a selection of non alcoholic beverages, to which she demanded a large glass of prosecco! Must admit I was a bit taken aback...

It's fine. People do far riskier things all the time but just choose to pick on certain things and certain people.

It will be fine. I had a glass of wine most weekends once from about 26 weeks onwards. I had healthy robust babies who grew up to be healthy robust adults.

Has anyone actually voted Yabu? I can't see the voting. Or can only ops see the votes?

I'm not sure why some posters are all 'good on you OP', it's not really worthy of judgement or congratulations IMO

Exactly. So you had a glass of champagne- so what? It’s not worthy of criticism but it’s certainly not worthy of being told how great you are for it either. I’m surprised people attach so much emotional greatness to the dome act of drinking alcohol. Lots of people drink and lots dont. It doesn’t make the drinkers alcoholics and it doesn’t make the non drinkers boring or holier than though. I pity people if they view the world like that.

Sarcasm☝🏻

One glass of champagne will do no harm op. But I wouldn’t have started a thread on it. You’re brave!

A friend of mine tells me that in France abstaining from alcohol during pregnancy is usually interpreted as abstaining from spirits. Wine consumption is considered okay. I don’t know if that’s true or not - she lives in France but has never been pregnant so she might have misunderstood the situation. Perhaps there’s a French Mumsnetter out there who could let us know.

I did, odd half or small wine. I quit smoking though so I'm not completely feckless at least.

I had a glass of champagne on my wedding anniversary, think I was in third trimester. Our NCT leader told us that one of the first things she did when she went into labour with her dc was to pour herself a large glass of red wine so
I would never judge someone for having a drink occassionally during pregnancy. I would have thought something like diet coke would be much worse!

I had nothing with my first, but half a glass of wine with the Sunday roast in the second half of my second pregnancy. 1990s.

As someone else said, the 1960s version of a Bounty Box was a dozen half pint bottles of Guinness. For the iron apparently. My mum enjoyed them.

I was 37 weeks pregnant on Christmas Day twice. I had a glass of champagne both times. I had another glass of champers on NYE too. By that point baby had all it was going to have and was just putting on weight.

My NCT teacher also told us to have a couple of glasses of champagne in labour.

The main reason they say not to drink in pregnancy is because they know heavy drinking is harmful. What they can't find out is at what level alcohol becomes damaging for baby. They can't find that out because the study to do that would be unethical. It's therefore safest to say none.

I'm 20 weeks I havent had any alchol, after i found out at 2 days late. Here are lots of realy good alchol free drinks to choose from

I had a shot glass size of champagne about once a week.

With DS1 I worked until 7 months and my work consisted of travelling extensively and I recall my American colleague picking me up from the airport and taking me home to a steal and red wine dinner. Her husband a cardiologist poured me a glass of red wine and said it would not hurt.

I confess though I did always feel terribly guilty. But equally, giving up was hard for me because I had / have a considerable drinking problem. I found limiting it in pregnacy to a toiny shot glass weekly absolute HELL and I white knuckled it all the way through both my pregnancies.

@Silenceisnotgolden

You vile, wicked, selfish, thoughtless, irresponsible woman.

What the actual f?!

*steak and red wine dinner