To have a glass of wine while pregnant?

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Third trimester, I know it's not recommended but ... really fancy a glass of wine. Would you?

Yes absolutely xx

You’ll regret posting this OP.
The MN coven are astride their broomsticks and heading in your direction.

There's no 'safe' amount of anything however.

We weigh up tiny risks every single day. Everytime a pregnant woman gets in a car, they're taking a tiny risk that will result in harm to their baby. Yet I never see calls to limit non necessary journeys.

Well it's a bit sad to even have this discussion tbh...any decent mother to be would not touch a drop of something toxic which may or may not (100% not certain) have a detrimental effect on her unborn baby. For what? A decent mother to be with any kind of common sense, let alone education, wouldn't even want to have this discussion. Also those saying it's fine ought to be ashamed of themselves because they can't know for sure the actual effect of this the baby's brain.

any decent mother to be would not touch a drop of something toxic which may or may not (100% not certain) have a detrimental effect on her unborn baby. For what? A decent mother to be with any kind of common sense, let alone education, wouldn't even want to have this discussion.

And now, without evidence to back up your position, you're into emotional blackmail. Gotcha.

You don’t NEED to drink during pregnancy, but you often to need to get into a car during pregnancy? You can avoid drinking during pregnancy but a car is pretty essential. They’re not the same at all.

That's why I specified non essential journeys in my post.

Bonkers on here sometimes. It’s a glass of wine not snorting cocaine off the coffee table

Up to you. But if you do it in public you will be judged!!!
I was about 7 months and had a non-alcoholic drink that looked a bit cocktail like and had someone come ul
amdmtell me I was a disgrace on her way out the door!
I was so surprised I didn’t even get the chance to tell her it want actually alcoholic before she marched off outraged 😅

This post is so... I'm sorry to say it...but stupid. You have zero insight into evidence based risk assessment.
Can you name one single thing in the entire world that is known with absolutely certainty to absolutely not harm an unborn baby?
Right. There is nothing.

Just walking down a city street is a risk. Should pregnant women all move to an isolated part of the coast to avoid air pollution? Its a completely bonkers way to assess risk - and assessing risk is something you have to do as a parent all the time. Without getting all worked up about every calculation, because that raises your stress levels, which is a risk factor...ad nauseam.

@TheKeatingFive sorry, just to be clear, I am agreeing with you!

The person I was explaining it to said they thought alcohol was the same as mother eating food as babies can't eat food. It was an explanation of that difference.

Absolutely not! Not worth the risk - your baby's health is more important than your desire for a glass of wine. I can't believe you even need to ask

So says 'stupid' to 'stupid' 😆

For some reason you seem to think that you are more intelligent and better educated than the rest of us. We haven't seen evidence of that, but you are certainly ruder. Which is interesting for someone who obviously thinks they are a model mother.

Yes, of course.

No and I didn't. Never felt that desperate for a drink.

It's not unreasonable. But I would be prepared to be disappointed- I tried around 4 glasses of wine across the duration of two full term pregnancies. Each time, I couldn't drink more than a sip. It tasted rank.

One lovely cold glass of white wine when out for a meal - I could have sworn it was vinegar. Barely had a sip.

One beautiful glass of expensive champagne at a wedding - vinegar with immediate heartburn. Had two sips because I knew it was good champagne and regretted it immediately.

Red wine - like gone off ribena. I think I spat it out.

Vodka and coke - smelt.of nail varnish remover and tasted horrible. Barely troubled a sip.

It isn't as though I did (or do) drink a lot, it just felt like as soon as I was pregnant, everyone got married and I fancied a glass of wine or a short. My body and taste buds did not allow.

Nah, couldn't be arsed. Yes, it would probably have been fine, as would a lovely camembert.

But unlike driving, walking down the road etc, wine and camembert are completely unnecessary and it was only for 9 months, so why take even that smallest of risks? That was my thinking. It's not like it was a huge hassle or inconvenience.

On the other hand, my mother was teetotal except during pregnancy, when she drank a small stout a few times a week, as it was thought to be good for vitamins - and we all seem mostly ok.

Wow! So all those mothers in the previous generations weren’t ‘decent’ because they were advised to drink stout!

I had the occasional drink during my pregnancy, it wasn’t a lot, but it was occasional. What a hurtful and frankly judgemental and rude reply this is!

Yet another sanctimonious comment from you yet STILL no evidence to back up your warbling. Can we expect any? Are you not getting embarrassed yet?

I don’t have a daughter, but even if I did, the occasional glass isn’t harmful, as has been proven several times over.

I’m 37…but I’m still young at heart and it’s my body. At least I’m not being continuously rude, judgemental and down right offensive!