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?

And again SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF alcohol lead to a lifelong struggle with FAS all the other food you mentioned could lead to miscarriage or still birth so they cannot be compared.

Fixed that for you @OceanStorm

It's amazing that the majority of the population born up until 1990 don't have FAS given the quantities that were consumed and even recommended for pregnant women throughout history...

Well done you can advance search 👏.

I'm incredibly proud of my job and how much I've achieved. I'm also glad I had a glass of wine while pregnant. I'll await your referral to social services about me.

I told my midwife I'd had a glass. She admitted she had too (wasn't 'banned' in her day) and she recommended Emily Oster. No need to lie.

@Strokethefurrywall Isn't it.

Almost like how it's amazing French women manage to give birth to healthy babies after eating all that food which UK women aren't supposed to.

@MultiplaLight I can only be grateful I'm not in the uk and went through pregnancy and birth under the care and guidance of my board certified OBGYN who, when asked about a glass of wine, said it was grand with a big meal and to enjoy it!

Thanks, I do understand how sex and babies work. My point was, as a man would you be ‘always worrying’ if you conceived whilst drinking alcohol/smoking/taking drugs/drinking coffee/etc. There are no safe levels of alcohol for trying to conceive either. This is a separate issue to anything the mother is doing. I’ve just not heard any men who give up drinking alcohol when trying to conceive.

@Blisterly you can't get fetal alcohol syndrome from alcohol consumed before conception- by mothers and fathers

Just to warn you,when I was pregnant it was still considered safe to have the occasional drink, and I was so looking forward to having a glass of champers at a family wedding when I was 20 weeks.
However, I had one sip and it tasted like gone off cider! Also,just from that one sip I spent the rest of the wedding puking. After that, throughout the whole pregnancy even the smell of alcohol or perfume provoked violent sickness.

I personally wouldn’t. I’m currently pregnant and also have gestational diabetes so there are tons of things I fancy but can’t have because they could be harmful to the baby. It’s a pain and I get annoyed by it but I know it’s not forever and I’ll enjoy those things again.

I think it’s unlikely one glass of wine would be devastating to your baby but I also expect the anxiety over it will ruin any enjoyment. Have you tried any non alcoholic wines or spirits to see if those hit the spot instead?

I also keep a list of everything I want to have but can’t at the moment as a plan for the ultimate month of indulgence I’m having once the baby is born!