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 my adopted cousin has FAS. He has terrible impulse control, a slightly distorted looking face, and he’s not the brightest guy.

That said, his birth mother was a prostitute who was drinking approximately a bottle of vodka a day the entire pregnancy.

Even then, his elder siblings didn’t have it.

For what it’s worth, a lot of people where I am drink a little during pregnancy.

The odd glass of wine doesn’t result in FAS FFS

Can’t edit my post: but here’s a study carried out here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18506174.amp

Key finding:

The scientists looked at the effects of alcohol on IQ, attention span, executive functions such as planning, organisation, and self-control in the five-year-olds.
They found low to moderate weekly drinking in early pregnancy had no significant effect on neurodevelopment of children at the age of five - and neither did binge drinking.
There were no differences in IQ test results in children whose mothers drank one to four units per week or five to eight units per week in pregnancy compared with children of abstaining mothers.
But drinking more than nine drinks per week was associated with lower attention span among the children.

One cuckoo doth not a summer make.

French women get away with it.

An occasional glass here or there will do no harm. Getting blotto on a regular basis, on the other hand is a big no no.

Additionally, at the end baby is mainly getting bigger. All the delicate development is front loaded. Enjoy! 🍷

No I would not

I wouldn't and didn't. It's a small sacrifice for your baby and your own health.

I didn't, but I would have considered having the odd glass if I could have tolerated the smell. I don't think a wee drop now and then is harmful. But for me, tea, coffee, wine - if any of these were in the same postcode as me, I felt like heaving😆

No, I am amused that people think that someone having one small glass of wine during pregnancy means they have an issue with pregnancy. It was pretty clear in my post but perhaps you have issues with comprehension.

No way.

Didn't drink a single sip with my first, he is autistic. Didn't drink a single sip with my middle child. Not autistic. Had one glass of wine with my youngest, she is autistic. SEN doesn't come from having one drink. I agree with your comment fully xx

You are not going to harm your baby by having a glass of wine

I didn't drink any alcohol when pregnant so no, I wouldn't.

when people are saying show us the research to say one drink doesn’t do harm, remember it is difficult to do direct studies…..because it’s unethical! unethical to ask a mother to consume alcohol for research when we don’t know the effects on the baby. We know alcohol isn’t good for you, we know the negative effects it has on the body sonorous can’t ask women to participate and voluntarily pass this to babies blood.

so just because there aren’t any saying one glass is not safe doesn’t make it ok because there aren’t any saying one glass is safe.

and for what it’s worth I’ve posted a link a few pages reviewing the evidence to suggest low consumption does have an impact,

I wouldn't hesitate. I'd make it a large one. Unless I was driving.

No. But I'm not an alcoholic and I don't have a reliance on alcohol so it doesn't bother me to just not have it.

I'm trying to work out what not being an alcoholic or alcohol reliant, has to do with the OP's question?

The choice is yours and you are free to make it. All I would ask is your desire for alcohol so strong you can't abstain for a few months for the sake of another totally vulnerable human being who is reliant on you, and who does not have a choice?

No I gave up alcohol last year can’t imagine needing a drink when I’m pregnant.

Wanting to have a glass or two of wine occasionally isn't a 'reliance on alcohol', merely a desire to have the occasional bit of social life not 100% centred on being pregnant/having a baby. Millions of women have achieved this balance, with no harm to their baby.

Exactly.

We want what we can't have, which is why people struggle with diets for example.

I wouldn’t, because if anything went wrong I would blame myself instantly (even though it would probably be fine). I was very anxious and careful when I found out I was pregnant- not even a cup of non-decaf tea for the 9 months just in case. 😬 I probably did worry a bit too much, but I knew if I did anything that isn’t recommended and there were issues I’d just automatically assume it was that coffee I drank before work, or the can of Red Bull I knew wasn’t recommend but I had anyway.

I drink alcohol so no particular judgement on that, but it Is effectively a poison, so why anyone would put it into their body while growing a baby is bizarre.

I personally wouldn’t no

I had my kids in the 1980s. I ate liver, raw steak, any cheese I fancied, pate, the lot. And I drank Guinness for the iron as instructed by the midwife. Haven't noticed anything wrong with my kids. But if I were pregnant nowadays I would follow the current advice and swerve all of them.