anybody else find it impossible to stop drinking whilst ttc?

[greedyforbabies]

this cycle i am going to try REALLY hard to stop drinking every night. last night was my first alcohol free night since sept (when i truly thought i was pg!). i know that sounds shocking, but i love a glass of wine and i never want to stop drinking in the 2ww cos its like tempting fate.
anyone else as bad as me? please say yes someone!

Yes!

I have cut back to weekends only now after a rather boozy Christmas and don't really miss it tbh.

But I can't give up the wine completely.

i have a couple of glasses of wine a night....BUT NONE LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am going to try to cut back to just weekends.....trouble is...weekends to me are fri, sat and sun ( and sometimes thurs!)
anyway...surely ANY cutting back is good? (i can feel myself giving in already!one night of no drinking and i think i am a tee-totaler!)

I wonder if a couple of small glasses 2-3 times a week is that detrimental? In France where they drink wine like water (apologies for the blatant racial stereotyping!) what are there guidelines for pregnant women?

I don't drink. But I don't see that a small amount can be that detrimental??

yes i always WANT to get a + so i can stop
NO willpower

I never thought I would be able to go without wine if pregnant, but I really didn't fancy it at all. Best cure for drinking

Greedy - I fell pg with ds1 on honeymoon and probably got v drunk most nights!! poor child - he is now 6! DS2 I was due my af and had a spot of blood so thought oh well thats af, so got v drunk with DH, a week later thought oh thats strange no af and it was + he's nearly 4 and now trying for #3 and not going to give up having a few glasses of wine to relax etc (DH works away so like to have some nice wine on a friday and saturday - tend to try and not drink in the week, though saying that had a few glasses last night!! and Af due this weekend! and its my birthday on Monday so we are out alot! I think its more if you drink once you find out although saying that did have the odd glass

Must admit i am like lottie and get drunk about every fortnight last time i drunk booze was 13th jan and not planning on drinking this week but mainly for dieting reasons not ttc.

i have managed to resist again tonight! no wine so far! i am sooooooooooooooooooo proud of myself! good for my diet too!

everyone has abandoned me on this thread! i am afraid my restraint has GONE! i am on my second glass of wine tonight, but i did manage 2 nights without (couldn't sleep though!). i have an excuse tonight though cos dh is away, so i need to get slightly pissed to overcome the 'oh my god someone is going to come and stab me and my children' feeling!

Greedy - what is your imagination like???!!! Or is it the tv you are watching???!!!

Think you need to stick to some fluffy feel good films, if you getting scared on your own! Try the Sound of Music!!!!

I want a glass of wine, can I have a virtual one with you?

How long is DH away for?

he is only away for one night this time! and i dont think he will ever go away at the 'CRUCIAL' time again! did you see my temp today? if i didn't know there wasn't a chance i would be sooooooooooooo excited this month! i was looking on ovusoft yesterday at the charts archive (not sure why really!) at long cycles, and there are some women on there who didn't ovulate until about day 70!!!!!! and to think we were moaning!!!!

I think in my younger days I probably had cycles that long. Probably had 3-4 periods a year! But after I lost 3 stone in weight before I got married, they became slightly shorter, but still pretty irregular.

I think you're DH has probably learnt his lesson about being away at the wrong time now!! You really don't know. Remember last cycle, I really thought we'd messed up as the last time we BD was 3 days before ov, but I still conceived. 5 days isn't unheard of. Did you temp go up 5 days later, cos then you may have ov'd upto 36 hours earlier. I'm going to stop now, as you now know what county I live in and you might track me down to give me a chinese burn, you promised!!

Sorry, easier to feel positive for other people than myself!!

x

Greedy!!! Stop beating yourself up for having a bit of alcohol! You know what is overdoing it, and I am sure you don't!!

my whole bottle to myself last night was ok then was it?????!!!!

Oh yes, I belong here! lil ole wine drinker me!!

you had a whole bottle to yourself???

I'm presuming it's those teeny little 250ml bottles I buy for my cooking!!

a bottle is not toooo bad maybe try and cut down to half a bottle a day or everyother day.

Oh Ready we know you don't partake in the dark side but you'd be surprised how many 75cl bottles have leaks in them, sometimes the whole bottle seeps away and I've only had one glass.........

Apologies if I come across all holier than thou... really not my intention!! I guess it's cos when I did partake... I would only need 2 glasses to be giggly and blurry ... which is one reason why I gave up... far too lightweight!

Don't worry Ready, we know were you were coming from and I'm sure no one thought that of you.

Guilty as charged Lottie!

it was definately a whole 750ml bottle ready! dont be shocked! it didn't even touch the sides! certainly don't get pissed after a bottle anymore, otherwise i would never have drunk that much. dh was away so i had no one to share it with. i am hopeless at trying to get to sleep when he's not around, so i need a bit of a sedative!
only had one glass tonight so far! i will be having a night off tomorrow hopefully!

i don't regularly have a bottle to myself by the way. its normally one or two glasses thats all!