when is the best time in the TTC cycle to have a large glass of wine (or few)?

[banjaxed]

I'm sitting here on a Sunday evening, quite calm and of sound mind, contemplating the week ahead:

I may find out that, against the odds, I'm pregnant this week. So then I can start looking forward to morning sickness and paranoia about another mmc.
I may find out this week that AF arrives, at which point I can begin my paranoia about the quality of my eggs, ability to conceive (never mind to carry to full term again), and worry about the effect TTC is having on my relationship.
If AF arrives this week, I will find out whether last month's weird and very painful abdominal pains were just a post-erpc one-off, or something to endure every month and get investigated.
All culminating in a GPs appointment on Friday, the point of which depends on the outcomes above.

I really feel like a large glass of wine, but I'm also aware that the faint chance of a bfp midweek should be enough to put me off. But I still want one - or at least a Bailey's . For future reference, when's the safest time (other than AF time) in the ttc cycle to indulge?

Bumping for you. Good luck.

Well, I must start with a disclaimer that says that medicine is not my area of expertise and that I would of course never encourage anyone to drink irresponsibly, and I do believe that the current government guidelines state that one should stay off the drink completely while pregnant or TTC blablabla

BUT I do remember reading somewhere that drinking a glass of red around implantation may actually be a good thing, as it increases blood flow to the area. Having said that, a hot water bottle probably has the same effect.

I'm not a big drinker, but will certainly have the odd glass of wine while TTC, mostly to keep my sanity.

Hmmm. I managed to resist, but tend to really crave it the week leading up to AF (oddly, I never really drank before ttc !)

Started the symptom spotting already. Flip I hate this. Time to distract myself with marking...

Blimey do people really not drink at all while TTC? I thought it was one of those government guidelines I could safely ignore, dammit. Isn't it just a way of warding off the binge drinkers? Don't alcoholics have kids?

For the record, I don't drink much - glass wine or G&T of an evening.

I was very much in your camp VAM, until it became apparent that TTC wasn't happening easily this time and so began to let paranoias take hold...

FWIW, AF arrived today, no pains so a large glass of Baileys is on the cards tonight

Hope you enjoyed your Bailey's last night banjaxed! x

twas lurvely.

Swiftly followed by a rose tonight....

Have had to cancel GP as have to go into work on my day off to collect stuff since the snow scuppered me today....

Feel that in AF week, a tipple can't hurt, eh?