Thoughts on alcohol during pregnancy

[babysaurus]

Hi, I am 9+5 and am craving a glass of white wine like you would not believe! My sister said she drank a glass several times a week all the way through her pregnancy, whereas other friends of mine haven't touched a drop from day one until they finished breastfeeding. There also seems to be quite a lot of conflicting advice on alcohol, esp from country to country (eg US says none at all, whereas in France they think it's weird if you dont!)
Am curious to hear other viewpoints and experiences (if only to justify pouring myself a small glass on Friday!)

Oooh, Easyfriedrice, will have a look at that now. Thanks

Have been wondering this morning whether guiness really is a good source of iron, or whether it is just an old wives tale based on the guiness advertising from nearly 100 years ago (where no scientific facts were required to back up a good headline!) and I have found the following:

You'd need to drink three pints of Guinness to provide the same amount of iron as a single egg yolk (1.1mg), and alcohol is not good for babies. A pint of Guinness contains 0.3mg of iron, less than three per cent of daily adult needs. Put another way, you'd need to drink 15 pints of Guinness to get the same amount of iron as two Weetabix from an article written by a senior dietician a couple of years ago.

And from the wikipedia entry Diageo, the company that now manufactures Guinness, now says: "We never make any medical claims for our drinks"