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tsmith02162013 · 28/02/2013 15:01

I appreciate the women who responded to my first thread about drinking (heavily) before I knew I was pregnant.

I have to make a decision today as to what I am going to do- keeping going or not. I am hoping to hear from any woman who drank as heavily as I did before she knew she was pregnant and then went on to have the baby.

When I was 28 days (4 weeks) since my last period, I drank two bottles of wine (standard 750 ML size) in one night. The next night, I had 3 drinks (1 beer, 2 glasses of wine), and the night after, I had 4-5 beers.

I was also drinking earlier that month, usually a glass of wine here or there. What really worries me is the binge drinking, the heavy drinking, the night of 2 bottles of wine.

If I can find mums who had a drinking problem like I did, who drank that heavily before they knew, I think it would be enough to settle my mind. My GP and midwife, who I saw since the last thread, were not very reassuring, although we did see a heartbeat.

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ChicaMomma · 18/12/2015 15:24

ah jesus, just realised this is a zombie thread. oh well!! now i sound like a complete alco :)

Mrsfrumble · 18/12/2015 15:34

I read the whole thing before realizing it was a zombie too. I really, really hope the OP is out there somewhere with a healthy toddler.

P1nkP0ppy · 18/12/2015 15:55

You're not the only one Mrsfrumble
I hope op's fine too.

ToffeeForEveryone · 19/12/2015 21:30

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Eoconnell2020 · 02/07/2019 17:07

Hi! I know this was forever ago, but I wanted to reach out because you said you have done research on FAS. I have spoke to my doctor, and he told me all is probably okay but no way to know really until birth for sure. I didn't know I was pregnant until 10 weeks and drank heavily on the weekends of 7, 8 and 9. I was wondering if you had any feedback...it would be much appreciated!

KMO1985 · 11/10/2019 10:40

Any updates?

Hope15022023 · 14/06/2022 14:47

Eoconnell2020 · 02/07/2019 17:07

Hi! I know this was forever ago, but I wanted to reach out because you said you have done research on FAS. I have spoke to my doctor, and he told me all is probably okay but no way to know really until birth for sure. I didn't know I was pregnant until 10 weeks and drank heavily on the weekends of 7, 8 and 9. I was wondering if you had any feedback...it would be much appreciated!

Hi. Hope everything went fine. Would really be appreciated if you could share. Thank you.

Jp195 · 27/09/2022 15:15

OP please give an update. No judgements!

JJRD11 · 27/06/2025 11:37

How did everything turn out?

strawberryandtomato · 22/06/2026 16:50

Zombie thread but can we actually get this taken down? I can imagine some mums to be reading this and really panicking. I just don’t believe 2 doctors (and a midwife) would be so negative when drinking 4 weeks pregnant (2 weeks post conception) the cells are still pluripotent.
it creates unnecessary fearmongering and the OP never came back to update.
I just don’t believe it

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