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Help! I had a drink last night

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Magpieblue · 07/08/2013 09:08

I had a small glass of champagne last night and now I'm feeling really panicked. I was having dinner with a friend and I'm only 7 weeks so didn't want to tell her and my mind went blank and didn't come up with a good enough excuse in time. My doctor had just vaguely told me not to drink, and I haven't - but I'm also relaxed about having the odd glass of wine according to guidelines - but I had no idea you're def not meant to drink in first trimester, and 7/8 weeks is a critical point in development. Have only discovered this after increasingly panicked googling and now I'm in a state. I seem to have convinced myself you can be "unlucky" and just one drink at the wrong time can cause problems. If anyone can reassure me that i'm overreacting I'd be really grateful.

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ilovepowerhoop · 07/08/2013 09:13

One drink is not going to do you or the baby any harm so calm down.

ilovepowerhoop · 07/08/2013 09:16

www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10125329/A-glass-of-wine-a-day-while-pregnant-will-not-harm-your-baby.html - to add to the confusion over drinking in pregnancy

Ragwort · 07/08/2013 09:16

I didn't even know I was pregnant for the first ten weeks (wasn't deliberately 'trying' to get pregnant, always had irregular periods and heading towards menopausal age ) - I was drinking heavily regularly all that time. Don't worry about it.

BeQuicksieorBeDead · 07/08/2013 09:17

Dont worry... Just dont do it again if it is going to get you this stressed!

I drank a load of cider before I found out I was pregnant this time, just didnt think we could be with dates etc so went on a works night out and comforted myself with booze... And typical, positive test a few days later! I was absolutely shitting myself about having damaged the baby, my doctor laughed at me. He said that they really only worry when a mum drinks to excess regularly and reminded me that not so long ago it was common not to know you were pregnant til eight to twelve weeks anyway.

My step mother also firmly believes that drinking and smoking does no harm at all to the baby - she is mad, but her kids turned out fine so dont worry! Worrying is bad for the baby if you do too much so chill... Hey when I had early bleeding with this pregnancy, the midwife advised going home for a bath and a glass of red!

orangepudding · 07/08/2013 09:20

Don't worry, the one drink you had won't harm the baby.

valiumredhead · 07/08/2013 09:22

Think about all the millions of babies who are conceived after a drunken shag

JRmumma · 07/08/2013 09:53

You'll be fine. Alot of people wont even know at 7 weeks and go on to have perfectly healthy babies even after drinking to excess through the early stages of pregnancy.

BinarySolo · 07/08/2013 09:57

Agree with everyone else. One glass is really no biggy. Advice on drinking is a bit confusing - even the nhs leaflets are contradictory. Try not to worry.

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Magpieblue · 07/08/2013 10:08

Thanks everyone for your replies. I got myself into a state and I just feel so stupid for doing it - like actually telling her wouldn't have been a big deal and would have saved me all this worry.

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snickersnacker · 07/08/2013 10:27

You'll do your baby more harm stressing over it than would ever be done by one drink. Champagne flutes are smaller than normal wine glasses so you've probably taken in less alcohol than you would if you had had a glass of wine, for example.

Yonionekanobe · 07/08/2013 10:44

My GP (probably in his early to mid 30s so not old school) told me that if I fancied it a couple of small glasses of wine a week is absolutely fine.

The zero tolerance message has long been known to be in place as people find it hard to measure units etc.

There was a French and an Italian mum in my NCT group when I had DD - the advice on the continent differs!

So don't stress

Mumbledore · 07/08/2013 10:51

My sister thought she had a 3 day hangover after a huge New Year bender, but it was pregnancy symptoms! She was mortified but the doctor said it happens a lot and not to worry if it was a one off. My nephew was completely fine. Try not to worry about such a tiny amount, it's not worth the stress

LostMySocks · 07/08/2013 12:01

If you're in a similar situation again have a glass and just pretend to drink. People notice not having a drink not not drinking. I went away with in laws for a weekend at about 11 weeks pregnant. Lots of alcohol. They didn't notice as I had a glass at table or in my hand. DH and I occasionally swapped glasses. They were really surprised when we told them 3 weeks later. This is despite SIL having 3 kids and being a nurse.

Northernexile · 07/08/2013 12:07

I'm probably wrong, but I'm sure that I read in the first few weeks the placenta isn't developed so the foetus gets its nutition from the sac- it isn't being passed anything directly from the mother at that stage. I'm crap at science though, so don't take my word for it.

You'll be fine though OP- huge numbers of people don't realise they are pregnant for the first 2/3 months and carry on drinking.

SeriousStuff · 07/08/2013 17:35

Don't worry about it - you're still at the stage where some women still wouldn't know that they were pregnant and would be drinking as usual.

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