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Glass of wine on Chrismas day.

337 replies

LucyB1 · 16/12/2013 15:13

Hi, I'm going to be 12+5 on Christmas day and i am absolutely GAGGING for a glass of red. Is that really bad cause I'm not quite out of the first trimester??

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PenguinsDontEatStollen · 17/12/2013 13:12

The honey one is lush Miracle Smile

MyMILisfromHELL · 17/12/2013 13:13

Harmless! Give yourself a break, OP x

ChicaMomma · 17/12/2013 13:13

April the same happened to me- the nite before i did the test i was at a 'beef club' quarterly outing- had carpaccio and some other form of raw beef, as well as a rare rib eye and 5 glasses of malbec. oooops! oh and there was indeed a cheese board for dessert too.. i should have known better given we were TTC but it seems to have done no harm anyway..

TerrariaMum · 17/12/2013 13:15

Chiming in just to relate a possibly apocryphal story passed on to me by DH. Apparently, a pg expat woman in France asked her midwife about abstaining from alcohol. The midwife replied' No, no. No alcohol. Just the wine with dinner and the cognac after'

But ultimately OP, one glass of wine on Christmas Day should be fine.

ziggiestardust · 17/12/2013 13:15

The advice is there to protect the NHS. They're safer if they just say 'no alcohol'.

Inglori0us · 17/12/2013 13:49

Ikea sell a really nice alcohol free mulled wine and Bavaria make a 0% blonde beer (labelled 'Wit') that's sold in my local Tesco. I've also found if you mix a splash of bitter lemon with it it tastes just like Hoegaarden.
Not that I really miss booze or anything.

ChicaMomma · 17/12/2013 13:54

Wow, i think i must have been french in a former life terraria..that's funny. The french have a much better attitude to booze though in general, they tend to consume it with food in the main, wine in particular. They're not really ones for binge drinking the way we do, so can probably maintain their usual quote throughout their pregnancies without guilt!

Inglorious, you've done your research, well done, i like it! I did try the Torres natureo (spanish) non alcoholic wine, jesus it was RANK!! Although for anyone that actually likes sweet white wine, it's fine. I like my wines v dry so just couldnt stomach it at all.

ParenthoodJourney · 17/12/2013 15:05

But why bother? Get some fake wine maybe ? I know loads
Of people who go ahead and do it and it's been fine. But I personally just can't understand the point - My
Midwife said to me it's like mixing some wine into a babies bottle and none if us would do that. I'm trying for a baby and would give anything to not be able to drink on christmas :-) Just be thankful for having a healthy pregnancy and don't increase any risks - you can drink in 6 months, it'll fly!! X

ChicaMomma · 17/12/2013 15:40

Why bother Parenthood? let me count the ways..

  • Because it's relaxing
  • Because we deserve it
  • Because it's christmas
  • Because we like it
  • Because it makes us feel normal

Best of luck to you by the way, hope you get your BFP soon.

Ragwort · 17/12/2013 15:42

People choosing to drink while pregnant are vilified almost as those who opt for elective sections - Bingo, I must be the worst mother on here, & I drank when breast feeding Grin.

I wonder what is considered better (in Mumsnet terms) - to breast feed and have a small glass of wine occasionally or to use formula Grin.

Tricycletops · 17/12/2013 15:49

My Midwife said to me it's like mixing some wine into a babies bottle

You need to find a midwife who doesn't spout total crap, tbh.

DownstairsMixUp · 17/12/2013 15:53

I did! Infact i took my "wine allowance" which was like once glass and stretched it into two by diluting it with some lemonade. I savoured every bit! DS was a healthy 8lbs 6 oz! Enjoy!

ChicaMomma · 17/12/2013 15:59

Agreed Tricycletops, I couldnt be in the same room as a midwife that preachy and self righteous!! All the ones i've met so far have been very cool thankfully.

i remember my aunt saying that one time (back in the 70s) she drank while breastfeeding to knock the baby (my cousin, obviosuly !) out.. haha wonder what said midwife would say about that!

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 17/12/2013 16:00

I drank while I was pregnant, and while I was breastfeeding. Not loads but a glass when I fancied it.

The hysteria is ridiculous.

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 17/12/2013 16:02

Ragwort the midwife at our hospital told me that she would rather see a new mother breastfeed her baby and enjoy a glass of wine every evening than use formula, because of the risks associated with not breastfeeding.

I took her advice very literally Grin

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 17/12/2013 16:04

Parenthood if you are used to drinking good wine, then all the low/no alcohol things taste vile.

TheNumberfaker · 17/12/2013 16:07

I worried about everything with DD1. I was a lot more relaxed with DD2, had a sniff and a sip of wine if I was out with DH. Allowed myself one glass of really good wine at Xmas. It was great. DD2 is so much more chilled out than DD1, I'm sure it's partly to do with how relaxed/stressed I was during pregnancy.

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 17/12/2013 16:08

Chocolate there is no alcohol for the baby to process. The amount that makes it into the mother's blood is very small, and then the placenta is in the way before it gets to the baby.

It is not like you have an IV of gin directly into the amniotic fluid Grin

HoHoHopelessAtNamingBabies · 17/12/2013 17:18

Am Shock that any HCP would compare having a glass of wine with putting alcohol into a baby's bottle. That is demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of fairly basic human biology. Wow.

KatnipEvergreen · 17/12/2013 17:31

I get hayfever so was apparently not supposed to eat peanuts when pregnant as there is a greater risk of peanut allergy in the child Hmm

I'm afraid I couldn't resist the odd Snickers bar...

Neither child has shown any particular allergies, or nothing that has been more than a very minor skin sensitivity. In fact DD1 is 8 and I'd already started to have hayfever at age 7.

ChicaMomma · 17/12/2013 17:42

The midwife told me that they've back peddled on the 'peanuts give nut allergy' theory now Katnip.. a few yrs ago i think?

I think in general, 'a little of what you fancy' and 'all things in moderation' should be the approach.. friend of mine who's also prego is driving me crazy saying 'paleo diet is best during pregnancy' at the moment.. whatevs, i'm enjoy the odd bit of bread and pasta!

shinyhappy99 · 17/12/2013 17:51

I really fancy some sparkling wine or prosecco on Chritmas day, I am 14 wks 5days now after 3 miscarriages so I am being so very careful with everything.

I'm thinking of having between 2 sips and half a glass of sparkling wine if its a low alcohol strength during Xmas dinner with the family.

I can see my 20 year old sister telling me off though, as she will say I'm a bad mother probably.

I don't know if it's worth the guilt.

I will try a sip and see if I still like the taste.

I've gone off coffee and spicy food and I am often nauseas at random times.

I might not even like it now I'm pregnant.

I will be 15 wks and 6 days Xmas day!

curiousgeorgie · 17/12/2013 17:52

I went skiing in January 2010... Drank loads of wine everyday.. Shots, smoked a couple of cigarettes even..

On the last night we drank a bottle of Jaegermeister between 5 of us Blush

I fell spectacularly down a red run and several other times too... I went tobogganing and mine flipped. (Very steep!!)

I got home and discovered I was pregnant. She is 3 now and so so clever with advanced speech and knows the alphabet, counting to 40 and every word of 'Somewhere only we know' Grin

A glass or 2 won't hurt! Wink

PenguinsDontEatStollen · 17/12/2013 18:48

Even the NHS, with its very black and white message on drinking in pregnancy (since they changed it!) is ok with moderate drinking during breastfeeding! NHS stuff here.

I also found that, after the first few months, both DD's did their best stretch of sleep at the start of the evening. So after a final feed at, say, 8, I knew it was unlikely they'd want feeding again before 11 and that was the perfect time to relax with a glass of wine if I wanted one.

I told my current midwife that I was drinking a small glass of wine (and clarified that I understood that meant 125ml or less) a couple of times a month. She smiled, said that was fine, and promptly ticked the box on her form that said I wasn't consuming any alcohol. I got the impression she was avoiding the obligation to give me a lecture she didn't think I needed!

The 'why take the risk' attitude when expressed towards other people (perfectly ok when applied to yourself) gives me the absolute rage. Because we are adult human beings. As someone who will have three kids and who has extended breastfed the first two (and plan to the third), I have been under these rules constantly since summer 2008 and will likely continue to be until about 2015 or 2016. Thats 7-8 years. I want to live my life as an adult, making adult choices about the things I enjoy, whether that be drinking a glass of wine, fell walking, dyeing my hair, eating parma ham, etc, etc, etc. I am very happy to modify my behaviour if there is evidence that a behaviour is risky. I'm not prepared to modify it because some people have formed a moral judgement that certain behaviours fall into a category of 'must be proved safe' before I am allowed them, not that I should cease if they are proved harmful.

applejacket · 17/12/2013 19:04

ooh i will be having one or 2 small glasses, have had the odd glass with a meal out since i was 12 weeks.

i will be 23+4 on christmas day

i do miss getting pissed though

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