5 weeks pregnant give me your best excuses!

[woodwaj]

Bit of a back story, I have pcos was ttc for 18 months and finally got my bfp Monday. I have 3 party invites in the next few weeks and im pretty sure "I am on antibiotics" is code for I am pregnant! I would ideally like to keep it from family till my early scan which is the 17th this month! So what are your best none drinking excuses?!

[RetroHippy]

'Secret non-drinking'

[RetroHippy]

I've got a work night out on Friday. Two people know, but I really don't want many others knowing till my 12 week scan (when I will pin my scan pic up in the staff room )

I'm thinking maybe designated driver, but will probably go with 'secret drinking' and just make sure I act like a tit!

[Eastwiththem]

Saying you are hungover is a good one, especially for things like a Sunday BBQ where having a big night before is believable. Even better if you have morning sickness and don't have to fake feeling grim!

I got through an incredibly drunken night out by being the person who makes the getting ready cocktails and gets the shots in. Made horrifically strong vodka cokes for everyone (mine was just coke) and then bought a couple of rounds when we were out, making mine a lemonade or water. As I had a tray of alcohol in front of me all night no one guessed.

I did get a couple of drinks bought for me in return, which got left on other people's tables or regifted. Someone bought me a shot and I lifted it up to drink it but while they were grimacing from their shot I hid mine on a ledge underneath the bar and grabbed an empty shot glass from nearby to bang on the table.

You can pull a similar trick at dinner by insisting on ordering a certain bottle of wine, pouring everyone a big glass of it, giving yourself a small glass which you sip occasionally. Make sure you keep everyone else topped up while your glass stays undrunk. People will just remember that you said the chardonnay was fab and they did/didn't agree, rather than you not drinking.

[Frances79FirstTime]

Definitely pretending to drink has been the easiest for me - I went to Twickenham for the day with a group of friends, sat on the end of the row and thrust my beer between them discreetly, while taking it back into my hands (half empty) for obligatory photos. Also went to a friend's for dinner, had a glass of wine by me all night but kept swapping it with my husband - he got incredibly drunk doing this though!

Also said that night that I wasn't drinking much because I was so hungover so that made sure I had an "excuse" to drink a soft drink at the same time. There is nothing worse than pretending to drink but then spending the night having nothing to drink at all!

I haven't used the antibiotics one as I know people will equate it with being pregnant (and I haven't been ill!) When I'm socialising with people at work I say I have given up mid-week drinking to try and be good (which works well and they don't seem to weigh that up with the amount of cr$p I am eating to curb ms!)

[gincamelbak]

i found out a fortnight ago, just before going to visit family and friends. i sipped at one glass of wine slowly, was the designated driver when going to a friend's BBQ and the next night told friends i was the designated driver as had been the drinker the previous night.

i ran a half marathon about 3 weeks ago and stopped drinking when training for that and just told people that my alcohol tolerance had dropped completely because of that. which is a bit true - i felt half tipsy on the one glass of wine i had the first night, which is ridiculous as i used to be a total guzzler.

so: mix up the designated driver story with the losing weight and sipping at one drink. if you have to, go for a wine spritzer, less on the wine than usual.

(congratulations too)

[woodwaj]

Wow 28 weeks! That's amazing! I feel like im betting on really crap odds here!

[DocDaneeka]

Woodwaj i challenge you! I got to 28 weeks (winter, tiny bump, kept my fleece on)

My excuse was UTI. I am very prone to bad UTI and they can often need 3 courses of antibiotics or clear, and I really go off booze for months after I've had one too. SO No one i knew even considered pregnancy!!

I only had to 'fess up because I was admitted to hospital with complications. :)

[woodwaj]

Ha! Thats a good lie. Unfortunately I am defo too lazy for boot camp!!

[woodwaj]

I defo think ill go with the accepting and chucking idea. Could become quite a fun game to how long I can actually keep it secret for!!

[RobinSparkles]

YY, to pretend drinking.

If someone gives you a drink then take it, pretend to drink it and then leave it somewhere or pour it into the grass outside.

If you have a coke pretend that there's vodka in it. If you get a tonic water then pretend there's gin in it. No one will notice, honestly. In my last pregnancy I had non alcoholic cocktails and pretended that they were alcoholic.

Last weekend I was at a party where the host was trying to force me a drink. I said no thank you (I'm not pregnant, I'd just had enough) she told me that she'd be offended if I didn't take it so I took it even though she would have been more offended if I had thrown up over her lawn and then when her back was turned I chucked it on the grass. She was too pissed didn't notice. Everyone else thought I'd drunk it.

[Inbl00m]

I got to 4 months and nobody noticed a thing as I just pretended to drink!

Accept alcoholic drinks but don't drink them and buy lemonade/tonic/elderflower cordial for yourself and pretend it's booze. Parties/gatherings like BBQs where I could drink out of a can/bottle were great as much easier to hide it. Using an excuse just makes people suspicious whereas they don't notice a thing if you don't draw attention to it.

[ViviPru]

I agree most people don't notice. At our last social gathering DH was surreptitiously topping my glass up with elderflower and everyone assumed it was just white wine. One of my closest friends did clock I was drinking 1% cider but she didn't make a fuss, wither she thought nothing much of it or was just being discreet.

[hubbahubster]

Bloody phone!

Just don't say anything and nurse one drink all night. I did a shed load of Christmas parties this way and honestly, drunk people just don't notice. And I'm usually a BIG drinker. I even managed a girlie night in with bottles of wine and my best mate. You think she'd notice since it was one-on-one but no. I just sipped one glass of red the whole night.

[hubbahubster]

Just d

[woodwaj]

Some brill ideas! Bumpngrind I love the designated photographer!! Ill have my camera at the ready!!

Avarose congrats! The only real sign I have had is AF type cramps so far! Id suggest taking your piercing out as soon as your boobs start to hurt which shouldn't be too far away!

[Lula2515]

I was very fortunate with my timings as I "gave alcohol up for lent". It was a bit trickier with DP's family who own a pub but I just sort of implied that I'd had a really heavy one the night before. DP joined in by saying "oh go on, hair of the dog" and I just responded by looking ill (easy with morning sickness). Congratulations!

[Marnierose]

I agree in reality no one seems to notice or care. I kept my pregnancy a secret until after my 20 week scan very easily! It can be done.

[avarose1986]

Sorry thought I was posting a new thread. So sorry! Congrats x

[avarose1986]

Hello everyone

I just found out tonight that I'm pregnant - very early days will be 3 weeks on Sunday. I'm in absolute shock after two false negatives last weekend and even more shocked because with my last boyfriend we struggled to get pregnant for 7 years and were about to start IVF when we separated. I just wanted to ask whether anyone had cramps - similar to period cramps - in their early pregnancy? Because this is nothing short of a miracle I'm so worried that I might loose it so now I'm concerned that the pains mean something underlying...
Also I don't know if anyone else has any experience with this but I have a nipple piercing, when do I take it out? Straight away?

Thanks

[BumpNGrind]

I went to a wedding the week after finding out. I was a bridesmaid and therefore expected to drink even in the morning. It was almost too easy to get away with not drinking. I thought everyone would notice immediately but nobody noticed at all, nobody questioned anything when I loudly sent DH to the bar for a 'gin' and tonic and as the shots started being passed around, nobody caught on as I took photos of everyone drinking theirs.

[woodwaj]

All good ideas!!

I could go with the good old squits. No one ever asks for details on that!!

[Heatherbell1978]

I did 'pretend' drinking. A couple of close friends knew so they'd happily go to the bar and get a 'gin and tonic' or something. We had a few house parties around that time too and the 0% beer was great for them. I just strategically ripped the sticker a bit where it said 0% and no one really noticed!

[woodwaj]

One friend knows and obviously my dp (who is trying to get out of going) I would like more back up as possible so if I get bought any alcohol I can give it them! I don't really mind a little but would obviously rather not!

[Moonshine1]

Pretend that there is vodka in your coke if anyone asks or drink non-alcoholic beer or kopparberg and pour it into a glass. Once everyone else starts getting tipsy they won't realise that you're not too!