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Alcohol

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 11:53

Just wondered if it's possible to have the odd glass of wine when you're pg and if so, from what week of pg??

I remember when i was pg with my DS that i had the odd glass of guinness and black but that was 17 years ago so i dont know if research has been done and recommendations have changed etc.

Since the beginning of february (when i decided to give up alcohol to lose weight) the most alcohol i've had is two sips of my DP's rose wine the other night.

Oh it was sooooo goooooood.........

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 12:38

Anyone?

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Tutter · 18/05/2007 12:39

oh the advice atm is to avoid it completely, esp in the first trimester

advice blatantly ignored by tutter, btw

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 12:40

Hmmmm well as i'm now 12+3 does this mean i can knock back a well earned glass of vino??

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Tutter · 18/05/2007 12:42

well, officially no

but my own opinion is that a small glass from time to time is utterly utterly beneficial to mum and therefore whole family

Soph73 · 18/05/2007 12:43

When I was pg with ds I had 2 glasses of wine a week and (so far) there doesn´t seem to be anything wrong with him - he´s now 4.7 yrs old. As long as you don´t go out and get totally blottoed I don´t see there´s anything wrong in the odd glass of wine However, I´m sure there are plenty of people out there who would consider me completely irresponsible!

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 12:43

I'm in agreement with you on that one Tutter lol.

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hayes · 18/05/2007 12:44

I agree, and I think if you speak to the midwife she will say that the odd glass won't do any harm but just don't go on a binge! my midwife told me this anyway

PregnantGrrrl · 18/05/2007 12:58

with DS and this pregnancy, i avoided booze totally for the first 4mths, then had one or two units a week after that. And they are damn tasty units aswell!

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 12:59

Soph, although i do miss going out and getting blotto, it's deffo not on the agenda at this precise moment in time lol

I am thinking that perhaps on a saturday night, i could indulge with one glass of wine. Someone told me about some alcohol free wine called Fre or summat so i might go to Asda and try and find some of that. They said it tasted like the real deal!

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 13:00

lol @ pregnantgrrrl - those two sips i had at the weekend tasted like pure heaven in a glass!

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MrsBadger · 18/05/2007 13:14

(for the record, all alcohol-free wine is minging. Best stuff if you would normally drink pilsner / lager etc is Cobra 0%)

thentherewasthree · 18/05/2007 13:20

i drank a small glass of guiness quite regularly. Didnt even like it but as i am veggie the midwife advised me to - for iron. Would have preferred white wine!!

Soph73 · 18/05/2007 13:27

RGPargy - I agree with MrsBadger that all alcohol free stuff is dreadful, must be better to have the odd glass of "real" stuff at the weekend - enjoy

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 13:32

Sorted then.

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PregnantGrrrl · 18/05/2007 13:34

yes, booze free wine is all dodgy. Booze free Becks is alright.

Tonight is my hen night, so i'm having a can of beer before i go. Can't drink in public- always paranoid somebody will think i'm awful and have a go at me!

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 13:57

I've got alcohol free Becks indoors actually. I just never fancy it. Dunno if it's got anything to do with the fact that there's no alcohol in it or what!

Have a great time on your hen night tonight pregnantgrrrrl!!!!!

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bubblepop · 18/05/2007 14:12

must admit i drank a couple of glasses of wine a week with my last pregnancy, or sometimes a couple of small bottles of bacardi breezer per week. i'l admit i was a bit down and really looked forward to it as a treat. my ds is fine and perfectly healthy(now 17 months old). however, i feel disgusted with myself for being irresponsible and think that i should have just done without it altogether. i'd never judge anyone for drinking on occasion in pregnancy,but im ashamed of myself for doing it now. my mum watched a programme about babies in the womb whose mother was drinking, the results were shocking.the babies were shaking and fitting inside the womb.if i had another pregnancy now, i would'nt touch a drop.

babygrand · 18/05/2007 14:16

I drank all the way through my second pregnancy. I wouldn't do it now, but at the time the advice from midwives was 'if it makes you feel better...'

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 14:17

Shaking and fitting from just one or two units of alcohol or from mothers who were binging and getting paraletic?

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bubblepop · 18/05/2007 14:20

i don't know rgpargy. i don't know the full facts, but wish i did at the time.

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RGPargy · 18/05/2007 14:28

Ah right, ok. I might do a bit more research....

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glittercaz · 18/05/2007 15:34

sorry, not wanting to get into a whole debate here (I know there have been a few on this on mumsnet) but I really believe that a few units a week is not going to do anyone any harm - in fact, if you're happy and de-stressed because you're enjoying a small glass of wine, you're probably doing yourself (and baby) a favour, if anything! If you look at our mother's generation (no restrictions on drinking in pregnancy but no real binge drinking culture) or countries like France where they see nothing wrong with a glass of good wine/champagne per day when pregnant, you don't see resulting hordes of 'damaged' children! I do think the 'no alcohol' advice taking more into account teenagers who are more likely to go out and wasted and need a categorical guideline, tbh.

Sorry to bang on, I just think that pregnancy is worrying enough and parenthood is guiltridden enough without beating oneself up about the odd glass of vino!

FioFio · 18/05/2007 15:36

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Stigaloid · 18/05/2007 15:36

Just out of curiosity - do people have the same view with cigarettes in pregnancy as they do with alcohol? EG if you think a few units a week is fine - are a few fags a week fine too?

foxybrown · 18/05/2007 15:36

Well, I would. And I have. And very nice it was too.