Alcohol

[RGPargy]

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.........

Nope, no fags in pregnancy for me, but this question was about wine. Two very different things.

couple of units a week is fine imo
smoking different matter entirely

can i ask why Foxybrown?

I don't drink and haven't smoked for a while although oddly enough i miss cigarettes more than alcohol. But both are equally bad for you (either pregnant or not) so why is one more acceptable in pregnancy than the other?

yeah sorry - didn't mean to take it on a tangent - just curious as to people's thoughts.

I don't think they are equally bad. fags are bad - one cigarette has how many chemicals? Excessive alcohol is bad, liver damage etc.

A glass of red wine occasionally, not bad for you.

IMO

I agree with glittercaz. The strange thing about pregnancy though is it tends to make one feel guilty and neurotic about everything and if you're the sort of person who starts imagining inflicting Fetal Alchol Syndrome on your unborn baby when you have a small glass of wine, then probably not worth the brief pleasure you derive from drinking. I had 2 units a week during my last pg from 2nd trimester onward, but this time I am craving it at only 4 weeks Have abstained so far, but might have a small one this weekend.

Well if the french can drink champagne every day, then i dont see anything wrong with a nice glass of Beringer Rose now and then.

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well, exactly! enjoy it, I say x

The official advice is "one or two units, once or twice a week" which works out at two or four units a week depending on how you interpret it! A unit is a small glass of wine or half pint of normal strength beer. I think that's a sensible limit and one that I've strived to keep to throughout both my pregnancies. You may find, though, that alcohol affects you differently when pregnant - it goes to my head much quicker and takes longer to clear I need less to get the same effects! Basically, all things in moderation, and a little of what you fancy can't do any harm.