Birthday glass of Prosecco

[Cbd333]

Bear with me here - pregnancy number two and I didn't touch a drop of alcohol with my first. I'm 14 weeks pregnant and tomorrow is my birthday. I really fancied a taste of Prosecco and was putting it to the back of my mind until a friend said if I'm eating, just to go for it.

I'm inclined not to and I know what the NHS say, but I just wondered what people do in reality!

Apologies I can not find a link.
There was a BBC documentary, panorama I believe, aired within the last 3 years.
The study showed actual sonography footage of a foetus. The mother drank a small glass of alcohol. The foetus was shown active, normal movements & then very still, not moving with no brain activity as a result of the alcohol.

Thoroughly recommend this- I drank it over Christmas and my birthday and it literally does taste like Prosecco, far drier than Nosecco which is nice but a little citrusy

www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/Product/mcguigan-zero-sparkling-alcohol-free-wine-75cl

@MsMiaWallace I saw that documentary too, I think it was a little longer than three years ago though. I refuse to touch even a drop after seeing that!

@Ginevere thanks so much for that, I’m going to get some in x

@Ginevere thanks for the back up! I couldn't find it online but I know it was on due to the effect it had on me.

Beck's no alcohol beer, and the co-op's own brand no alcohol rose are lovely, everything else is really sweet.

Go for it. It is alcoholism that causes foetal alcohol syndrome (and even then not systematically), not the odd glass.

Go for it. Why not? What harm will a couple of glasses make? The guidance is there to prevent women from drinking heavily throughout their pregnancy so it’s pretty blunt. I drank red wine occasionally when pregnant with both of mine and they are perfectly normal, capable, intelligent kids!

@Cbd333 try Nosecco which is alcohol free but actually tastes like prosecco? I can't mix alcohol with my tablets and it's been a lovely discovery - I've found it in Tesco and Asda so far :)

I wouldn't myself as I know I'd feel super guilty the whole time and thereafter (I even felt this way after eating Tiramisu at Christmas) but if you can enjoy it, 1 won't do any harm. There are some low/non alcohol alternatives as well although not sure if they're any good x

@SmidgenofaPigeon enjoy! It’s lovely, I’m gonna get a few more bottles this weekend. My husband drank a glass without realising it wasn’t real Prosecco!

That sounds perfect 👌🏻 I tried a no-alcohol wine last time but it was so awful.

@MsMiaWallace

Apologies I can not find a link. There was a BBC documentary, panorama I believe, aired within the last 3 years. The study showed actual sonography footage of a foetus. The mother drank a small glass of alcohol. The foetus was shown active, normal movements & then very still, not moving with no brain activity as a result of the alcohol.

Well that's a load of scaremongering half-remembered bollocks.

There's absolutely nothing to support your assertion that a glass of alcohol stops foetal brain activity. Please think about the impact you might have before spreading nonsense on a parenting site.

I mean that’s quite extreme, a single glass ceased her unborn child’s brain activity. No brain activity? Are you sure? And then when the alcohol left her system the brain activity came back?

I had a good look for that particular part of a documentary and I’ve not found it yet, I don’t think it’s Panorama.

@Veterinari I agree 100% that the suggestion that a glass of alcohol would stop brain activity is utter rubbish. However, I also think that previous posters who have suggested moderate drinking throughout pregnancy and smoking doesn't harm an unborn baby is more dangerous. Alcohol and cigarettes do cross the placenta and are both toxins. There is no safe amount of alcohol to drink according to the nhs. I find it strange women are petrified to eat a bit of cheese but happily drink in their pregnancy.

@Veterinari I'm not scaremongering. It is a programme that was produced. I didn't say that I'm an advocate for the studies or anything but that this was enough to completely put anyone off drinking if they saw it.
How ridiculous having to defend not drinking alcohol in pregnancy.
At the end of the day it is beyond selfish drinking alcohol when pregnant. Why would you?
There is something wrong if you can not go without a drink.

There’s always one that says “oh if you can’t go 9 months without a drink then you need to really look at yourself”

Oh bore off with that, some people like a drink and shouldn’t be made to feel bad because they think about it during the 9 months of being pregnant.

@Lifeonmars12 I think the difference is having one drink and regular drinking. If you can't go 9 months without regular drinking and more than one glass a day then I agree, it is selfish.

A glass of Prosecco is absolutely absolutely fine.please have it and enjoy it!!!

I can't understand not going for Nosecco personally as you'll have the rest of your child's life to drink.

[quote Smoa9]@Veterinari I agree 100% that the suggestion that a glass of alcohol would stop brain activity is utter rubbish. However, I also think that previous posters who have suggested moderate drinking throughout pregnancy and smoking doesn't harm an unborn baby is more dangerous. Alcohol and cigarettes do cross the placenta and are both toxins. There is no safe amount of alcohol to drink according to the nhs. I find it strange women are petrified to eat a bit of cheese but happily drink in their pregnancy.[/quote]
@Smoa9
The 'there's no safe alcohol limit in pregnancy' is because there's no research done on it. Think about it - it would be unethical. There's also no safe pollutant exposure limit (so pregnant women should never walk by a road?)

It's about being practical and pragmatic, avoiding unnecessary risks but also recognising that each time you cross a road or get into a car, you're exposing your unborn baby to a much higher risk than a glass of Prosecco. And there's no research anywhere that shows that occasional limited alcohol consumption has any negative impacts on development.

@Veterinari would you have a cigarette then? Because the same can be said about having the odd cigarette. I'm sorry but alcohol damages cells and damages your liver. The NHS states that there is no safe limits for a reason. Why would they advocate women drinking something that is a known toxin. You can argue all you want that one glass will cause no lasting damage and I agree with you. But it still does something. It will still affect cells in some small way. Women cant help exposure to pollutants in the air, they don't have to drink or smoke. Its 9 months. It's not long to wait.

[quote MsMiaWallace]@Veterinari I'm not scaremongering. It is a programme that was produced. I didn't say that I'm an advocate for the studies or anything but that this was enough to completely put anyone off drinking if they saw it.
How ridiculous having to defend not drinking alcohol in pregnancy.
At the end of the day it is beyond selfish drinking alcohol when pregnant. Why would you?
There is something wrong if you can not go without a drink. [/quote]
It's a programme that was produced that you can't properly remember and have clearly misunderstood, because if you have no brain activity you're dead. And it's clearly wrong to suggest that a single glass of wine kills babies. So yes you're scaremongering by misrepresenting something that you obviously don't properly remember or understand.

There's no evidence that occasional mild alcohol consumption has any detrimental effects on pregnancy. I think that's pretty selfish to state your own misinformed opinion as fact, tell people that they'll stop their baby's brain activity by having a glass of wine and tell them they're selfish based on nothing but your own misinformed opinion.

And you don't have to defend not drinking in pregnancy because no one as 'attacked' that choice. It's a perfectly reasonable one.

But scaremongering misinformation to try and 'prove' your point is not

www.healthline.com/health-news/theres-no-safe-amount-of-drinking-during-pregnancy again here suggests no amount of drinking is safe after comparing a variety of studies

Have you tried the Freixenet no alcohol sparkling wine? There is also a rose version and both are lovely I would personally have that over a glass of prosseco when pregnant..and you can have more than one glass without worrying..