Alcohol when pregnant

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I know the official guidance is that zero alcohol is the safest option but there hasn't been research on small amount of alcohol in pregnancy and apparently 80% of women drink something whilst pregnant.

I'm not looking for judgment here but in both of my pregnancies I've drunk a very small amount- like one small glass of wine per week sipped or a few sips on husbands glass.

What do others do and how much- be honest!

I drank about half a glass of champagne over the course of a wedding reception at about 2 months as if I hadn't people would have guessed I was pregnant and ruined the day for the bride. I held a glass and occasionally sipped tiny amounts, then would swop with DP, so it looked like I'd drunk more. So half a glass at most over about 6 hours.

Later in pregnancy I would have literally one sip (not a mouthful, just enough to taste) of DPs beer / wine if we were at the pub.

I also occasional bought those tiny single glass bottles of wine and put them in fizzy water, a tiny amount, like it was squash, one of those little bottles would last me a week.

I like realkg dry wine and found the alcohol free ones were too sweet, I think they ve improved a lot now though. I did very much like San Miguel 0% beer though, couldn't tell the difference!

When DM was pregnant with me she was anaemic and couldn't take iron supplements as they made her sick. Her GP prescribed Guinness!

Didn't drink a Drop but then I wasn't a big drinker before

I judge. My son has fasd and we live with the repercussions of birth mom drinking. Why would you take the risk?

Aside from 4 gin and tonics one night when I was about 7 DPO and didn’t realise, I had half a glass of Prosecco a couple of times, once at about 20 weeks and again at about 35 weeks. I don’t drink much anyway so it wasn’t a big deal for me.

I had half a glass of champagne when I got married. I did however have a few heavy drinking days before I knew I was pregnant. ( I wasn’t trying at the time to become pregnant)

I've had alcohol in all three of my pregnancies, from the second trimester onwards. I can count the occasions on one hand for each of them but with DC2 especially, I really craved beer, so would make a half pint of lager shandy (so a 1/4 of a pint of beer) and with DC3 I've really craved champagne, so had half a glass on my birthday recently, and expect I will do the same on DH's birthday next month.

I had two MCs in between DC1 and DC2, so my 12 week scan with DC2 was very stressful. Once we saw that all was well, my OB/GYN actually told us to go out for lunch and have a glass of something to celebrate.

I know 2 children very well that have alcohol syndrome they are severely impaired for life. Having had a miscarriage not caused by drinking I just didn't want to take any risk and cut caffeine out too. I'm not saying having a tipple after your 1st trimester is bad but I just think if you can I would leave it out.

I had a glass of champagne at my wedding at 30 weeks with my first and a few sips of DH’s drinks occasionally. With my second I had the occasional small drink in the third trimester. A very small glass of wine or a weak cider shandy for example.

The evidence isn’t that absolutely no alcohol is safe, we just don’t know what the safe limit is.

I know this may sound cheeky but I just don’t know why you’d risk it ? You wouldn’t pour your new born a glass of wine when he or she was born so why the hell would you put it into your body knowing fine well everything you take they do to ? It sounds like you may have a drink problem

I’m currently pregnant and thought I would maybe (on special occasions) have a small drink but I haven’t. It’s not worth it and the later in pregnancy, the more harmful. Your baby can’t consume it properly and I hate the thought of doing anything that would jeopardise or hurt my baby in anyway. I’ve cut out all caffeine and alcohol. Don’t get me wrong, I’m so jealous of my husband having wine with dinner...but it’s not long and it’s 100% not worth it x

I didn’t drink at all, in any 3 pregnancies. It’s alcohol, it wasn’t work the risk. You can live without it - for me there was no need

None for me, just don't see the point in risking it no matter how small the risk. Also I wasn't really the type to drink unless it was to go out. I did have some tiramisu at Christmas and even felt guilty about that! Caffeine wise I cut it out for the first few weeks but now I allow myself a couple of teas a day and of course chocolate.

I didn't drink, but I drink very rarely anyway so I wasn't really missing anything.

One small glass a week is probably fine OP.

I cut out caffeine and alcohol. In the third trimester, had the odd glass of wine when eating out

I don't drink generally, certainly not in pregnancy.

I had a small glass on New Year’s Day and a small glass on Mother’s Day. Also tasted my husband’s lager.

Agree with posters saying it is absolutely not worth the risk and it's not that long a time to not have alcohol. And no I wouldn't have it in food either. I have some champagne truffles I'm saving for when baby arrives 🥰

None. Honestly I love a glass of wine but pregnancy gives me raging heartburn so I don't even really want it!

The advice changes all the time. When I was pregnant with my son two years ago, NHS website said one unit occasionally was absolutely fine and that's what I've done. I'm currently pregnant, avoided alcohol completely in the first trimester, but have it occasionally now.

All these women judging a small glass of wine here and there, giving it why risk it for your baby. But happy to fire vaccines into yourself in pregnancy when you have no idea what it will do to your baby. Hilarious !

There is a very large body of data that shows certain vaccinations like whooping cough are not only safe but beneficial for babies. There is a similarly large body of data showing that alcohol is detrimental to the health of a baby.

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All these women judging a small glass of wine here and there, giving it why risk it for your baby. But happy to fire vaccines into yourself in pregnancy when you have no idea what it will do to your baby. Hilarious !

Pretty sure my vaccine was to stop my baby from developing rhesus disease ✌🏻

I havent had any so far (currently 16 weeks) but have had my eye on the tins of cocktails from m and s (they contain 2 units), may treat myself to half of one on a sunny day in the garden.

@Babyjune21 you're right, you are being cheeky and also judgemental. The OP asked a simple yes/no