Can I have a very small glass of champagne on Xmas day while pregnant?

[Lilybow]

I'm 18 weeks and my husband is very adamant that I don't have anything, not even a sip. I'd really like 50-100ml glass of champagne just on Xmas day during pregnancy. I know probably no point as it's such a small glass and my husband would probably make me feel guilty.

Is anyone else having a small drink and pregnant?

I will be, nearly 32 weeks. And again on New Years.

Yes you absolutely can have a small glass of champagne on Christmas day while pregnant! Your body, your choice. No evidence it will do any harm. Enjoy it and get hold of a copy of Expecting Better.

[quote Twizbe]@lesenfantsdelesperance the reason the advice is no alcohol is because there is no ethical way to test what amount IS safe.

They can ethically look at outcomes for women they KNOW drank heavily during their pregnancy.

The very small amount of alcohol in a glass of champagne is fine.

By the by, our NCT teacher told us to have 2 glasses of champagne in labour lol. [/quote]
This ^

Plus if they tell people they can have "some" alcohol, or to "use their common sense" some people will take the piss. It's easier to put a blanket ban on alcohol than to come up with some arbitrary guideline that people will all interpret differently and then blame the NHS when problems arise

There is no safe amount of alcohol that can be consumed in pregnancy is the medical advice which is easily googled. . But crack on and have your drink.

@Viviennemary

There is no safe amount of alcohol that can be consumed in pregnancy is the medical advice which is easily googled. . But crack on and have your drink.

Are you actually trying to make the OP feel bad over a 50ml sip at Christmas?

Hardly akin to downing a bottle of vodka.

It's fine. I had a glass of champagne at 14 weeks at a wedding. Ds(6) seems to have suffered no ill effects from it.

@Viviennemary

There is no safe amount of alcohol that can be consumed in pregnancy is the medical advice which is easily googled. . But crack on and have your drink.

ODFO.

@Viviennemary

There is no safe amount of alcohol that can be consumed in pregnancy is the medical advice which is easily googled. . But crack on and have your drink.

Oh dear, you’ve misunderstood.

“There is no safe level of alcohol in pregnancy”
Does not mean
“It is not safe to consume any level of alcohol in pregnancy”
It means
“It is not possible to say exactly what the safe level of alcohol to consume in pregnancy is”
This is for many reasons:

• ethics of testing on pregnant women
• all pregnant women, and indeed pregnancies, are different.

There is NO EVIDENCE that 1-2 units of alcohol a week after the first trimester is dangerous. Read Expecting Better.

OP Your husband is a dick for thinking his opinion counts. Maybe if you wanted to get pissed every week he’d be entitled to suggest otherwise, but over a very small glass on Christmas Day? That’s just controlling. Make him read the science.

Because not drinking at Christmas while everyone around you is busy getting merry and festive can really be a bit sh**, if you're not going to drink I think it's not unreasonable to ask your husband not to drink either in solidarity with you. Me and my husband did this last year - no pregnancy, but one of us was going to have to drive home Christmas day evening due to the covid rules so neither of us drank at my parents house so there was at least someone else not busy getting tipsy.

When I'm pregnant, my husband doesn't drink anything that I like to drink around me (I don't drink red wine or beer so he's OK!). Just would make it feel much more of a sacrifice if he was sat in front of me with a crisp glass of white wine.

@Bluntness100

Yes, medically doctors say it’s fine, personally I never did, as I know it effectively goes to the baby and I’d no more feed a baby champagne than I would one in the womb.

What an interesting approach to eating and drinking in pregnancy. Where on earth did you source enough human breast milk to sustain a pregnant woman for nine months? Or did you just use formula?

Obviously I’m assuming you avoided all solid food, animal milk, and usual foodstuffs as you wouldn’t give those to a newborn. It’s a very novel and self sacrificing approach but not one I’m convinced is best for you or the baby.

Yes. When I was pregnant with Dc1 a long time ago, the rules were 'one to two units, once or twice a week' which I stuck to from about 17 weeks with both pregnancies.

In fact my best friend from NCT and our husbands used to go straight to the pub for a glass of red wine to get rid of the horrors of NCT out of our minds..

Go for it. When I was pregnant with my two the guidelines were one-two units, one-two times per week. (So a maximum of four units over two evenings per week I guess). I'm not sure whether I did have that much, certainly not in the first trimesters as I went off alcohol both times, but I do remember drinking the odd glass of champagne or red wine over the later months.

Cross posted @actiongirl1978

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@chocolatepudandchocolatesauce

Yes it's not her husband's body but it is his baby. So often on here we hear about men who don't step up and parent their child and now we have a man who is wanting to be involved in his child's health and we spout the usual crap about it all being her choice because it is her body. Why have a drink if it's going to cause issues between you and your husband. Buy a non alcoholic version. No, one glass of champagne probably won't hurt your child but neither will having non alcoholic one hurt you.

Is controlling behaviour somehow better than negligence? There is no reason for her to not have a glass of champagne. If he is that worried he could “do his research” and come quickly to the same sensible conclusion.

Definitely

Have a glass-it’s not going to hurt
I didn’t know I was pregnant with one of mine-I went on rollercoasters,smoked,drank,ate cheeses,scoffed tuna and moved house-lifting everything in sight
He’s 22 in March and 100% ok
Your not downing 3 bottles of booze a day and another bottle at night-your having a tiny glass as a one off

If your husband starts,please tell him that when he grows a human in his body,that’s the only time he can make that choice

Oh god yes, that tiny amount with food will be fine. Every woman can do their own risk assessment of course. Your DH should NOT be dictating what you do with your body ever, even while pregnant. It's your choice and he's being ridiculously restrictive.

I’m not going to purely because I’m suffering from the worst heartburn of my life and I know champagne will aggravate it. But if I were a bit earlier in my pregnancy I would.

@Lilybow

I'm 18 weeks and my husband is very adamant that I don't have anything, not even a sip. I'd really like 50-100ml glass of champagne just on Xmas day during pregnancy. I know probably no point as it's such a small glass and my husband would probably make me feel guilty.

Is anyone else having a small drink and pregnant?

I just had nosecco to still feel included

I didn't because I've never really seen the point, but if you're desperate, do try and get your DH to a point where he is happy that it's not a risk because if, heaven forbid, something untoward happens in the pregnancy you don't want him thinking the wine caused it.

Of course! I had 2 glasses of Prosecco at Christmas when I was 6 weeks, and another couple at my baby shower when I was around 34 weeks. Enjoy!