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Champagne

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kayzisexpecting · 10/04/2008 09:14

Dh and I are going to London in 2 weeks for my birthday. Dh wants to take me on a Champagne flight on the London Eye. But he doesn't know if I should be drinking 1 glass of champagne.

He asked me to ask your opinions.

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VeraSquonkTheBeerGuru · 10/04/2008 09:16

one glass of champagne is going to be absolutely FINE.

What a lovely idea of your dh.

Personally I don't do too well with big wheels, but if you like that sort of thing, you will love it, it is fantastic. You been on it before?

lulumama · 10/04/2008 09:17

current advice is no alcohol at all.

a lot of women choose not to drink at all for the first trimester and have the odd drink during the rest of the pregnancy.

it is your call, IMO. the evidence i have seen for not binge drinking, or drinking heavily throughout pregnancy is more compelling than avoiding alcohol totally.

what do you feel?

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kayzisexpecting · 10/04/2008 09:17

I have been, ages ago though but he hasn't.

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scorpio1 · 10/04/2008 09:18

advice is no alcohol especially in first trimester. But, it is up to you to balance risk factors.

TotalChaos · 10/04/2008 09:19

agree with Lulu.

stillstanding · 10/04/2008 09:21

Technically the guidance now is to avoid alcohol altogether. If you had a baby last year (like I did) you were allowed one unit a week and I lay claim to several quashings of champers (and had one very healthy little boy!). Obviously the decision is entirely up to you but I would say go for it!!

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kayzisexpecting · 10/04/2008 09:22

I had about 6 or 7 glasses of champagne when I was expecting ds as we got married the day after we found out and we were given 11 bottles of champagne so I had a glass everyday of the honeymoon and he is fine, but noisy.

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Sufi · 10/04/2008 09:48

the current advice to avoid all alcohol isn't actually based on any new medical or scientific evidence, more a general feeling that us hormonal womenfolk won't be able to keep track of how much we;re drinking, so best to say none at all.

I second what most people have said here: first trimester avoid it, after that, just be sensible. I had the odd glass of champers but went off wine, and my DS is fine. And i went on the London Eye with my mum while 7 months pregnant, and used my HUGE bump to jump the queue (to be fair, I couldn't actually stand up for long periods of time by that point and the queue would have finished me off)!

Enjoy it - sounds like a wonderful idea

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kayzisexpecting · 10/04/2008 09:53

I'll only be 5 and a half weeks.

I dont think it will cause any harm. I had a fair few glasses when I was expecting ds and got very drunk on my hen night(before I knew I was pg) and he is fine.

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johnworf · 10/04/2008 09:53

I doubt that the odd drink would harm the baby......unless your name happens to be kerry katona that is :-p

Anna8888 · 10/04/2008 09:54

Yes you definitely should drink that glass of champagne .

It will not harm your baby and it will taste so delicious after all those weeks of abstinence.

motherinferior · 10/04/2008 09:55

God yes.

SueW · 10/04/2008 10:20

Lots of people don't even know they are preg for half of the first trimester and continue to drink at their normal pace so I think it's kinda funny that there's an apparent new obsession with not drinking during it.

Agree completely with Sufi's first para.

naturalblonde · 10/04/2008 10:24

Can I hijack?
Getting married in 2 weeks, will be 19wks pg. How much champagne can I drink? Not planning on getting trashed but want to have a few throughout the day.

scorpio1 · 10/04/2008 10:26

How much? its about being sensible not wondering how much you can have.... FWIW i should think one.

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kayzisexpecting · 10/04/2008 10:34

I had 1 on my wedding day. I was exhausted though. At least people know you are pg naturalblonde I had people buying me double vodkas and coke and other assorted alcoholic drinks on my wedding day as no one knew.

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PollyParanoia · 10/04/2008 10:59

oh my god of course you should have a glass. Royal college of ob and gyn hasn't changed their advice (one to two units once or twice a week).
Gvt even admitted that there was no new evidence against very moderate drinking and completely gave themselves away by adding "we're just worried about women binge drinking in general". Wtf? A responsible pregnant woman has nothing in common with some 21 year old vomitting on the streets at midnight, so why collate two completely separate issues?
It makes me bloody furious. UCH consultant Pat O'brien is a god who has written that it's all paternalistic nonsense.
And I'm with Sufi, where did this new obsession with first trimester drinking come from? Gvt said it was to do with miscarriage risks. Is it this or damage to foetus (btw am still talking about the old one to two once or twice a week rule)? I was absolutely desperate to keep my pg a secret over christmas and definitely had the odd glass as subterfuge.
Rant over. You'd think I'd been at the sherry...

Chequers · 10/04/2008 11:01

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whomovedmychocolate · 10/04/2008 11:07

Ha! Have the champagne - or make it bucks fizz so it's only half a glass if you are worried. Quite honestly of all the crap that goes into your body during the course of nine months, one glass of champagne isn't going to be the worst thing in the world.

In fact the pollution breathed in driving into London for the trip is probably worse for your baby than the one unit of alcohol.

What a nice husband though.

slinkiemalinki · 10/04/2008 12:44

Er thanks whomoved, but hundreds of thousands of babies have been born in London over the years with no ill effects! Can't remember seeing anywhere that pollution harms your child else we'd all be decamping to the sticks along with avoiding alcohol and nice steak and that glass of bubbly wouldn't we. I take your point that one glass is harmless but that is a bit of a silly comment really with no foundation whatsoever.
I'd avoid the champagne in the first trimester simply as this is the earliest time when the major organs etc are forming and the baby is most vulnerable. Hence other advice not to have beauty treatments and general caution more in the first trim than otherwise.
Personally I don't drink when pg but can't see how one would hurt - particularly in view of the RCOG advice - but for the lady getting married if you want a few drinks I would make it a few half glasses else you are contravening the advice which is probably not sensible, and all at once which is worse.

ib · 10/04/2008 13:04

Sounds lovely, and I don't think 1 glass is a problem, but do you get ms at all? I think if I had gone on the eye in my first trimester I would have puked my guts out. And you can't get off once you are on....

PregnantPenguin · 10/04/2008 13:26

1 glass would be fine - don't forget the bottle of Gaviscon for afterwards though!

whomovedmychocolate · 10/04/2008 13:29

Actually I agree with you but if you are going to be purist about it yes you probably should hunker down in a cave (in North Wales probably) for the duration . Actually there is a side effect to being born in London, at least one of the four sides of the city end up with very odd accents

AHLH · 10/04/2008 14:30

I'm 17 weeks and have finally got my appetite back! Off to wedding in 3 weeks (then also 4 weeks after that) and fully intend to have a glass of champers now that I have an outside chance of enjoying it and keeping it down. First baby too - fine champagne has got to be better than all the horrid chemicals in diet coke!

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 10/04/2008 14:33

kayz - have that glass! One won't hurt at all.

Blonde - I reckon you could have 3 over the day, they say up to 2 units up to twice a week but I'm sure if you space them over the day you could squeeze 3 units in!

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