Did anyone's SO quit drinking when you were pregnant?

[geek96]

Yes. My OB said I should stay away from alcohol during my first tri but feel free to have a glass or two a week after.

We left the appointment and dh was horrified at the thought of a pregnant woman drinking. I said I sacrifice a lot being pregnant and you nothing. He immediately said I am not drinking at all then. He didn't have even one glass during either pregnancy.

It was a show for him. Everyone commented how nice he was and his head grew three sizes each time it was mentioned.

[starburst604]

Nope. He took full advantage of his new designated driver. I almost dropped him off in the middle of the highway a couple of times.

[Deleted]

Mine pretty much did unless he was at a party or something. So sort of?

[pugz]

nope. But dh did say yesterday "wish I could carry the baby for you" when I had an especially tough day. Stupid 3rd tri

[Jalapeñomel]

No. I told home to drink for both every time. Lol

[sparkythelawyer]

Nope

[melsamoony]

No but H mostly drinks beer and I dont like beer. Had he been drinking red wine I would have cut him. Justifiable homicide.

My H is a crazo and thinks it isn't fair I get to carry and bond with the baby in a way he can't. Insanity.

[bunch]

No, but he doesn't drink as often and while he doesn't hide it he does generally keep it out of my sight.

I've just added it to the list of things to constantly bitch about while pregnant. 7 more weeks. 7.more.weeks.

[pinotgrig]

No, but he's not a huge drinker anyway. He did consider it a perk of me being pg though. I feel like we had a ton of weddings and parties so there was more alcohol than normal, too.

[lifetaketwo]

Mine did at home. He stupidly offered to before I got pregnant We are big wine drinkers so I would have been really sad to watch him at home. He still drank at parties, but a lot lot less. Towards the end I'd help pick his beer so we could share it when we went out.

[badtzmaru22]

No, but I wouldn't want to either if things were reversed, you know? We had friends where the H quit drinking when the W was pregnant, and the H made a HUGE deal about it, which made me very eye-rolly.

Full disclosure: I did drink here and there both times. Barely anything. And there were also a few nights I was hoping to go into labor, and I wouldn't let DH drink. He was a good sport about that. I was crazy.

[melsamoony]

@tambcat he legit pouted for 9 months about it....and still complains. I told him he needs to stop complaining aboit papercuts and then we can talk (side note papercuts do suck just not as much as pregnancy).

[hamster]

LOFL. He said he might give me two weeks. You know, mon-thur. Unless he has a bad day at work.

[jorja]

Lol. Nope.

[bluelikejazz]

He stopped drinking at home. Which helps some. But when we're out and everyone has a beer and I'm drinking la croix, it kind of sucks.

[lolo]

No. I'm not a big drinker when not pregnant, and I also am fine having an occasional glass while pregnant.

IDGAF about his drinking unless it's excessive, pregnant or not.

[dcn]

Haha no. He probanly drank my share too.

[cricketwife]

My boss isn't drinking while his wife is pregnant and I just think that's weird, lol. I mean, why should everybody suffer?

[Susie]

Aug 22, 2016 20:42:21 GMT -5 lifetaketwo said:

He stupidly offered to before I got pregnant

Mine did too, but it would've been a show like geek96's H and I was not interested in those kinds of heroics, so I told him to go ahead.  

I was fine with the idea of me having small glasses in 2nd & 3rd tri, so I thought eh, it won't be that bad.  But alas, the beautiful window of opportunity between 1st tri nausea and GD diagnosis let me with like *thismuch* time to have a couple sips of beer.  So it turned out I hated him pretty hard when we went to a wedding and my 34 week pregnant ass couldn't have beer OR cake.  

[moonpie]

Well he claims he did. Really he only stopped drinking whiskey due to the smell making me barf. He switched to beer only, which is still alcohol H!!!

[cjeanette]

I made H quit. He became well versed in non alcoholic beer

[SJ]

No.

If anything he ramps it up.

[tootsie]

Nah, instead he took one for the team and started drinking enough for the both of us. I must be a real pain in the ass during pregnancy.

[JRo]

No, definitely not. And he is also pretty militant about me not drinking while pregnant, but luckily we are friends with plenty of people who are on my side on the issue and make him give in a little. That means when he is having wine, he will get out a scale and pour me exactly 3.5 oz. I have no idea where he determined this was the "safe" amount, but it is annoying as shit. I usually just wait till he's not looking and top my glass off a bit.

He also takes full advantage of the built in DD.

[mandapanda18]

Hahahahah, nope. He didn't drink the last month or so, just incase he had to drive me to the hospital, but he still had is occasional drinks for the first 9 months.

[ilikedonuts]

Aug 22, 2016 20:46:29 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

H wants to run a 50k like 10 days before my due date (and I will probably be induced sometime in the week before my due date). I told him he had better not have an injury that puts him out of commission b/c I need him to be able to walk around carrying the baby and fetching me things.

Mine did one of those tough mudder warrior dashes a couple weeks before I was due with DD1 (and he was not at all in shape at the time so it could have ended horribly) and he was like oh you can drive all of us and wait and cheer us on. Ummmm hell no.

[joy]

Mine offered at nine weeks when we were in Florida and I lost my goddamn mind over everything that I couldn't do and everything he could still do. I told him that was ridiculous so I had some sanity in me still.

I'm 40 weeks today and the kid is kicking me so hard that I may cry from the pain. Husband went to bed because he "doesn't feel well." So, I have some other feelz tonight about husbands and pregnancy.

[MrsAggie]

Lol no. I will say though that if we're out with my family at dinner (who all love beer and margaritas), he will usually ask if it's okay in case I want someone to stay sober with me. I think it's sweet of him to offer but I always tell him to order one.

[west]

He tapered back some. Like 10%? lol. I didn't expect him to quit, but I definitely made up for it after delivery. Our kid is 2.5 years old and I still make him DD most times were out. Just like I've given him the privilege of dealing with night wakes ups since we weaned at 18 months 😉

[biogirl21]

We aren't really drinkers so it wasn't a problem. Our drinking occasions happened after 20 weeks, so I had small sips each time. It made me sick on New Years