Someone wanted some tips for attending a drinking event with girlfriends (still early, not telling yet). Someone else suggests she could order a glass of wine and take a few sips off the top to throw off the scent.
Cue a small chorus of "how could you DRINK while pregnant?!" Now, no one suggested that this girl toss back a 40, but I get that people have varying degrees of what they're comfortable with while pregnant. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on ANY alcohol crossing your lips when with child?
With E I had a couple sips on my 30th bday, but my pregnancy had gone so wrong that I was freaked out. With Q I was so worried that I didn't drink until I passed the gestation that E was born at, then I loosened up a bit - including half a margarita a couple days before I was due
I have sips, but last time I didn't have anything more than an ounce of champagne on New Year's Eve and bits of DH's beer. I've seen the studies that say it's safe, but I don't feel comfortable having much more than that. I do feel comfortable with my thimble of communion wine at church.
August has already gone off on how GOOD mothers give up caffeine, so I think they're a bit... conservative.
With E I had a couple sips on my 30th bday, but my pregnancy had gone so wrong that I was freaked out. With Q I was so worried that I didn't drink until I passed the gestation that E was born at, then I loosened up a bit - including half a margarita a couple days before I was due
This was my favorite mommy martyr quote from the thread...
"If you're too selfish now to give up even tiny sips of alcohol during pregnancy you're in for a mind fluck when you realize what you're going to have to sacrifice in life in general as a parent."
This was my favorite mommy martyr quote from the thread...
"If you're too selfish now to give up even tiny sips of alcohol during pregnancy you're in for a mind fluck when you realize what you're going to have to sacrifice in life in general as a parent."
Yes, I had wine occasionally. DH and I have wine with dinner whenever we eat together. I wouldn't drink a whole glass on my own while pregnant, but I either filled myself a glass with a few sips-full every now and then or I had a sip or 2 from DH's glass.
And to the poster in the original thread who said the thing about sacrifices as a parent, I can say that alcohol is not something I had to really give up. I drink wine in front of DD often and it is no big deal.
Post by UnderProtest on Dec 12, 2012 16:35:22 GMT -5
I was pretty much freaked out my entire pregnancy, but in the third tri I did have a half glass of wine a couple times. I missed coffee more than I missed alcohol at that point.
That sounds like a hell of a BMB. I have sips. DH is a homebrewer and asked me to taste his latest batch of beer minutes after I told him I was pregnant. I probably do tastes 4 out of 7 days a weeks but i just sip. My taste buds are actually horribly changed and alcohol doesnt taste good. I can taste the alcohol taste very prominantly so i dont drink it. I used to love alcohol. I dont feel comfortable having more just because I dont want the what if feeling if something was wrong with the baby but thats my personal opinion of my own pregnancy. I could care less if you drank a glass of wine and certainly wouldnt give you crap for it. I have had friends who drank entire glasses of wine. If it works for them than go for it.
With E I had a couple sips on my 30th bday, but my pregnancy had gone so wrong that I was freaked out. With Q I was so worried that I didn't drink until I passed the gestation that E was born at, then I loosened up a bit - including half a margarita a couple days before I was due
You rebel!
I figured that I actually knew what babies looked liked and acted like at that age and I was sure it would be fine. I craved tequila SOOOOOOO bad my entire pregnancy - I even tried cooking the alcohol out of it. Tequila tastes like shit when you cook it down, YWIA.
Post by gibbinator on Dec 12, 2012 16:56:28 GMT -5
I had a small glass of champagne when I was 3-4 weeks pg, to "throw off the sent." It was at a family member's 25th wedding anniversary so I couldn't NOT toast, but we also hadn't told anyone yet. I think I drank like an OZ, and eventually poured the rest discretely on the ground.
I really don't think I could have drank (drunk?) any more than that without being anxious throughout the remaining 8 months.
That sounds like a hell of a BMB. I have sips. DH is a homebrewer and asked me to taste his latest batch of beer minutes after I told him I was pregnant. I probably do tastes 4 out of 7 days a weeks but i just sip. My taste buds are actually horribly changed and alcohol doesnt taste good. I can taste the alcohol taste very prominantly so i dont drink it. I used to love alcohol. I dont feel comfortable having more just because I dont want the what if feeling if something was wrong with the baby but thats my personal opinion of my own pregnancy. I could care less if you drank a glass of wine and certainly wouldnt give you crap for it. I have had friends who drank entire glasses of wine. If it works for them than go for it.
My husband home brews too, and his first response when I told him I was pregnant as "oh shit I have 10 gallons of beer!" He also made a beer that was "done" on my due date, which he named "Push Beer."
I've had a half glass of wine or cider now and again since the start of my second tri. Per the latest ultrasound, the baby has all of the normal digits, limbs, and internal organs.
Very limited consumption doesn't bother me. I will have sips off DH's beer or wine if I really want to. I had tiny pours (like a quarter glass) of champagne during the 2nd or 3rd tri with each of my previous pregnancies to toast at the weddings of close friends. I had a small glass of wine when I was 39 weeks pg with DS1 at the suggestion of my doctor.
I have friends who have a full glass of wine once a week when pregnant. I am sure that there is no harm in a glass a week, but it is more than I am personally comfortable with.
I didn't drink at all once I got the BFP. My mom's a nurse and had told me too many stories about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. I figured better safe than sorry. I wasn't a big drinker before I got PG, so I didn't really miss it. DS is 9 months and I still only have a glass of wine/beer about 2-3 times a week.
That sounds like a hell of a BMB. I have sips. DH is a homebrewer and asked me to taste his latest batch of beer minutes after I told him I was pregnant. I probably do tastes 4 out of 7 days a weeks but i just sip. My taste buds are actually horribly changed and alcohol doesnt taste good. I can taste the alcohol taste very prominantly so i dont drink it. I used to love alcohol. I dont feel comfortable having more just because I dont want the what if feeling if something was wrong with the baby but thats my personal opinion of my own pregnancy. I could care less if you drank a glass of wine and certainly wouldnt give you crap for it. I have had friends who drank entire glasses of wine. If it works for them than go for it.
My husband home brews too, and his first response when I told him I was pregnant as "oh shit I have 10 gallons of beer!" He also made a beer that was "done" on my due date, which he named "Push Beer."
This is awesome. We have beer for our baby shower that he made. I should ask him if push beer is in the cards. He is tailoring some of his spring and summer brewing choices towards beers I really like for the time I spent not drinking.