DOES ANYONE STILL DRINK ALCOHOL while TTC

[Marini_Mare]

I'm in the "drink til its pink" club, but my husband only has 3 days off every other week, so we don't go out much or drink much unless its his day off.. even then its just some beers on the beach

 

[timeforababy]

I don't smoke, I only drink green tea so I make up for it by having a drink once in a while. We home brew so everything is organic and natural anyways.

 

[dizzydoll]

I don't drink very often really but I'm def a member of the drink til it's pink club! Unless I was having some serious symptoms I wouldn't stop myself from having a drink if I wanted one. I do regularly go out with friends and not drink so friends and family wouldn't notice if I suddenly stopped drinking lol

 

[Flutterly]

I drink as well. I am trying to be careful and drinking only when it's necessary but as none of our friends and family know we are TTC, I cannot make excuses as to why I'm not drinking!

 

[Gregsprincess]

I tend to have a drink at weekends, I don't go mad every week just a few to relax with a meal and friends. You always hear about ttc should be stress free and relaxing and I think if we cut absolutely everything out it would be like one of those awful diets where once you can't have something you end up cutting it for a while, obsessing about it and then binging which would probably be worse. Also you read how a glass of wine a day has health benefits too

 

[xMissLpx]

I still have a regular drink, at the end of the day like a few of you have said, theirs so many babies that are the results of drunken flings, it cant seem to cause too much of a problem! I do only drink at weekends though x

 

[lelex]

I don't drink very much in general, but I do like the occasional drink when I'm out with friends. I'm currently in the 2ww and had a glass of wine during dinner with friends, as I don't want anyone to know that we are TTC.

 

[Rigi.kun]

Some people have completely different views to myself, but I'm definitely a member of the "drink til it's pink" club.

Definitly agree with Stephie, your not sharing any blood flow yet. If anything your OH should be watching how much he drinks as that would have more of an affect on his sperm.

 

[wishandwait]

I'm really love a beer or two so I usually do two weeks on, two weeks off basically. I still drink in moderation during two week wait but defo not hard. The days when AF hits are usually followed by a good wallowing in beer! We're young and human after all!! Xxxoo

 

[nevernormal]

I have to say I'm glad that DH and I don't really drink, so we don't have to worry about this! He does like a shot of whiskey now and again, but he maybe has that like every other month at the most?

I will say, that if I did drink socially, I probably wouldn't during the TWW. I studied fetal alcohol syndrome in college (this isn't where you're addicted or anything, just where the alcohol interferes with their brain developement and stuff), and I just don't think I could forgive myself if my drinking caused something like that. That being said, there are other things that I don't put on hold/give up during the TWW, but they usually have a lesser risk of harming something.

Also, like another poster said, it affects DH's sperm too. From what I studied, it'll affect it for the next 72 hrs, so DH def. can't drink around my fertile time, and even if it's not my fertile time I usually make him wait at least 48 hrs for any action. It can make his swimmers abnormal, and I don't want to increase the risk of deformed swimmers getting anywhere near my eggs!

 

[Mazzy17]

Im also part of the "Drink till pink" club. I dont drink much (always the designated driver!) The only thing im going to be concerned about is my intake of caffeine!

 

[jchic]

Im also part of the "Drink till pink" club. I dont drink much (always the designated driver!) The only thing im going to be concerned about is my intake of caffeine!

I hear you!!!!
I cannot give up my cup of coffee in the AM - I have tried the 1/2 decaf route and it gave me the worse migraines ever....I will wait until I am prego to cut that out! I only have 1 cup a day anyway!

 

[NannyWhitney]

I've cut back on drinking, but haven't stopped altogether. I'm currently not drinking since it's my 2WW, but if we were in a social situation, I'd probably have to have at least a glass of wine, since it'd be totally out of character for me not to, and DH and I are trying to keep our TTC on the DL.

My sister in law drank up until she found out she was pregnant, then had a glass of wine every once in a great while (like Thanksgiving and Christmas) while pregnant and she has given birth to two beautiful and healthy children.

I'd go by what your OB says. Every doctor is different, but you're going to that doctor for a reason. Trust him/her. Just my humble opinion.

 

[U347464]

I have been clean for the last year but at the rate at which things are going, I just might. The last time I was pregnant, it was after a heavy night of drinking with DH who was my boyfriend at that time. Maybe we should go back to that.

 

[ami1985]

Its my last binge ( if u can call it that? im a lightweight lol) this weekend before 2ww starts, i do smoke but no more then 15 a day, bad i know but thats my only real vice, when i get my BFP ill stop xxxx