drinking in pregnancy

[mrscookie]

when I first found out I was pregnant I didn't touch a drop of alcohol, but after the sickness was over I had a double bacardi, and I really enjoyed it, I felt very relaxed after. I don't think an occasional drink will hurt the baby, as long as you don't get to the point of being drunk, just one glass occasionally, I reakon helps pregnancy along, I intend having 1 bacardi christmas eve, christmas day and new years day. I have been looking into mulled wines, anyone know if there is any alcohol in that stuff?

a double rum? wow thats quite a bit. Please be careful babe, its so not good. It cant possibly help the pregnancy along. Think of how tiny your baby is, and how its tiny liver has to cope with the booze you drink. I would prob just have one drink at christmas, not all 3 days.
x

 

[kiwimama]

I haven't had any - hardly ever had a drink even before I was pregnant, so it's not a huge change. I've done other "not supposed to do" stuff like eating peanuts etc.

 

[chel27]

ohhhhhhh dont talk to me about peanuts lol im dying to have some honey roasted peanuts lmao xx

 

[dollygirlie]

a double rum? wow thats quite a bit. Please be careful babe, its so not good. It cant possibly help the pregnancy along. Think of how tiny your baby is, and how its tiny liver has to cope with the booze you drink. I would prob just have one drink at christmas, not all 3 days.
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its safe to have one unit? Probably not a double on the festive, just fancied it at the time lol!

 

[pennysbored]

I've had a couple glasses of wine over the course of this pregnancy. Personally, I don't think you should consume on any regualr basis, but once in a while, I figure no harm can come of it.
I'm more concerned about all the McDonalds I seem to be eating.
Now that can't be good for LO....

 

[sue08]

I had 2 glasses of wine before I found out and have not had any since, I know this lady she just had a baby and didn't know she was pregnant until she went into labor, and her baby had health issues when he was born and she drank her entire pregnancy. I don't think its worth it to drink while pregnant.

 

[beija_flor]

when I first found out I was pregnant I didn't touch a drop of alcohol, but after the sickness was over I had a double bacardi, and I really enjoyed it, I felt very relaxed after. I don't think an occasional drink will hurt the baby, as long as you don't get to the point of being drunk, just one glass occasionally, I reakon helps pregnancy along, I intend having 1 bacardi christmas eve, christmas day and new years day. I have been looking into mulled wines, anyone know if there is any alcohol in that stuff?

a double rum? wow thats quite a bit. Please be careful babe, its so not good. It cant possibly help the pregnancy along. Think of how tiny your baby is, and how its tiny liver has to cope with the booze you drink. I would prob just have one drink at christmas, not all 3 days.
x

Um, I know you only meant well, but I should say this before someone else gets a panic attack reading your comment: the fetus' liver alone doesn't metabolize the alcohol ingested.

 

[KatienSam]

i think the advice is a bit varied because they dont actually know how much alcohol crosses the placenta, if you have wine with dinner i wouldnt think it would be as much of a problem. I may have 1/2 glass on christmas day!

rum i think is a bit much, spirits are alot stronger content and a double is 2 units to have all at once! but if you have it as a long drink i suppose its the same! i just couldnt do spirits! the smell would put me off lol

xxx

 

[dollygirlie]

when I first found out I was pregnant I didn't touch a drop of alcohol, but after the sickness was over I had a double bacardi, and I really enjoyed it, I felt very relaxed after. I don't think an occasional drink will hurt the baby, as long as you don't get to the point of being drunk, just one glass occasionally, I reakon helps pregnancy along, I intend having 1 bacardi christmas eve, christmas day and new years day. I have been looking into mulled wines, anyone know if there is any alcohol in that stuff?

a double rum? wow thats quite a bit. Please be careful babe, its so not good. It cant possibly help the pregnancy along. Think of how tiny your baby is, and how its tiny liver has to cope with the booze you drink. I would prob just have one drink at christmas, not all 3 days.
x

Um, I know you only meant well, but I should say this before someone else gets a panic attack reading your comment: the fetus' liver alone doesn't metabolize the alcohol ingested.

No offence, but from what I have researched the fetus doesn't process all the alcohol, very small amounts get passed through the placenta, is there really any solid evidence that drinking *in moderation* is bad for the baby, no just lots of scare mongering. If you are an out and out alchoholic yes it would be totally irrisponsible to drink whilst carrying a child. I just think there is too much of a nanny state looking down dictating what we can and can't do, my nan drunk occasionally a stout and my mum drank a pint of beer now and again, and we both turned out fine. Yes drinking on a regular basis isn't good, but special occasions just one unit, what harm can that do. I don't intend to have a double again, just one unit over Christmas.

 

[Shifter]

No offence, but from what I have researched the fetus doesn't process all the alcohol, very small amounts get passed through the placenta,

They don't know how much passes through, that's why it is still highly recommended that alcohol is completely avoided.

is there really any solid evidence that drinking *in moderation* is bad for the baby, no just lots of scare mongering. If you are an out and out alchoholic yes it would be totally irrisponsible to drink whilst carrying a child.

Thing is there are alcoholics and there are regular drinkers. There is a difference in terms of reasons for drinking, but not always in terms of quantity. There are also a huge number of people who are undiagnosed alcoholics, who do not realise they have this problem. I don't mean to get on my high horse on this one, but you need to be careful in bandying the word "alcoholic" around like that.

I just think there is too much of a nanny state looking down dictating what we can and can't do, my nan drunk occasionally a stout and my mum drank a pint of beer now and again, and we both turned out fine. Yes drinking on a regular basis isn't good, but special occasions just one unit, what harm can that do. I don't intend to have a double again, just one unit over Christmas.

It's not nannyism, it's advisable caution in the face of pending evidence one way or the other. I don't think the occasional glass of wine with food is a problem at all, but spirits should really be avoided, especially double measures. I appreciate you were just answering the OP honestly when you told us that and I don't want to get all in your face about it, as you're almost certainly aware of all of this anyway. Bare in mind that a double measure of rum can contain up to 3 units, depending on which brand and the size of the shots distributed by the venue.

 

[happyfamily123]

Everyone has their own opinions, I couldn't live with myself if something I did while pregnant ended up harming my baby. I'm graduating in child development from the university this year and there is fetal alcohol syndrome to think about. Also, alcohol crosses the placenta and gives the baby a higher concentration of alcohol than the mother receives.

 

[Lulu]

Well I had a night out 3 days before I got my bfp, but I did a test in the morning as I knew there could be a slight chance I had conceived and it was negative. So I went out that night and had, at most, 4 drinks over the entire night, which included a huge indian meal! Got my bfp 3 days later and I haven't had anything since, but I have promised myself a little glass of wine with my Christmas dinner as a little treat.

In fact I told my midwife that I planned to do this and she seemed ok, actually said it was fine to do that.

 

[PixieKitty]

I had a half-pint of Guinness when I went out, which I'm told has lots of iron so can't say I feel too guilty about it. Not about to go out and get hammered like, that's just stupid in my opinion. Haven't had a drink since as I've just not felt the need... plus I get terrible heartburn and alcohol doesn't exactly help that.

 

[mrscookie]

when I first found out I was pregnant I didn't touch a drop of alcohol, but after the sickness was over I had a double bacardi, and I really enjoyed it, I felt very relaxed after. I don't think an occasional drink will hurt the baby, as long as you don't get to the point of being drunk, just one glass occasionally, I reakon helps pregnancy along, I intend having 1 bacardi christmas eve, christmas day and new years day. I have been looking into mulled wines, anyone know if there is any alcohol in that stuff?

a double rum? wow thats quite a bit. Please be careful babe, its so not good. It cant possibly help the pregnancy along. Think of how tiny your baby is, and how its tiny liver has to cope with the booze you drink. I would prob just have one drink at christmas, not all 3 days.
x

Um, I know you only meant well, but I should say this before someone else gets a panic attack reading your comment: the fetus' liver alone doesn't metabolize the alcohol ingested.

No offence, but from what I have researched the fetus doesn't process all the alcohol, very small amounts get passed through the placenta, is there really any solid evidence that drinking *in moderation* is bad for the baby, no just lots of scare mongering. If you are an out and out alchoholic yes it would be totally irrisponsible to drink whilst carrying a child. I just think there is too much of a nanny state looking down dictating what we can and can't do, my nan drunk occasionally a stout and my mum drank a pint of beer now and again, and we both turned out fine. Yes drinking on a regular basis isn't good, but special occasions just one unit, what harm can that do. I don't intend to have a double again, just one unit over Christmas.

my opinion love this was always going to be one of those kinds of threads. Everyone can do as they please, all I know is if anything were to happen to my baby because I decided that one unit wouldnt hurt, i would never ever forgive myself. My midwife said from day one that although one unit is ok, she would not reccomend having any. So on her advice, I have refrained.

 

[lillysmum]

i drink very rarely anyway, my last drink was at new year so it was easy not drinking during pregnancy - in fact its a great excuse for not wanting to drink without people forcing the drink down your throat saying "its okay one won't hurt" as you know they wouldn't do that to a pregnant person but they don't mind doing it to someone who is driving or just says no.

 

[sami_86]

i've had about six drinks since being pregant but havent been drunk jst a couple. i felt guilty thou i must admit!

 

[lyndsey3010]

I'll admit to the odd glass of wine. i had nothing for the first 12 weeks and was really good with the don't eat this list. I have gradually become more relaxed, for my birthday dinner I had scallops, crayfish, prawns, cheesecake and a glass of wine! I'm certainly not going over board but I do believe that everything is ok in moderation.

I'm almost 21 weeks and would guess at having had a total of about 6 glasses of wine. had my scan yesterday and baby is healthy so thats the important thing.

 

[mama2b]

As soon as I discovered I was pregnant I stopped drinking but feel so guilty as before I did a test I had been out on several nights out drinking & smoking.

Since then I haven't touched a drop, im not a big drinker anyway I usually only have wine etc with sole intention of getting drunk on nights out so ive never been one for a glass with meals or to help me unwind etc. So luckily I haven't been tempted.

 

[Happy]

I've had around 2 very small glasses of wine in 23 weeks, my m/w said it was fine to have a unit a week but I dont really fancy it. Everyone has different opinions on this topic. My new drink is non alcoholic rose from asda it just tastes like grape juice but feels a bit more sociable than drinking squash or diet coke.

 

[Shifter]

I'll admit to the odd glass of wine. i had nothing for the first 12 weeks and was really good with the don't eat this list. I have gradually become more relaxed, for my birthday dinner I had scallops, crayfish, prawns, cheesecake and a glass of wine! I'm certainly not going over board but I do believe that everything is ok in moderation.

I'm almost 21 weeks and would guess at having had a total of about 6 glasses of wine. had my scan yesterday and baby is healthy so thats the important thing.

That's great, but there are limits on what can be picked up at the anomaly scan. I'm sure everything really is fine though.