[Quality]

Do you think it is acceptable to drink in pregnancy?


Personally for me, A glass of wine (spritzer) at an occasion or the odd bottle of beer, I am not talking about every day, but from time to time a drink can be warranted.


I would not drink spirits.

What is everyone elses view on this?

[ntlbell]

As a guy, I would prefer if my OH didn't drink any at all.

Especially early on, i's just not worth the risk and I think it would be a tad selfish, 9 month's is not a long time especially when the safety of your unborn child is concerned enough things can go wrong as it is..

[ASTA20]

Personally no i do not think its acceptable to drink at all in pregnancy regardless of how light the alcohol content its still alcohol .
There are lots of foods and stuff that needs to be avoided in pregnancy so whats one more thing to miss out on .
And as the other poster says enough things can go wrong already ,why add another risk to the list.

also what is the odd drink from time to time ? are we talking once a week ,or month or couple months?

No offence is intended i understand your not drinking large amounts of alcohol ,or alcohol regularly and my post is only my opinion ,opinions difer widely.

[Bottle_of_Smoke]

Id be annoyed if my OH drank during pregnancy, dont see the point in the odd drink.

Id also offer to not drink for the 9mths as some sort of support gesture.

[January]

I drank the night of my birthday, West Coast Cooler and Sprite mixed together. I didn't drink much (I had three small bottles) and I haven't drank since I found out I was pregnant apart from that time.

I wouldn't touch spirits, there's still a bottle of vodka in the fridge from when I found out I was pregnant, hasn't been opened.

I wouldn't expect my boyfriend to give up drink though, just because I have.

[Quality]

I would say I have drank on four occasions in the last 5 months, A btl of beer or a Spritzer. Maximum was two spritzers on one occasion.


My consultant didnt seem to think it was life threatening to the baby. I think it would be a different story if I was drinking heavily or consuming alcohol on a regular basis.

[silja]

I didn't drink, but then, I rarely drink anyways.
I would say the occasional drink is ok (a couple of small glasses of wine or ine spirit); with this I mean once a month or so at a party etc.

[marti101]

Im just wondering out of the women who wouldnt drink during pregnancy how many of you smoke.I think smoking is much worse than someone having a spritzer

[Quality]

I dont smoke.

[marti101]

Originally Posted by Quality

I dont smoke.

o im not aiming at you im talking bout the people who replied to the op i dont smoke either but i did have an occasional drink so long as your not drinking industrial strenght vodka a little drink does no harm

[January]

I don't smoke either

[ntlbell]

Originally Posted by marti101

Im just wondering out of the women who wouldnt drink during pregnancy how many of you smoke.I think smoking is much worse than someone having a spritzer

I'm sure smoking is _worse_ and taken heroin/cocaine is a lot worse than smoking but irrelvant to the thread but why add any sort of risk?

surley not dirnking at all poses _less_ risk than the odd glass of wine...

so why add in any needles risk?

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

why leave the house either, stay inside wrapped in packing material until your husband decides it's safe enough.

[Moonbaby]

Isn't the odd pint of guiness good for all concerned when your preggers?

[ntlbell]

Originally Posted by Princess Innocent Knickers

why leave the house either, stay inside wrapped in packing material until your husband decides it's safe enough.

Sorry, there's adults having a conversation here...

any amount of alcohol especially in the first 12 weeks can cause complications, now considering how hard is to get the unborn past these initial weeks taken a drink is adding undue risk

people generally have to leave the house, they don't have to have a few spritzers...