Hey Pindle

I am 11 weeks and still havn't told anyone at work or most of my friends, lucky for me I have had no morning sickness which has made it easier.

But I have a raft of excuses or tricks

I always order my drinks, but I get things like Half Cranberry Juice/Half Lemonade and if people ask you can say it is a vodka and cranberry, same with vodka lemon lime hold the Vodka.

If you have a function at home or at a friends place, take a bottle of Maison or other Non alcoholic wine (you can always take the label off and say it's a cleanskin) or just pour your own drinks, there are rose's etc as well. If it is a darker place I got away with drinking Coke out of a red wine glass - that was hilarious as a friend asked about 2 hours later what I was drinking and I said coke - he was trying to get out of drinking more (one of our friends was pushing him to drink more) he couldn't tell so went and got himself one!!

I also used excuses of
- I had a migraine yesterday and am not drinking as it will bring on another
- I am on antibiotics (you can spread this out as a double dose (will cover you for a couple of weeks)
- you are driving and just don't take the risk at all with drinking (that got me through DH christmas party)
- I go to the gym and have a personal trainer and I quit alcohol - which is true I cut back and then quit months before we started to TTC - which also gave me an excuse to be very careful about what I eat
- One of my good friends is sooo impressed with how I have been not drinking and my diet is strict - she is proud - poor sweet, when I tell her next weekend!!!
- Also saying you have to get up really early in the morning and even a couple gives you a headache and you have to be on the ball first thing.

So I have made it through Christmas parties, News Years Eve (with a bunch of friends on a week holiday) and brithdays etc, and all while UTD, so it can be done, make it into something fun, and see when you do decide to tell how many people picked up on how sneaky you were for months!!!

Goodluck and wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy with a lot of fun!!

Enjoy

Cheers
Victoria