for the bulk of my pregnancy with DD, i had a similar mindset to what Gigi had - i'd worked so hard and suffered so much to get pregnant with her, i was petrified of doing anything "wrong" that could put her at any sort of risk. i believed (and still do) that it would be my only pregnancy taken to term, so i wanted to make sure i did everything right. i couldn't learn from my mistakes this time and do it better/right next time. so yes, i was probably OTT cautious. as well as cutting alcohol, i cut out coke (which i was told to have one can daily in my teens as migraine preventative - by a neurologist! - was cheaper than the meds i was on, and worked more effectively!). so yes, i was very cautious - and it wasn't age, it wasn't that my pregnancy was any more precious than any other - it simply was the way i felt at the time. just because i felt that way, didn't mean i thought anyone else was wrong - it was just me kwim??

anyway - it was in the last 4 weeks or so that i started to crave beer when DH was home. maybe longer than that - i know i wanted a beer when we got evac'd due to the fires - but the unstoppable craving was around a month before she was born. a wise BB'er (love ya rouge!) told me to just have some - a glass now and again wouldn't hurt - and it was probably better to drink it in a small amount then to end up with a craving so bad i over indulged. so i drank about half a glass every four or five days when DH was having a beer, and got over it pretty quickly!