Ha!! YES the main culprit for me was this lady at work (who I think actually is an alcoholic, but I'm not 100% sure) and she kept on hassling me and asking why I wouldnt have any alcohol. It didnt help that the culture at work was all about drinking and party. There was a bar across the road and at least once a week most of the office would be over there drinking alcohol paid for on the boss's work credit card. It was so hard to get through to them that NOT HAVING ALCOHOL IS NOT GOING TO HURT MY BABY, but having alcohol could hurt baby... what option am I going to choose??? hmm.... They all thought I was some freak! Luckily they stopped hassling me after a while so that was nice. Its not that I hate hat others drink alcohol when pregnant, its more that people were hassling me and not respecting what I was doing.
karina - i agree. it's not that i think ppl who drink when preg are bad - i respect their choice and would 'expect' the same from them.
wow - where do u work that allows them to drink on bosses c/card. i work at a university so i have to fill in a form if ppl drink alcohol during work hours or alcohol purch by the uni!
oh I agree with so many things that you guys have bought up!
I have been asked three times if this pg was unplanned and it really gets under my bonnet! What business is it of theres?
I hate the alcohol thing. Mostly people do the whole "awww, i bet you miss having alcohol so much..." No, i don't. Because 1. just the smell makes me gag anyway and
2. this baby is depending on me for everything, who am i to chuck alcohol down my throat for my own fun?
I've also had a work collegue (no kids) lecture me about how lucky i am that my job isn't physically draining and that i'm lucky to be in my roll while i'm pregnant, especially since i've had morning sickness i'm able to quietly sit at my desk. Karma is soooo gonna get her in the butt when it's her turn.
And Karina, our work usually have drinks every friday arvo to wind down, and guess who's labeled designated driver now... Ooh you guessed it! :P
You could just tell them that you had a glass of wine the other night and it gave you a headache (which is true in my case) so you'd rather avoid it Sometimes you need to give people a valid reason in their eyes
Also people saying "Oh you HAVE to have more than one - it needs something to play with! And they MUST be close together or it'll be too strange for the first one!"
I'm sorry but I cannot justify having another child JUST so the first one has something to play with! At the moment we have a teeny tiny house and it absolutley will not under any circumstances hold more than one child :-)
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Sometimes you need to give people a valid reason in their eyes 
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