WDYT A glass of wine while pregnant?

I had the occasional glass with both my pgs. With DS I didn't know I was pg until 7 weeks & had a couple big sessions. I also had my wisdom teeth out under general anaesthetic. He seems fine.

I'd go for it. It's your birthday! Make the glass stretch through the night and have regular sips of water too.

I am a beer lover. My husband is also a beer lover.. So I have sips of his beer more than once a week.
With DS1 I had a massive craving for red wine. One night we had some friends over for dinner and they were all drinking red and I couldn't bear it any longer.. I got DH to pour me a small glass, I drank about half of it and never felt like it again!

Hope you have a great birthday :)

I forgot to say.. I also got smashed before I realized I was UTD.. 6 beers and half a bottle of red later I was wondering why I was throwing up... Hmmmm.. Found out a few days later I was pregnant! Oops! My DS is just perfect ;)

I had a few glasses (one on each occasion) of champagne over the course of my pregnancy, only if it was Moet or Bollinger though! ;)

With the getting blind then finding out youre pregnant thing, it is so, so, so common, I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that in the first trimester the embryo is basically self contained and self sufficient, it feeds off the yolk sac until the placenta grows and kicks in (takes over) at around 10-12 weeks...which is why there isn't too many stories of women with FAS babies because they got smashed once before they knew.

It's a personal decision hun, like evryone has said, its up to you xoxo

I didn't drink when i was pregnant, and was disappointed to find after bub was born that my taste for alcohol had changed and i could barely get through a few sips.

If you have a drink for your birthday, i hope it is a lovely drop!

It is your choice but I would not do it - it is only nine months (less now).

I think most people are aware of the dangers and risks, and like with everything only you can make the decision YOU feel comfortable with. For some people that is a few beers over summer in later pregnancy, for others it might be a half glass of wine with a meal all the way through and for some it is abstinence the whole pregnancy. I know the risks have been looked at more closely in recent years but I know in some cultures it is almost recommended to have a wee glass of wine throughout! Only you can decide what you feel comfortable with. FWIW I had the occasional half glass of red in the third trimester but didn't really feel like drinking and was absolutely hammered at my DH's 30th and had no idea I was pg with Izzy!! Hope you have a wonderful time!

if your comfertable then do it.

I had a half bubbly half OJ at breaky on christams day with my parents then a glass of red at lunch when i was pregnant. Mind you. DH's father refused to allow his daughter (DH's sister) to have any alcohol when she was pregenat both times however he was the one encouraging me to have a glass at christmas and continued topping it up - so I really had to watch what I was drinking.:rolleyes:

I would...I had a glass of wine quite a few times during all my pregnancies. Also used to love shandies...i'd have a bottle of beer and spread it over a few hourse with lemonade. You can get low alcohol Bubbles now whiich are really yummy...your choice but if it was me i'd do it :D

I had the occasional glass of wine or champers after my first trimester with both my boys. I actually asked my Ob when pg with DS1 what she thought and her words were "there's no evidence to suggest an occassional glass causes any harm to the baby, but no evidence to suggest it doesn't either. I think a glass every now and then is ok - just use your commonsense". Her words exactly.

I think be guided by how YOU feel about it. If you're going to enjoy your glass for your birthday guilt-free, then do it. But if you'll beat yourself up then there's no point.
If it were me, I'd have a glass to celebrate my birthday ... but that's me :)

My mum was actually told by her dr to drink a stout a week with me to keep iron and vit b levels up! I also had a night on the tequila spammers before I found out i was pregnant, but when I found out I was worried sick about if it'd effected her or not.

I know others that have been told to have a glass of wine (after 1st tri) to relax as stress was more likely to hurt bub than a little bit of alcohol was. Personally I didn't drink any tho until after she was due, and even then I only had 1 midstrength beer.

I'm not a big drinker anyway, but I didn't have any alcohol during the two pg. I'm just too paranoid, if anything went wrong I'd be beating myself up about it. I've heard however that the reason why there isn't any damage done very early on is that the alcohol cannot get to the baby until the placenta is well formed???? So if you've been drinking like a fish and you've just found out you're pg, it's ok. Don't know how true it is though :dunno:

my doc said if you were a drinker before hand, its probably not best to give it up all together, one or two a week..

i was absolutly smashed on boxing day last year then i found out a few days later i was pregnant! i had a couple of beers in the first trimester, i havent really had a beer since, mainly cuz i dont feel like it.. just a sip of dh's here and there.. i could really go a nice little baileys though ;)

I once read that if you had five units of alcohol, FIVE TIMES per week you had a 20% chance of having a baby with foetal alcohol syndrome. That's a lot of alcohol for a 20% risk.

Not so long ago, a friend of mine was told that up to three units per night was fine.

Personally, I think the current thinking of NO alcohol is safe is way over the top. They just can't determine a 'safe' level therefore say no alcohol to cover themselves.

So I drank throughout both my pregnancies. Approx two to three units per week and never more than one unit in one go.

IMO one glass of wine is more than fine.

I don't drink when I'm pregnant. Like anything, if you're comfortable that's all that matters. Enjoy your birthday!

I had a few drinkies throughout my pg. Never had more than 2 each time. But like the others said, it's whatever you feel comfortable with

I think the odd drink here & there would be totally fine. My ob told me not more than 1 drink per day (!!). I only ever had a light beer here & there or a wine with food so go on & enjoy your bday if the mood takes you. Esp if taken with food the effect must almost be neglible.... You know what your comfortable doing.......x

I had prolly 6-8 light beers throughout my pregnancy, no more than one a day though.
I also drank 1/2 glass champagne the day after DS was born and I was BFing (it was to wash down the soft blue cheese that I was eating LOL)