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Anonymous
And the point is... |
Anonymous
I'm not the PP who wrote about the discharge report, but I think the point is, drinking while pregnant can cause problems for your baby. So, why risk it? Your baby could live up to 80+ years, and if he/she ever ends up having learning problems or health problems, you will always have to wonder if it's tied back to drinking while pregnant. So, don't drink while pregnant. |
Anonymous
No, I'm not being sarcastic. Alcohol lowers your glucose levels. Please get educated before you talk about things you are obviously clueless about. |
Anonymous
The point of this is that studies are flawed, because if they use her discharge data, given there is no 'dosage' amount for the alcohol consumed, it will show that there was a correlation between 1 drink and her having a preemie, which is ridiculous. This is all about study design... |
Anonymous
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I can't believe this thread. I didn't drink while pregnant. Why take the risk? (Like I said a few posts before.)
Will someone else speak up who didn't drink while pregnant? Seriously, you guys might be giving people that are pregnant the wrong impression. Women should not be drinking while pregnant, it could cause serious problems for the baby. |
Anonymous
OP of the food rebel thread here---this is such a great thread! I'm only 14 weeks but I'm thinking that once I get to my 16 week -find -out-what -the-kid-is sonogram, I'm having a celebratory glass of prosecco. In celebration of July 4th, I think I'm going to belly up to the sushi bar...ha, ha! Enjoy the 4th! |
Anonymous
This thread is not for you, hence the title. |
Anonymous
Agree with PP -- this thread was not intended for you. My OB said that drinking a half glass of wine every once in a while is just fine. Why do you think you know better than my doctor? Especially when the studies on alcohol are all based on heavy drinking, not very light drinking? My OB actually recommends a glass of wine for sleep as being less "druggy" for baby than taking benadryl, which gives me anxiety and palpitations. So, concerned poster, if you're so worried about very light alcohol drinking, I hope you also do not even so much as take a tylenol during pregnancy because NOTHING has been proven safe, empiracally, during pregnancy, and only the same observation-based studies are available. Nobody has demonstrated a credible link between tylenol and fetal harm based on observation; likewise, nobody has ever demonstrated a credible link between very light drinking and fetal harm based on the same type of observation. And before you start trotting out fetal alcohol syndrome or problems "we don't yet know about" please, again, make sure you're not taking any drugs whatsoever, even those your doctor has approved of. Because my doc has approved very light alcohol consumption as possibly being beneficial for relaxation and sleep in my case. So judge elsewhere, please! |
Anonymous
10:15 -- The thing is, it's not that I have to drink, it's not that 9 months is too long to go without, it's just that I don't believe that this harms my baby. If I don't believe it, I'm going to do what I do, which is living my life in a way that is true to myself and nurtures my baby. If that life involves an occasional glass of wine, and some sushi, then that's my life. My decision that this is not harmful to the my child. You *do* believe it, so you're not going to do it. That's your life, your decision. You're not going to convince me based on "why take the risk?" Because I don't believe there *is* a risk. |
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I had maybe half a glass of wine 3x during pregnancy, and only b/c I was in Italy. I was cautious about food (no sushi), but wasn't militant about "no deli meats," or other more conservative food prohibitions (just heated up my deli sandwich). But I do find something weird about a pregnant woman feeling a buzz from a drink and then stopping at that point. I am of the mind that it's not worth it, sizeable risk or not.
Go for it if you want to drink, but I personally think drinking while pregnant every day, or multiple times a week, is a crazy risk, no matter if it's 1 glass, or if you say "no studies prove a problem." It's still a risk! We obviously all have different risk tolerances, but this group justification mindset is really funny to me. I had to take antibiotics while pregnant as a last course of treatment, and that petrified me. Just another reason why I would never knowingly get a buzz, or even drinking moderately while pregnant. I am not saying antibiotics and alcohol are the same, but that my thinking while pregnant was "what can I do to make her healthier?," not "what can I get away with doing?" As this and similar threads have shown, you either are one mindset or the other, so the ongoing discussions are really pointless. I am not trying to persuade anyone of my view, but that's my opinion FWIW. |
Anonymous
Yeah, I'm not here to persuade anyone.  Enjoying a really cold glass of chardonnay on a day like today just takes the cake! Hope everyone has a happy fourth!
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Anonymous
| I was actually told by my OB to have a half-glass of wine with dinner during the third trimester, as a muscle relaxent. I was having a lot of mild preterm contractions, and OB said a little wine was safer than the alternatives: major medication or a premie. |
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I did not drink at all once I found out I was pregnant, in the two weeks before I knew I had a glass of wine one day and another day a glass of sangria.
Either way, I just didn't feel comfortable doing it once I knew so I didn't. (Not a big drinker anyway). But my mom did drink a bit with my siblings (we were born in the 1970s and people didn't know as much). She didn't drink a lot, but she definitely had a couple vodka drinks and some margaritas with each one of us. My brother is actually, and I'm being literal here, a genius, and a great guy. Me, I have some advanced grad degrees but I am no genius! But I am healthy and happy and well adjusted. My point is, IMO I didn't drink because we know now and it just didn't intuitively feel right, but I think it's silly that some people on this thread are berating other women for having a little bit. |
Anonymous
No offense but I don't get you. You've had as much to drink in your pregancy as I have in mine (half glass of wine three times) and you're talking about how drinking is "still a risk." How is it that someone who drinks once a month is taking a bigger risk than we are, with our once a trimester drinking? Shouldn't your "it's still a risk" include your own behavior? I wouldn't judge you for your three drinks, but I also wouldn't say you're so much better off than someone who drank once a month or once a week. The point is, neither party is drinking wildly. Yes, drinking until one feels buzzed seems like something I would want to steer clear of, but otherwise, light drinking (not the kind of drinking that leads to drunkenness) hasn't been shown to cause harm. |
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I think both sides have to let it go at this point. There are usually threads for all kinds of opinions (the great thing about this forum) and this thread happens to be in support of other women who are pregnant and drinking. I'm not really interested in reading arguments for or against in this thread because well, I'd rather just hear from other ladies that they're enjoying their wine or beer and let's call it good!
So on that note, anyone have a great summer wine they want to recommend? I'm always in the mood to try something new. |