Wine based sauces while pregnant or ttc?

[Anonymous]

Can you eat foods with wine based sauces when you are ttc or pregnant? For example fish with a white wine and butter sauce or pasta with tomato and red wine in the sauce? My DH is saying I shouldn't...what do you all do)

[Anonymous]

Not a problem. Unless you're drinking a pint of sauce, the amount of alcohol is really low, and it may even cook off. But even if it doesn't it's still low.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I did. Even fruits and fruit juices have a little alcohol in them, thanks to normal and natural fermentation. There's no way to completely avoid it.

Not only that, but there was a HUGE study that showed a little alcohol here and there had better outcomes for both mom and baby than abstaining.

[Anonymous]

You can eat or drink whatever you want until you test positive! You might not want to get X-rays or CT scans or scoop the litter box those two weeks, but otherwise drink up!

[Anonymous]

Absolutely.

And read Expecting Better by Emily Oster for real, statistical information about what to do and what to avoid.

[Anonymous]

Get a grip people!!

[Anonymous]

My lord. Tell your husband to fly a kite. Then eat your pasta, with sauce, in peace

[Anonymous]

Be prepared for a micromanaging spouse during pregnancy, OP. The things you listed are fine.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, your DH is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

You're fine. The alcohol evaporates when heated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're fine. The alcohol evaporates when heated.

It actually doesn't. But it's still fine to eat a little alcohol in sauces, etc when you are pregnant.

Let's not forget your liver does a great job of filtering out small amounts of alcohol, OP. That's all you'd be consuming in a sauce, anyway.

Your DH needs a chill pill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're fine. The alcohol evaporates when heated.

Yup.

And the sauces you mention have such a low diluted amount of alcohol anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're fine. The alcohol evaporates when heated.

It actually doesn't. But it's still fine to eat a little alcohol in sauces, etc when you are pregnant.

Let's not forget your liver does a great job of filtering out small amounts of alcohol, OP. That's all you'd be consuming in a sauce, anyway.

Your DH needs a chill pill.

Most of it does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're fine. The alcohol evaporates when heated.

It actually doesn't. But it's still fine to eat a little alcohol in sauces, etc when you are pregnant.

Let's not forget your liver does a great job of filtering out small amounts of alcohol, OP. That's all you'd be consuming in a sauce, anyway.

Your DH needs a chill pill.

Most of it does.

Yes, it evaporates.

[Anonymous]

It's totally fine. And, I say this out of experience, OP: nip that husband body policing in the bud ASAP. It sounds like you are not pregnant yet, and once you are, it will only get worse.