Did anyone else drink a small amount while pregnant?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: I love how the ladies fiercely defending their drinking during pregnancy-despite the risks- all claim to drink 'lightly'. Sure Jan!

You mean, on a post that specifically asks about drinking lightly, you’re surprised that the responses are focused on the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that drinking lightly is harmful? I imagine the world is a confusing place for you.

Since you HAVE to drink during your pregnancy, your meter of 'drinking lightly' is probably off.

...except the OP defined her terms in her post. 1/3 of a glass of wine, on five occasions. That’s “lightly” by any standard. You are saying either you didn’t read the first post before plunging in with your judgment boner, or, you think the OP is lying in which case why did you bother responding?

I think most if not all of the drinking pregnant folks in this thread 'think' they drink 'lightly'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are all those FASD kids from the 50s and 60s?

Everybody's parents drank in those days. I was born in the 60s. Nobody worried about this.

My grandmother drank throughout her pregnancies. My mom has a PhD from Johns Hopkins. If light to moderate alcohol use caused the types of issues people here are suggesting we would have seen evidence in an entire generation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how the ladies fiercely defending their drinking during pregnancy-despite the risks- all claim to drink 'lightly'. Sure Jan!

You mean, on a post that specifically asks about drinking lightly, you’re surprised that the responses are focused on the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that drinking lightly is harmful? I imagine the world is a confusing place for you.

Since you HAVE to drink during your pregnancy, your meter of 'drinking lightly' is probably off.

...except the OP defined her terms in her post. 1/3 of a glass of wine, on five occasions. That’s “lightly” by any standard. You are saying either you didn’t read the first post before plunging in with your judgment boner, or, you think the OP is lying in which case why did you bother responding?

I think most if not all of the drinking pregnant folks in this thread 'think' they drink 'lightly'.

Why do you assume every woman here is such an idiot they don't understand what lightly means? DCUM is made up of primarily well educated and successful individuals. I think you have some internalized misogyny you should examine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how the ladies fiercely defending their drinking during pregnancy-despite the risks- all claim to drink 'lightly'. Sure Jan!

You mean, on a post that specifically asks about drinking lightly, you’re surprised that the responses are focused on the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that drinking lightly is harmful? I imagine the world is a confusing place for you.

Since you HAVE to drink during your pregnancy, your meter of 'drinking lightly' is probably off.

...except the OP defined her terms in her post. 1/3 of a glass of wine, on five occasions. That’s “lightly” by any standard. You are saying either you didn’t read the first post before plunging in with your judgment boner, or, you think the OP is lying in which case why did you bother responding?

I think most if not all of the drinking pregnant folks in this thread 'think' they drink 'lightly'.

Why do you assume every woman here is such an idiot they don't understand what lightly means? DCUM is made up of primarily well educated and successful individuals. I think you have some internalized misogyny you should examine.

Or regular misogyny. Men are plentiful on threads when policing women’s behavior is encouraged.

And I’m the poster who planned to drink the occasional glass of wine and couldn’t because of taste aversion. So I am confident in my ability to assess my drinking, thank you for your concern.

[Anonymous]

No. I wasn't wiling to take a slightest chance on the health of my one and only child. No friggin' way. Fast forward 5 years, and I'm enjoying my mommy juice with the best of them.

OP, just don't. If you are not an alcoholic (which would be another ball of wax), you can survive 9 months without alcohol! So unless you're having some spare children, don't risk it, it's not worth it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: I love how the ladies fiercely defending their drinking during pregnancy-despite the risks- all claim to drink 'lightly'. Sure Jan!

So you’ve erroneously decided that they’re liars and are drinking heavily, based on...nothing. Got it.

They sure are super defensive about it and they all say they 'drink lightly'-yup OK, I'm sure it's 'lightly' No denial or anything.

You are a perfect example of what the PP was talking about with the shame game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I wasn't wiling to take a slightest chance on the health of my one and only child. No friggin' way. Fast forward 5 years, and I'm enjoying my mommy juice with the best of them.

OP, just don't. If you are not an alcoholic (which would be another ball of wax), you can survive 9 months without alcohol! So unless you're having some spare children, don't risk it, it's not worth it.

Wow, shaming OP for drinking *a tiny amount of alcohol that has never been shown to harm anyone* but then referring to alcohol as "mommy juice". Just...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how the ladies fiercely defending their drinking during pregnancy-despite the risks- all claim to drink 'lightly'. Sure Jan!

You mean, on a post that specifically asks about drinking lightly, you’re surprised that the responses are focused on the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that drinking lightly is harmful? I imagine the world is a confusing place for you.

Since you HAVE to drink during your pregnancy, your meter of 'drinking lightly' is probably off.

...except the OP defined her terms in her post. 1/3 of a glass of wine, on five occasions. That’s “lightly” by any standard. You are saying either you didn’t read the first post before plunging in with your judgment boner, or, you think the OP is lying in which case why did you bother responding?

I think most if not all of the drinking pregnant folks in this thread 'think' they drink 'lightly'.

I'm one of the women. I never had more than one glass of wine at a time, and never drank more than once in one week. I would have a glass if we went out to dinner at a restaurant after about 20 weeks, mostly because I was sick as a dog until that point (maybe once every 2-4 weeks), and have sips of my husbands drink if we went to a party or something. I also had the champagne toast at a few weddings (I had three pregnancies).

Do you believe that the above is not accurately described as 'light' drinking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I wasn't wiling to take a slightest chance on the health of my one and only child. No friggin' way. Fast forward 5 years, and I'm enjoying my mommy juice with the best of them.

OP, just don't. If you are not an alcoholic (which would be another ball of wax), you can survive 9 months without alcohol! So unless you're having some spare children, don't risk it, it's not worth it.

Yikes. This sounds like you’re an alcoholic. Growing up with an alcoholic mom is the worst. Your poor kid. Get help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. I wasn't wiling to take a slightest chance on the health of my one and only child. No friggin' way. Fast forward 5 years, and I'm enjoying my mommy juice with the best of them.

OP, just don't. If you are not an alcoholic (which would be another ball of wax), you can survive 9 months without alcohol! So unless you're having some spare children, don't risk it, it's not worth it.

Yikes. This sounds like you’re an alcoholic. Growing up with an alcoholic mom is the worst. Your poor kid. Get help.

I drank LIGHTLY (I am a competent adult and know what that means) during pregnancy and don't drink now that I have kids because I'm...taking care of kids. It's much more dangerous to be tanked on mommy juice while caring for a toddler than have one glass of wine with a meal at 35 weeks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how the ladies fiercely defending their drinking during pregnancy-despite the risks- all claim to drink 'lightly'. Sure Jan!

You mean, on a post that specifically asks about drinking lightly, you’re surprised that the responses are focused on the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that drinking lightly is harmful? I imagine the world is a confusing place for you.

Since you HAVE to drink during your pregnancy, your meter of 'drinking lightly' is probably off.

...except the OP defined her terms in her post. 1/3 of a glass of wine, on five occasions. That’s “lightly” by any standard. You are saying either you didn’t read the first post before plunging in with your judgment boner, or, you think the OP is lying in which case why did you bother responding?

I think most if not all of the drinking pregnant folks in this thread 'think' they drink 'lightly'.

Why do you assume every woman here is such an idiot they don't understand what lightly means? DCUM is made up of primarily well educated and successful individuals. I think you have some internalized misogyny you should examine. [/quote

Wow. Check your privilege. Just because you are so well educated and successful, doesn't mean you are immune to addiction and denial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't, but my sister did with my nephew (her second). [Well, actually, I think it's possible I had a sip of DH's wine in my 3rd trimester with DC2.]

Nephew is much mellower than his older sister, which my sister attributes to her having a cocktail every once in a while in her 2nd and 3rd trimesters with him. I personally find the idea that she thinks the alcohol affected him in any way terrifying, but we're different people. What is definitely true is that he's a flat out genius. Obvious from talking to him, and he's also been tested.

Make of that what you will.

Do you think it relaxed her which in turn lowered the stress the baby felt? I had a very stressful time my first pregnancy and my doctor strongly advised I figure out ways to reduce it. The one time I had a drink it made me physically ill though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how the ladies fiercely defending their drinking during pregnancy-despite the risks- all claim to drink 'lightly'. Sure Jan!

You mean, on a post that specifically asks about drinking lightly, you’re surprised that the responses are focused on the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that drinking lightly is harmful? I imagine the world is a confusing place for you.

Since you HAVE to drink during your pregnancy, your meter of 'drinking lightly' is probably off.

...except the OP defined her terms in her post. 1/3 of a glass of wine, on five occasions. That’s “lightly” by any standard. You are saying either you didn’t read the first post before plunging in with your judgment boner, or, you think the OP is lying in which case why did you bother responding?

I think most if not all of the drinking pregnant folks in this thread 'think' they drink 'lightly'.

Why do you assume every woman here is such an idiot they don't understand what lightly means? DCUM is made up of primarily well educated and successful individuals. I think you have some internalized misogyny you should examine. [/quote

Wow. Check your privilege. Just because you are so well educated and successful, doesn't mean you are immune to addiction and denial.

You are a troll.

[Anonymous]

I agree that some people are very liberal in their definition of “lightly.” OP’s 1/3 glass of wine on 5 occasions would definitely fall under the definition of lightly, so I’m not sure what the big deal is. The post is about OP’s specific situation and unless OP is lying to us, her baby should be fine. Honestly I have more of a problem with so called wine moms who drink every day to cope with parenting than a mother who occasionally has a glass of wine while pregnant. The wine moms have a dependency issue while the occasional drinker clearly does not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love how the ladies fiercely defending their drinking during pregnancy-despite the risks- all claim to drink 'lightly'. Sure Jan!

You mean, on a post that specifically asks about drinking lightly, you’re surprised that the responses are focused on the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that drinking lightly is harmful? I imagine the world is a confusing place for you.

Since you HAVE to drink during your pregnancy, your meter of 'drinking lightly' is probably off.

...except the OP defined her terms in her post. 1/3 of a glass of wine, on five occasions. That’s “lightly” by any standard. You are saying either you didn’t read the first post before plunging in with your judgment boner, or, you think the OP is lying in which case why did you bother responding?

I think most if not all of the drinking pregnant folks in this thread 'think' they drink 'lightly'.

Why do you assume every woman here is such an idiot they don't understand what lightly means? DCUM is made up of primarily well educated and successful individuals. I think you have some internalized misogyny you should examine. [/quote

Wow. Check your privilege. Just because you are so well educated and successful, doesn't mean you are immune to addiction and denial.

You are a troll.

No. But if you are so offended by the possibility of it, means it may be hitting close to home.