Wine ?

[Anonymous]

A glass a few times a week in last 5 wks of pregnancy ?? Doc says no...but he is sooooooooooo conservative. I am uptight and need to relax but am afraid of the very little known about Alcohol Fetal Sydrome.

[Anonymous]

Ok, alot of women will say no, don't risk it. With 5 weeks to go the baby is pretty much developed so I can't imagine it's face morphing into a fetal alchohol syndrome baby over 5 weeks. Do what you feel ok doing, women in France drink red wine through out their pregnancies, women in England drink dark beer. I had a glass of wine every 5 or 6 days that I would sip and not finish. You aren't pounding a jug of vodka - but be careful, don't drink the entire bottle of wine in one sitting.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the prior poster.

[Anonymous]

Go for it ......... obviously in moderation. (e.g. one glass per night you decide to)

[Anonymous]

Sip slowly and make sure to have your wine with some food!

[Anonymous]

All the studies on fetal alcohol syndrome are based on excessive drinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the studies on fetal alcohol syndrome are based on excessive drinking.

I agree she should go for it, in moderation, but FAS is not the only concern. The problem is that we don't know what the effects of moderate drinking are. I do it, in moderation, but I do it knowing we don't know for sure.