Did anyone else drink a small amount while pregnant?

[Anonymous]

I had one drink a week after the first trimester with all 3 kids. (Only limit on drink was not a stiff cocktail; but in reality I almost always had one flute of champagne or one IPA, because those were the things I missed.) I read all the studies linked to Expecting Better and felt totally comfortable. I looked forward to my drink and it made me feel less deprived. I also ate sushi and salami & prosciutto and drank one cup of coffee a day based on the book; I avoided all unpasteurized dairy and all queso fresco whatever it claimed about pasteurization.

The fact that no drinking is the correct public health messaging strategy (it is) does not mean that extremely light drinking poses any actual hazard.