Did anyone else drink a small amount while pregnant?

[Anonymous]

Yes, but not to excess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I dont drink normally and definitely wouldnt risk anything while pregnant. Why did you?

Seems like maybe this question wasn’t for you then.

Who are you to judge when it is appropriate for someone to post. You comment was unnecessary since you are not the op.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope, followed medical advice. In this day and age why on earth are people purposefully going against medical advice? In the past year we’ve clearly seen what happens when people do that.

You realize the medical advice is different all over the world yes? My dad is European. The guidance in his home country is very different than here. Am I allowed to follow that guidance when I'm visiting family? Or do American rules follow me everywhere?

Personally, I have about ten glasses of wine total throughout my second and third trimesters, with food. My kids are both advanced.

The science shoes absolutely no risks for small, occasional consumption. But telling women that is too complicated, so the CDC has a blanket recommendation of no alcohol.

You realize we’re not in Europe? And if what you say holds, Fauci is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No but don't drink caffeine.

Small amounts of caffeine are fine. My doctor encouraged me to drink caffeinated soda to treat occasional headaches because my migraine medication was not safe for pregnancy. I wouldn’t drink a fully caffeinated coffee every day, but a lower dose of caffeine now and then is totally ok.

Recently associated with adhd.

[Anonymous]

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/24/641618937/no-amount-of-alcohol-is-good-for-your-health-global-study-claims

From NPR, a trusted source.

Ethanol is a toxin. Period.

[Anonymous]

I did. Up to a glass of wine or beer. The kid is fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope, followed medical advice. In this day and age why on earth are people purposefully going against medical advice? In the past year we’ve clearly seen what happens when people do that.

You realize the medical advice is different all over the world yes? My dad is European. The guidance in his home country is very different than here. Am I allowed to follow that guidance when I'm visiting family? Or do American rules follow me everywhere?

Personally, I have about ten glasses of wine total throughout my second and third trimesters, with food. My kids are both advanced.

The science shoes absolutely no risks for small, occasional consumption. But telling women that is too complicated, so the CDC has a blanket recommendation of no alcohol.

People here in the US aren’t nuanced enough and need blanket recommendations and always “guarantees”. I am seeing this problem now with masks. They can’t take the nuanced recs so are told to wear masks even outside and spread out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t drink during my pregnancies. If you think pregnancy is hard, brace yourself for parenting.

I basically gave up wine in my late 20s when the breast cancer link was noted. Between cancer and arsenic, it was easy to ditch wine. Now I only drink high quality imports on very special occasions.

You know that what you invest goes to the baby. If you’re cool with wine, okay...you do you. But don’t you think it’s weird to obsess over other things you’ll eat or drink then? Seems weird to be cool with wine imho.

I bet you're fun at parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope, followed medical advice. In this day and age why on earth are people purposefully going against medical advice? In the past year we’ve clearly seen what happens when people do that.

You realize the medical advice is different all over the world yes? My dad is European. The guidance in his home country is very different than here. Am I allowed to follow that guidance when I'm visiting family? Or do American rules follow me everywhere?

Personally, I have about ten glasses of wine total throughout my second and third trimesters, with food. My kids are both advanced.

The science shoes absolutely no risks for small, occasional consumption. But telling women that is too complicated, so the CDC has a blanket recommendation of no alcohol.

You realize we’re not in Europe? And if what you say holds, Fauci is an idiot.

What? Do they laws of physics change when you're in a different country? Do women in Europe have different reproductive systems? You are proving my point. If I travel to Europe when pregnant, whose guidance do I follow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t drink during my pregnancies. If you think pregnancy is hard, brace yourself for parenting.

I basically gave up wine in my late 20s when the breast cancer link was noted. Between cancer and arsenic, it was easy to ditch wine. Now I only drink high quality imports on very special occasions.

You know that what you invest goes to the baby. If you’re cool with wine, okay...you do you. But don’t you think it’s weird to obsess over other things you’ll eat or drink then? Seems weird to be cool with wine imho.

I bet you're fun at parties.

DCUM is full of nutjobs who are convinced everyone is an alcoholic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No but don't drink caffeine.

Small amounts of caffeine are fine. My doctor encouraged me to drink caffeinated soda to treat occasional headaches because my migraine medication was not safe for pregnancy. I wouldn’t drink a fully caffeinated coffee every day, but a lower dose of caffeine now and then is totally ok.

Recently associated with adhd.

Only one study has shown a correlation and it involved extreme levels of caffeine intake (multiple highly caffeinated drinks a day), and even that one was correlative, not causation.

There is zero evidence that small amounts of caffeine during pregnancy will have any affect on children whatsoever. Many women find that caffeinated beverages helps them modulate stress and tiredness during pregnancy, or as in several PP's examples, control issues like migraines. Why would we tell pregnant women not to take a substance that could lower their stress, help them maintain energy, and possibly even avoid taking other, potentially harmful, medications? Especially when there is no evidence that the substance negatively affects children except potentially at very high intake levels? Why is that a trade-off people think makes any sense at all?

I am so tired of people treating pregnant women like children who can't make their own choices. I drank alcohol and caffeine in small amounts throughout my pregnancy, with the blessing of my doctor, and feel zero guilt about either. And have a healthy, happy child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had about a 1/3 glass of wine (sipped very slowly, with food) on about five occasions over the first and second trimester. I’m about halfway now. How guilty should I feel about this?

Hey OP! If you had 1/3 glass of wine on 5 occasions during the first and second trimester then I think you should be fine (mind you I’m not a doctor). My understanding, from reading Emily Oster at least (I was really craving sushi lol and some PPs recommended her book), is that in the first trimester one glass of wine a week is fine and then in the second/third trimester, one glass a day is fine. She’s not a doctor either so I would take her recommendations with a grain of salt, but what you drank is way below that. By any chance did you drink more than once a week in your first trimester? Like were any of those five times back to back during the first trimester? If not I don’t think you should worry at all. Either way the amount you drank seems minuscule so don’t waste your time worrying about this. My understanding is the guidelines say that no amount of alcohol is safe because it is difficult for them to know where to draw the line. By the way I’m Muslim and I’ve never had alcohol in my life, so I’m not saying this because I drank during pregnancy. It’s just that I really do think that the amount you drank will have no negative effect but obviously ask your OB to see what he/she thinks.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely. Totally normal outside of the US.

[Anonymous]

I haven't drank at all during pregnancy but everything I have read on the topic supports that it is safe to have small amounts later in pregnancy. The main reason why I am not is that I don't want a half glass or small glass of wine, I want 2 huge glasses of red wine. And that we can't have pregnant I definitely drink caffeine though, usually a half caf latte in the AM and green tea in the afternoon. 200 mg of caffeine per day is fine.

[Anonymous]

No way would I risk it.