Anyone else still drinking?

[Anonymous]

I drank pretty often before pregnancy. I get very emotional/stressed while pregnant, way more than usual. I only have 1-1.5 servings of alcohol at a time on a full stomach, not often, but I feel guilty still. I don't tell anyone but my husband. He encourages it because I am pretty high strung and misses having someone to drink with. Negative comments go ahead, I'll ignore. Looking for others who are doing the same.

[Anonymous]

* and he misses having someone to drink with

[Anonymous]

I drank occasionally during three pregnancies. Never to the point of being tipsy, so like 1 glass every week or two. My kids are all just fine.

[Anonymous]

Yes, here and there. I had an ounce of scotch post-anatomy scan, and I've had a glass of wine here or there, once I got into 2nd trimester.

I would 100% not drink b/c my husband was "missing having someone to drink with" and I think it's weird he encourages it. But if you want a glass of wine or whatever, go for it.

[Anonymous]

We have this argument all the time. A bunch of people myself included drank very lightly during pregnancy. Like a white wine spritzer a night (half strength). A bunch of other women think we are insane for taking the risk. Everyone agrees the evidence favors the light drinkers but some people assume some damage is being done despite the evidence.

Now that I’ve summed it up this thread can stretch on to page 14 at least.

[Anonymous]

How often are you drinking? Personally I don’t drink much while not pregnant and almost never drink (1 sip of champagne for my birthday or New Years), but I am sure it’s totally fine if it’s Something that happens once a week or so. If you did that everyday I don’t know.
My OB actually encouraged me drinking wine occasionally to relax. I get stressed out easily and have lots of BH (not sure why).

[Anonymous]

I feel bad that I drank ALOT one night when I was pregnant. It was very early and I didn't even know I was pregnant at the time. I was probably about 3 weeks pregnant. (Once I knew I was pregnant, I didn't drink)

I still feel terrible about this. I have never told anyone but I'm still afraid it is the reason why my son has ADD.

I carry a lot of guilt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad that I drank ALOT one night when I was pregnant. It was very early and I didn't even know I was pregnant at the time. I was probably about 3 weeks pregnant. (Once I knew I was pregnant, I didn't drink)

I still feel terrible about this. I have never told anyone but I'm still afraid it is the reason why my son has ADD.

I carry a lot of guilt.

If you were three weeks pregnant (3 weeks into your nenstrual cycle), then the cells weren’t even drawing from your blood supply yet.

[Anonymous]

OP I think people exaggerate on the alcohol thing, but it's hard to tell if you have an issue. Depending on how big a "serving" is, 1.5 servings a few times a week could be a lot in the 1st tri especially ... and people generally under-estimte how much they drink. If you could say honestly you had 1 white wine spritzer with 2 oz of wine about once a week ... no biggie. But if your "serving" is a giant 6oz glass of wine and you drink 3-4 nights/week ... that is a problem.

I don't like that your DH pressures you either.

I will tell you the truth, which is that I drank lightly (like 2oz of wine 2x/week) and would not do it again if I had another baby. It's a very short period of time, and my general parenting values (now that I have a kid) are to be very discerning and risk averse about my child's health.

[Anonymous]

TBH this definitely sounds outside the realm of normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad that I drank ALOT one night when I was pregnant. It was very early and I didn't even know I was pregnant at the time. I was probably about 3 weeks pregnant. (Once I knew I was pregnant, I didn't drink)

I still feel terrible about this. I have never told anyone but I'm still afraid it is the reason why my son has ADD.

I carry a lot of guilt.

If you were three weeks pregnant (3 weeks into your nenstrual cycle), then the cells weren’t even drawing from your blood supply yet.

Yeah. My sister and I got waaaaasted when she was 1-2 weeks pregnant. She was actually charting her temperatures and the next morning was like "huh, for some reason my temp is going back up." 9 months later she had
my beautiful, brilliant neice who is currently slaying middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I think people exaggerate on the alcohol thing, but it's hard to tell if you have an issue. Depending on how big a "serving" is, 1.5 servings a few times a week could be a lot in the 1st tri especially ... and people generally under-estimte how much they drink. If you could say honestly you had 1 white wine spritzer with 2 oz of wine about once a week ... no biggie. But if your "serving" is a giant 6oz glass of wine and you drink 3-4 nights/week ... that is a problem.

I don't like that your DH pressures you either.

I will tell you the truth, which is that I drank lightly (like 2oz of wine 2x/week) and would not do it again if I had another baby. It's a very short period of time, and my general parenting values (now that I have a kid) are to be very discerning and risk averse about my child's health.

Ditto exactly to this. I drank a little bit during my first pregnancy - maybe a half glass of wine 10 or so different times. My current pregnancy I haven't had more than a sip or two - it just doesn't feel worth it. Your child is just an amorphous concept at this point, but priorities and viewpoints change once you become a parent and I hope you won't be feeling quite so cavalier. On that note, I wonder about how your husband will adjust to being a parent...he doesn't seem to realize that he's going to have to get used to the idea of some (less fun) lifestyle changes in coming years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TBH this definitely sounds outside the realm of normal.

I agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TBH this definitely sounds outside the realm of normal.

I agree

Very

[Anonymous]

Maybe about 2-3 half glasses total. In the first trimester I feel too sick for wine.