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Anonymous
| After resolving some medical issues that prevented us from TTC, and then seeing nothing but negative pregnancy tests time after time, I am again in the two week wait period. How am I dealing with the stress? Drinking. Could I be more stupid? I drink maybe a single drink in the evening, if that - half glass of wine or a partially finished beer - but I still think I'm just being stupid. I think somewhere in my twisted head I believe that this time, if I behave like I'm NOT pregnant, I'll magically BE pregnant, since previously I behaved as if I were pregnant (quit anything a pregnant woman shouldn't indulge in), yet still had negatives. Ugh. Slap some sense into me, will you? |
Anonymous
| It's fine, for real. After over a year or two of ART and no success, you just have to live your life. I used to go out all the time. |
Anonymous
| yes, give yourself a break. even if you are pregnant a drink in the 2WW won't do anything. really. don't be so hard on yourself! |
Anonymous
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Honestly, I don't think drinking a little wine or beer when you're pregnant is a big deal anyway. I was really paranoid when pregnant with my first child, but I'm in my 2WW also and have had several small glasses over the Thanksgiving holiday. Why not? I want to enjoy the festivities. I've been doing 2WWs for a year now and I need a break... |
Anonymous
| I'm glad I read this post! I just finished my 2ww and I behaved the same way! It ended as another BFN but I'm glad I lived my life the way I wanted and had a few drinks with friends over the Thanksgiving holiday. For some reason, knowing that I did that made this BFN sting seem not as bad as the others. |
Anonymous
| I had a little sherry on some ice cream over Thanksgiving and was feeling guilty, too. Then I got my period last night. It's so hard. |
Anonymous
| i drank during my first medicated iui 2ww a year and a half ago, and ended up miscarrying. will never do it again. |
Anonymous
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My RE has always said...
"just don't drink and drive..." |
Anonymous
| My RE says there is no safe amount of alcohol and requires all his patients to sign a consent stating they will not drink or smoke. |
Anonymous
| PP -- who is your RE -- i have NEVER heard of this. |
Anonymous
| Soo here's what I think.. As if infertility wasn't enough.....I cant drink alcohol, I can't drink caffeine???? Obviously, my restraining from these things is not making a difference... ..I think its all a bit extreme. Moderation is the key.... |
Anonymous
| How about a nice middle ground of boozing it up at least until implantation might occur? If there's just a potentially fertilized egg floating down a fallopian tube, why not soak the rest of myself in soothing alcohol until the egg may be nearing implantation? That gives you at least a week of drinking after ovulation. Obviously this changes with different ART and I'm not familiar with that timing. |
Anonymous
This has been my approach. Also, I don't care much about drinking, but I will NOT give up coffee. I only drink one (weak) cup a day anyway. I wish I'd cut myself a lot more slack during my first pregnancy (when I still drank coffee, but avoided coffee yogurt because of the dire warnings in "What to Expect" about how "even coffee yogurt can impact your baby!") |
Anonymous
| Lots of women on here drink throughout their pregnancies and still get their kids into the top three. You'll be fine. Cheers! |