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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is a large amount to you? You are probably fine. I was drinking quite heavily when I found out I was 6 weeks pregnant. No ill effects.[/quote]

Each time, [b]it was probably around 3 to 6 glasses of flavored vodka[/b] on ice (that's the only thing I really drink).  I am beyond horrified right now.  [/quote]

You said you did not get "shit-faced drunk." I'm scratching my head figuring out how that would be possible if this is what you drank each time.

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NP here. People have different tolerances for alcohol; also, neither of us knows mow much was in OP's glass. It's entirely possible for someone to have 3-6 drinks and not be shitfaced.

OP, this came up in Dan Savage's adoption memoir -- his child's mom drank a fair amount (=passing around a mylar bag of boxed wine to keep warm) before realizing she was pregnant. The advice he got at the time was that as long as she didn't regularly get blackout drunk, the child would probably be fine or have ADHD. Based on that (admittedly low) standard, you're probably OK.

It's very difficult to find good info about FAS. For starters, most of what's out there is designed to deter pregnant women from drinking (for good reason!), so it all presents the worst case scenario. Also, it's not something that can be studied with any rigor. (You can't ethically feed a random group of pregnant women different amounts of alcohol and see how their babies turn out.) They can study mice, and they can ask women after the fact how much they drank during pregnancy (which means it's all self-reported).[/quote]

Thanks!  Yeah, the glasses I use for cocktails are pretty small...not sure exactly how much they hold, but they are small size glasses, and I also fill them with ice cubes, so that also further cuts down on the amount of alcohol that is in there.

I'm feeling a little better after reading the replies here, so thanks!  Lol, I'm also pretty worried about my age factor too.

I still cannot believe that I'm pregnant....I don't know how long it's going to take for the shock to wear off![/quote]

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