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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a person who frequently has a glass of wine throughout pregnancy (well not in the first tri because I am not intaking much of anything at all during that period).

So I'm not the kind of person to judge is what I'm saying.

But I think your language points to this being abnormal and concerning. I never thought of it as I was 'still drinking'. It was just having a glass of wine. Not with the intention to become tipsy or drunk or anything. Not with the intention of 'drinking' I guess. That word adds an element that is kind of concerning I think.

I also think that saying your husband 'misses a drinking buddy' is contributing towards it as well.

So the short answer is, there's nothing wrong with having a glass of wine or a beer or hell, a mint julep or something, occasionally during pregnancy. There is something wrong with taking a shot of vodka with the express purpose of drinking as a coping mechanism. More because it signals that YOU have a problem than that it will hurt the baby. But the reality is that if you have a problem, you're more likely to slip and drink way too much one night or three and actually hurt the baby. I never drank because I felt I needed to. If you feel like that is the reason you're drinking, you need to get that under control before baby comes, because its only going to get more stressful and your baby doesn't deserve an alcoholic mother. [/quote]

+1. Having read Expecting Better, reviewed the studies its recommendations are based on and discussed with DH (who is a physician), I have one drink a week throughout the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Usually a wine or a beer, occasionally a cocktail (though always a heavily mixed one; no martinis/manhattans/similar). There is no evidence at all that 0-5 units/week causes harm after the first trimester (and only extraordinarily limited evidence in the first trimester, linked to miscarriage risk rather than FAS/effects on a child who is born), so I am comfortable that my 1-2 units a week is fine... All of that said, the language you use in your post concerns me. How much are you drinking? Do you have other coping mechanisms? I view my drink/week as a nice treat, not something I need to handle my life. Be careful.[/quote]

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