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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just wonder if the moms who drink during pregnancies also have birth plans, agonize over what they eat, and will go overboard organic and healthy for their kids.  [/quote]

I can't answer for others, but I have had perhaps a total of 3 drinks this pregnancy and am not militant about avoiding alcohol. I plan on a natural birth though I am not militant about that either. Don't really have a birth plan. I am careful with what I eat but more from the nutrition standpoint; I've avoided unpasteurized or raw cheeses and deli meat (though actually I rarely eat deli meat anyway), but otherwise eat what I want with an eye to trying to have a well-rounded diet. I definitely eat too much sugar but am trying to cut back. No caffeine, although I don't really have a problem with that either; I just never developed the habit. I do not exercise enough; trying to work on that too. I do buy organic where I can, but I would choose local over organic in most cases. The only thing I have really strictly cut out due to pregnancy is changing the litter box. No question there; DH has done it since before we started TTC. I had a friend who contracted taxoplasmosis (though she did not own a cat) during her twin pregnancy. One fetus died and the other was badly affected. I guess we all change our behavior in response to anecdotes; I don't mind light drinking during pregnancy but I suppose if I knew someone who drank lightly and had an affected baby, I would think differently.

Of course, my baby isn't born yet, so G-d forbid I have done anything that would impair him. Then again I will have 18 years plus to screw him up in other ways. I know plenty of people who are "normal" but are emotionally disturbed, or can't hold a job, or complete assholes ... biological health is no guarantee of a good life. [/quote]

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