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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we all choose are vices.  For some it is french fries.  For some it is medication during birth.  For some it is occasional wine.  For some it is not exercising.  For some it is coffee.  For some it is lots of refined sugar.  I think that in general pregnant women should try to eliminate the vices that they don't enjoy and minimize the amount the do the ones that add joy to their lives and make them feel more normal.  No one is perfect.[/quote]

I agree with this perspective. And at some point you do have to live your life. Which isn't to say that if your life involves daily drinking, you don't need to cut back during pregnancy; probably you do. But if your life involves a single drink once a month, I just don't see the big deal. And to be honest, I think I'd feel the same about a single cigarette or a single joint -- and I have never smoked either. But there's a difference between something like listeria which can be deadly to the fetus if contracted a single time, and something like alcohol or tobacco which requires repeated exposure. Honestly, I probably have done more harm by eating a piece of chocolate every day than by drinking a total of two glasses of wine during the entire pregnancy. I also probably have done some harm by not cutting back on stressful projects at work -- but I need to earn a living, it won't help the kid to have a mother who is unemployed. I would never intentionally do something that I thought would harm the baby, but it is still my life, and I can't lock myself in a hermetically sealed room for 9 months. I could do everything right and still wind up, G-d forbid, with a child with autism, severe allergies, other disabilities, or a horrible personality. I can't stress about that, and I am not going to stress about too much else, either. I do the best I can, as I am sure we all do. Some people's best is no doubt better than mine. That's just the way it is. It will be that way when the baby is born, too; I am not super-mom, just an ordinary mortal. I will be the best mom I can be, but I'm sure there will be many others who are better by some objective standard.[/quote]

I like this perspective.[/quote]

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