Wine and pregnancy ?

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Just want opinions please don’t be rude or mean if you have something conflicting to say. My doctor okayed a glass of wine before thanksgiving and when I got there I decided I didn’t care to have a glass anyways BUT I can’t seem to find any posts on here that agreee to much with him... a family member even announced it and embarrassed his wife because I guess she always had one every once in awhile at dinner and my MIL and everyone one else was like are you nuts!?! he said one glass only and no liquor obviously, but I’m just confused why he’d
Tell me it’s ok when I’ve read a lot of doctors say not at all.  He said once in a while not everyday of course but I’m just thinking it’s better not to and maybe he’s just relaxed about that stuff too much. Any advice?

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I personally wouldn’t ever do it. Nor has my midwife mentioned this to me or have I asked. I think about how I feel after one glass and how tiny that baby is inside of me I don’t want any going to him. Not a drop.

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The problem with most of the research on what is safe during pregnancy is either 1. Research from rats or 2. Self reported studies because realistically who is going to volunteer to be in a study on what will and won't horribly hurt their child? With that said, 1 glass here and there should be fine. My midwife told me most of the things we're told we can't have are still ok in moderation, even lunch meat and sushi. She even said with most of the things they tell you not to have in tea you'd have to drink gallons every day to actually affect the baby, especially after the first trimester. I have a friend with a PhD in psychology who was specifically working with kids at NIH and she told me I was "part the point of hurt [him]" when she offered me wine at dinner one night with my first. I didn't have anything until a few sips 3rd trimester with my first, but that was because I wasn't interested. Honestly, I'd say follow your gut and do what makes you comfortable.

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I've heard and been told that it's fine to have a glass once and awhile. For me personally though I just wouldn't feel comfortable with it after having a miscarriage prior to this pregnancy, plus having one glass would make me want to have another and I'd rather not even tempt myself! So no wine for this momma till baby is here! But I think if your doctor said it's okay then it's up to you if you feel comfortable with it. Don't let anyone make you feel badly about it if you ever decided to have one.

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My doctor told me it was fine occasionally to have a glass 2nd trimester, on, with all of my
Pregnancy’s. There just isn’t a study to show what the “safe limit” is, so no official statement will say 100% it’s fine.

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I think it’s totally fine

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I e been told that one glass occasionally is ok. But not in 1st trimester. The concern is that it can lead to fetal alcohol syndrome and that occurs when the baby gets too much alcohol over a long period of time. In other words, if you aren’t over doing it, it’s ok. Red wine has some health benefits, as well. Of course, I’m not a doctor but my doctor okayed it as well as my nurse-anesthetist mother. But every woman is different as well. There are many reasons why a woman shouldn’t drink wine during pregnancy and that’s between her and her doctor.

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There was an interesting article, it's probably easy to find but I can't remember if it was from Sweden... Might have been from Norway... anyway, they take a very detailed and census every year. They tracked mothers who did not drink at all verses mothers who had up to 1 glass of red wine a night.  They tracked the children's progress over the years and they found that the mothers that crank the one glass had children with higher IQs than the ones that touched no alcohol at all. Now the study did say that they were not telling parents that the wine actually made the kids smarter. Someone who has a life style of drinking a glass of wine with most meals may very well be more affluent families, so their kids have more advantages in other ways Etc. But what was interesting was it would seem to show that controlled intake of wine during pregnancy does not harm an unborn baby.
And of course the study was only relying on what people said. No true scientific study could ever be done on the effects of alcohol, or medication, or anything regarding pregnancy because of course that would not be ethical. The only thing we know for certain is that drinking a lot of hard liquor is positively damaging to the baby. In fact even drinking a moderate amount of hard liquor is not good for the baby. Half glass of wine now and then? I think it should be up to the mother to do her own research and be thoughtful about it. And other people don't need to jump down her throat about it. Especially when it is perfectly acceptable in a lot of educated, First World countries that are not America.

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Check out the book "expecting better". The author looks at scientific studies and puts it in easy-to-understand terms.

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One glass once and awhile is not going to do anything. You will be ok. I my first I had beer in my third trimester (very occasionally) and my doctor said it was ok. I plan on doing the same this pregnancy.

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I think if they legally have to print on the bottle that it can be harmful while pregnant, then it’s probably best to just wait until the pregnancy is over. But that’s just my personal opinion.

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