Did you drink?

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While you were TTC, did you stop drinking alcohol all together? Or did you maybe have a drink with dinner or while with friends? 
I’m just trying to find out if it will really affect chances of getting pregnant as much as I’m reading. 
I drink occasionally, like a glass of wine or champagne with dinner or a wine cooler every now and then. But I feel especially guilty because I feel like I’m taking away from what my body should be doing. 
Just wondering what’s “normal” I guess!

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Once I get my bfp I have to stop drinking for 9 months or even more. So yia you bet I was drinking while I was TTC.  
P/S I miss wine

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Drink till it’s pink lol. I did both times. Not heavily. But a few beers here and there

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I don't drink, but if you choose to drink I'd just keep it to the weeks before ovulation and not drink during ttw. I find it very irresponsible to drink like a few days before period is due when you're actively trying to get pregnant. The early phase of pregnancy is the most important and you never know if you're the unlucky one who gets a baby with fetal alcohol syndrome from just having one drink (one drink can be enough to get this and it's sometimes that affects the rest of babies life).
Not sure if it affects fertility since I didn't really needed to know I never checked 🤷🏼‍♀️

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It’s definitely a personal choice- people get pregnant either way. For me...I’ve made the decision not to because there are multiple studies showing that drinking anytime in the month before conceiving has an increased risk of miscarriage. I am also willing to do any and everything since we have been TTC for a while, so I’m just trying to give myself the best possible chances.
Good luck!

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I drank wine like 4-6 nights a week. Didn’t cut back at all. Didn’t take very long and I was pregnant. So no, I don’t think drinking alcohol really hurts your chances of conceiving. 🍷

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I Definitely drank like normal 🤷🏻‍♀️ I was out for our anniversary at a club like 3 days before 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5th pregnancy, all planned and conceive in 1 cycle lol. I definitely enjoyed my anniversary

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Id probably drink as normal until the 2ww to be safe?

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I don’t drink at all normally, so it’s not really an issue for me, but I don’t think you really need to go without until you get that positive test.

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I’m pretty sure margarita night is the culprit for my pregnancy 😂 that was the month we decided to TTC and we made margaritas on my peak ovulation day and decided to have a great time & not worry about conceiving right away. Worked out bc I’m 21 weeks pregnant!

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It’s different for everyone. 
I know lots of women who have gotten pregnant naturally on their own without trying and they were heavy drinkers. I personally know that even before I was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic drinking reeked havoc on my body. It made me sluggish and super bloated and when I went and got fertility work up done at the year mark of trying they told me to stop drinking completely not even occasionally because my body did not react well to alcohol. 
Alcohol has been linked to causing issues with fertility I’ve done lots of research on it and so has my doctor and the infertility doctor that I saw for our first pregnancy, and I know that everybody is different some people it’s totally fine some people it’s not. My last attempt to get pregnant before my first child it was a preference but now it’s a requirement for my second.  ￼ 
I was made fun of a lot for being 21-23 and not drinking alcohol. I was pressured a lot and this time around my diabetes is a great excuse to avoid it because my body doesn’t break it down like normal. I think it’s also important to note that in my experience I was a type one prior to pregnancy I just didn’t know, and diabetics break everything down a lot differently than people whose pancreas’ work normal￼.

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