https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 04:38:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-809065 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:26:02 +0000 Happygal 809065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very little amount, and none once I'm in the second week of the TWW. </p> <p>My reason is this: I know that drinking alcohol makes my body work harder to process i, and since we apparently aren't people who get pregnant like *that*, I want to help my body out as much as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-809016 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:02:40 +0000 Mrs. Garland 809016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! I didn't really change anything until I found out I was pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808825 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:02:31 +0000 meganmp 808825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did while TTC the 'ole fashioned way, but like @raintreebee, I quit during fertility treatments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808823 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:00:50 +0000 Pink Champagne 808823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my BFP on NYE morning- needless to say, I didn't drink that night!! However, I had been drinking over Christmas, but my doc told me it was fine because you don't really share a blood supply that early. So, unless you're abstaining from alcohol for just general health reasons, I see no reason to cut yourself off during the TWW. Pretty sure I had a Bloody Mary the morning we conceived my LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808809 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:53:44 +0000 allison 808809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both DH and I stopped drinking a month before TTC because I'd read something similar to @raintreebee: that it can affect fertility and sperm health. Didn't drink caffeine either, for the same reason. I have no idea if it helped or if it was just coincidence, but I got pregnant the first cycle we were TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808552 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:15:48 +0000 raintreebee 808552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since starting fertility treatments, I don't drink any alcohol anymore, even prior to ovulation. There is a recent study showing that alcohol consumption in the weeks prior to the start of an ivf cycle substantially reduces the chances of success, suggesting alcohol impairs fertility. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21173655" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21173655</a></p> <p>I miss my wine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808500 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:36:52 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 808500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I avoided drinking for the first 6 months or so of TTC, but after that, it wasn't worth it. But, I really only have a drink or two at a time; nothing over the top. Plus, as far as I know, even a few drinks during the TWW if you happen to be pregnant won't cause damage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808311 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:23:58 +0000 LindsayInNY 808311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I abstain during the TWW, especially during the second week of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808303 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:16 +0000 Caly 808303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a big drinker to begin with but I made more of a point to abstain in the beginning of out TTC. As the years went on I was more lax about it. I didn't drink if we were undergoing IF treatments though. </p> <p>Have some champagne &amp; happy anniversary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808302 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:12:38 +0000 Pepper 808302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped during the later part of the TWW most cycles. The cycle I got pregnant I was on progesterone, so I didn't drink at all during the TWW. I felt odd about using that medicine and drinking (though I'm sure it would have been fine). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808294 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:04:16 +0000 Sapphiresun 808294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I spent 19 months TTC. At first I was "drink till it's pink", but never in super excess or anything. Toward the end though, abstaining from alcohol just seemed like a small price to pay if it made a difference, so I gave up alcohol all together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808259 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:42:10 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 808259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: yeah it was a weird moment because I so wasn't ready to be pregnant! It took about ten weeks to be psyched up for our beautiful bean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808248 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:51 +0000 MrsKoala 808248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm drinking until it's pink. I'm in my TWW right now and I've drank the past couple of nights. I don't see a problem with it since if you are pregnant, you don't share a blood supply until 6 weeks anyway. I just feel like it's too much for me to change my life every two weeks because of the possibility that I might be pregnant when the chances might be higher that I'm not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808146 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:14:57 +0000 Ree723 808146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh absolutely! I enjoy a glass of wine or a beer several evenings per week and I certainly wasn't going to stop that whilst waiting to see if I was pregnant every month. As it was, we got pregnant on our first cycle, but I'd actually been drinking more than normal just before I got my BFP as we'd had visitors from overseas and we'd been going out to eat or for evening drinks every night they were here. I didn't even think about the possibility that I might be pregnant at that time. Granted, the most drinks I'll ever have in one evening is two, so it wasn't like I was getting drunk preventing buzzed, but still.</p> <p>Also, could someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the placenta wasn't developed until around six weeks, and before that point, the baby wasn't drawing directly from the mother's blood supply, meaning that they wouldn't be getting the alcohol in a mother's bloodstream, anyway..... I could be totally wrong on that but for some reason, I feel as though I read something along those lines. That wasn't the reason I was in the drink 'til it's pink camp but just wondering if anyone else had heard that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808139 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:10:30 +0000 kentuckygirl 808139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Early in this 1.5+ year TTC journey, I abstained near the end of my cycles but as time has gone on, I have become part of the drink 'til it's pink camp. It's just been too long, hard and emotional of a journey for me not drink. I don't drink daily but most every weekend have a couple beer or glasses of wine. Happy Anniversary! I say go for the champagne! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808136 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:02:27 +0000 regberadaisy 808136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not during the TWW but all other times if I felt like a beer, I had one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808132 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:14 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 808132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't stopped drinking. I had a beer yesterday and I'm in the tww. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808115 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:41:52 +0000 MsLipGloss 808115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I was on my way to a New Years Eve party. Lol! So much for that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-808112 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:39:31 +0000 MsLipGloss 808112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: that's what I did. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807988 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:08 +0000 pui 807988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I first started I didn't drink at all. Now that I know I am not ovulating I have been having drinks every now and again even though I am still technically TTC. I will probably stop drinking again when I start Met. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807984 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:57:44 +0000 singingbee 807984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank until I got my bfp. This last time, I was pretty sure I would have a positive test in the morning, so the night before I just had a coke when we were out instead of wine like I would have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807980 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:53:42 +0000 heffalump 807980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't, but I never drink. My doctor did tell me to continue all meds until I got my bfp though so I wouldn't worry about alcohol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807977 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:48:24 +0000 Foodnerd81 807977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: exactly. I found out so early I wasn't worried. I did drink less towards the end of the tww and made sure to test bf having anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807968 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:10 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 807968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drink until it's pink, baby! We were going to have drinks on the night I got my positive, until we saw those two lines... Then I quit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807960 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:39:37 +0000 swedishfish 807960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not drink during my final TWW only because I went through IVF so I knew exactly when things happened. I did drink during my regular TWWs though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807950 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:33:22 +0000 winniebee 807950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drink til it's pink. I would have been dry for 8 mos otherwise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807939 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:25:52 +0000 mrs. bird 807939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>drink 'til it's pink! i'm not at all worried about drinking (in moderation) while TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807938 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:25:45 +0000 justdarling 807938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we first started TTC, I was a drink till its pink girl. Then the whole TTC thing started taking a while. When we started seeing a doctor for infertility and things started to get expensive, I abstained. We've been trying for 18 months now, so each month is different. If we've had an IUI or timed intercourse with meds I abstain. If we are having a "fun" month where we don't even do OPKs, then I drink. This month is our last natural chance prior to IVF so I am not drinking. I figure I don't want to do anything to prevent it from sticking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807931 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:21:10 +0000 MrsLilybugg 807931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I spent a year TTC and never drank during TWW. The cycle I got my BFP, I drank margharitas, wine, cranberry vodkas - you name it! - throughout TWW. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-drink-while-ttc#post-807928 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:19:17 +0000 mrsmacandcheese 807928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I accidentally abstained -- it just worked out that I wasn't drinking, but I didn't know I was pregnant so... :) I fully intended to drink till pink, though. </p>