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Once I got into the 2nd trimester, I've had maybe three very small glasses of wine - 2-3 ounces, tops.
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I loved to drink pre-pregnancy. Loved it. Once I got my positive stick, though, I quit completely. The most alcohol I had while pregnant was church wine or the wine/beer I put in meals.
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I'm not PG yet but my step father is an OBGYN and I have asked him about this many times. He is pretty old school and definitely of the "take care of yourself and you'll have a healthy baby" mentality. His advice is to abstain completely in the first Tri when the really important development is happening. Beyond that he said 1 drink every week or so is perfectly fine and will not harm the baby. He is pretty vocal about wine and beer being better choices and that 1 is absolutely the most for 1 day.
My sister had probably 15 drinks during her pregnancy (1 drink at a time) and everything turned out fine. While 15 may be a little too much for me - I'd say once I'm 5-6 mos along I'll likely have a glass of wine per month or so since I love it so much.
However, things like m/c scares or any trouble in my future pregnancy could complete change this thought process!
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I had 2 oz of wine of vacation towards the end of the 2nd trimester and this past weekend I had 3 oz. I was really upset last week about a work situation and letting it get me super depressed and miserable. That 3 oz did wonders to calm me down. I swear it was the best wine I have ever had in my life! Go for it. Sometimes you just need something to take the edge off.
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I've had maybe two teeny tiny sips.
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A couple of links discussing new research and summing up a lot of the research to date... Maybe it would be a little more relaxing to read these while you're furtively sipping wine.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/alcohol-and-pregnancy/
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As someone who would have a glass or two of wine every night with dinner and go out and drink almost every weekend (whether visiting friends, happy hour, girls night, etc) before I was pregnant, it was a big transition to not drinking at all.
Once I got pregnant, abstained until late in my 2nd trimester. And then I would have a 1/2 glass about every other week, if that.... and drank it really really slowly.
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I’ve had sips here and there of DH’s drinks but haven’t had any of my own. And I only had the sips after I was well out of my first tri- I think the first time was at 20 weeks or so.
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Two very small sips total this pregnancy.
a small glass of champagne on my 1st wedding anniversary during pregnancy #1I went to a concert this past weekend and was definitely wishing I was drinking a cold beer rather than my lemonade
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@BabyBoecksMom: lol, I drank my wine really, really slowly as well! One small glass usually took me an hour and a half to two hours to drink...with about five glasses of water consumed during that period as well! DH couldn't believe someone could stretch out a glass that long but I liked knowing my body was being given time to process the alcohol rather than getting it in one big hit.
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I definitely had sips from my husband's glass about once or twice a week late in the 2nd trimester. Then I had a tiny glass maybe once every two weeks or so late in the 3rd trimester. I had a small glass of wine the night I went into labor. I'd like to think it helped my body relax so it could do what it needed to do
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i totally had my first glass of wine tonight since finding out i was pg and needed it so bad after the day i had! i don't feel one bit guilty...not going to lie. hope i go into labor in the next couple days!!
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I don't drink often to start with, so it wasn't a huge sacrifice to abstain.
As a side note, my midwife said that there's no point worrying about alcohol consumption before you find out you're pregnant, a baby that new isn't getting nutrition through the placenta yet.
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