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I didn't abstain while TTC. I didn't drink a ton in the TWW, but I still enjoyed my wine (and a martini!) while TTC.
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I completely abstained, and fully admit to being a party girl before TTC!
My cycles were so out of whack that there was no way to tell if or when something would happen. We played it safe, and I completely stayed away from any and all alcohol.
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Before TTC, I drank a glass of wine or two several times a week. I never changed my drinking habits, until I got a BFP. It just didn't worry me, but I know others feel differently. I'm glad DH didn't want me to abstain. It took us 7 months to get pregnant!
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Since your husband is adamant you don't drink, does he abstain from drinking as well or does he continue to drink? I'm not pregnant yet and have always been curious of most men stop drinking if their women can't drink.
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@alphagam84: He'll abstain once I'm pregnant but right now were preparing to move and have a lot of wine. So he's been drinking his bottles (the ones I don't care for) so we don't have to move them. Or the bottles that won't be as good in 10 months.
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@MamaMoose: Love that friends quote!!!!
@LindsayInNYC: No, I have been drinking less in the TWW but don't think I could have survived this past year of TTC if I completely refrained!
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At first I abstained while ttc-ing, then I drank up to the tww, then in the last 10 months of ttc I practiced "drink till its pink." We were trying for almost 3 years, so thats a looong time to completely abstain. i had a few drinks in the tww in the cycle we ended up with our sticky baby and he's fine.
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i drank thru the TWW. the day before my BFP i got drunk with my family because i was certain i wasn't pregs. whoops!
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With my first LO I was on vacation and we drank A LOT, and then I got home and it was my dad's 60th birthday. I drank less than I would have if we weren't TTC but still drank. The week before I got a positive I don't think I drank anything, maybe a glass of wine one night.
This time I was still nursing and had no period yet so there was no TWW. I still had glasses of wine here and there. The week before getting a positive I really had no desire for alcohol or even coffee so I didnt drink a cup of either.
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Ugh, I'm heading down the home stretch of a 6WW and haven't had a drink for the last 4 weeks. NZ is stinking hot at the moment and yesterday I had such a craving for a beer - it was ridiculous! Didn't give in though... But it is hard.
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I still drank, but I don't drink much as it is so it wasn't a big deal. I drank a glass of wine 6 days before my BFP. No big deal
I didn't want to put my life on hold in case it took a long time...
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No, and I wouldn't let someone else make that choice for me.
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@LindsayInNYC: I had drinks right up until my BFP, but I know exactly the position you are in, with your husband being super concerned about a particular thing. I posted it before, but my DH was adamant about me not eating pineapple at the beginning of my pregnancy, because in his country, there's an old wives tale that it can cause miscarriages.
So even though everyone in the US eats pineapple safely with no issues, he would not budge until our 12 week appt, when I asked the doctor in front of him, and she said it was fine.
At the end of the day, if your hubby is asking you to one thing, and its not *horrible* for him to ask, then you may as well do something to make him happy and preserve the marriage.
You could also call your doctor and ask, at a time when your DH can hear.
I didn't want to put my life on hold in case it took a long time...
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