we have a bottle of champagne that we've been keeping in storage for a special occasion. and my dh would love to pop it open on our baby's birthday.
i am planning on bf-ing, but figure a sip or three shouldn't be an issue. and i'll run it by my ob when i see her next week.
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pomegranate / 3212 posts
The instructor at our childbirth class actually put it on the list for our hospital bags!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
My hospital served it with dinner so I am guessing it is fine!
pomegranate / 3003 posts
My birth center serves it with the celebratory "new parents" dinner. I'm really looking forward to it!
pomelo / 5628 posts
Wow...served with dinner? I got milk.
The baby eats so little the first day, I doubt it could matter. The sucking is mostly to bring milk in. (But I'm not a dr!)
pear / 1895 posts
I'm jealous of those who got champagne with dinner! We did have a special meal brought to the room, complete with white table cloth and electronic tea light. We got sparkling white grape juice, though. 
pomegranate / 3003 posts
Our birth prep class instructor mentioned a sparkling juice option, but I'm pretty sold on the champagne, already. They have some pretty awesome dinner options (filet mignon, salmon, grilled miso tofu), so I'm sure we'll be happy either way. Our center is known for their food.
pineapple / 12793 posts
That was my plan but I ended up needing a c-section and was then paranoid about mixing alcohol with pain meds.
pomegranate / 3003 posts
@oliviaoblivia: Really? Sounds like a party, to me.
...only kidding
eggplant / 11824 posts
My mom smuggled a bottle of champagne into the hospital the day after LO was born to celebrate! It was so tasty!
GOLD / coconut / 8266 posts
I plan on having DH sneak a bottle into the hospital because champagne is my drink of choice! I cannot wait!
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I don't drink or like champagne, but I think it's an awesome idea for those who do 
pineapple / 12053 posts
I didn't feel like drinking when DD was born but I did have some wine later that week. I was too patched to think of having wine or champagne!
coconut / 8498 posts
Champagne was definitely not on my mind that night. But, having an idea of what to expect, I would definitely consider it for next time!
nectarine / 2504 posts
I didn't have any champagne that night but I sure wish I did! Do it!!
cherry / 157 posts
My MIL brought a bottle as well as crystal flutes to pour it in when DS was born
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I would be totally fine with having a little glass in theory (haven't given birth yet so who knows who I'll really feel!). BUT-- I wouldn't want to open a nice bottle and only be able to have a tiny glass! Unless you have a bunch of people celebrating, so much would have to go to waste.
We do have one of those little bottles that we got at a wedding, so maybe we'll bring that in. We have some nicer bottles that we are saving, like you, but I'm not wasting them when I don't get to drink a lot of it
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I commented numerous times that hospitals should offer this, lol! We just had Chinese food and delicious Gatorade. Ha. Birth dehydrated me. I say go for it!
persimmon / 1081 posts
I love champagne but by the time I got to my recovery room I'd slept only about 5hrs in the previous 36hrs...not too mention labor is hard work! I would have been in no shape to drink alcohol. I was on Vicodin, too, which you probably don't want to mix with booze.
pineapple / 12566 posts
Friends brought us a bottle in the hospital. And I definitely had a small glass.
bananas / 9118 posts
Go for it! You most definitely earn it 
I don't do well with champagne to begin with (guaranteed hangover for me), but I'm a regular beer and wine drinker. All I wanted after birth was a huge burger, sloppy fries, and a gallon of iced tea.
Not quite a week after birth I finally felt like having a glass of wine or dark beer (I went with the good for milk production theory). I kept my amounts small, and timed it for after a meal, just after breastfeeding, but during pumping so I would relax.
coconut / 8681 posts
I'd definitely go for it!!! Our hospital didn't offer a special dinner and we didn't plan a toast ourselves but I think it would be super special!
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
We did at about a month old when we had visitors...I would do it even at the hospital though. The LC who taught our bf'ing class said that as long as you do it right after a feeding and it's A glass of wine not THREE, lol, you're ok.
Just remember that you could be delivering at any time of the day or night after any length of labor though. I delivered at 530am on my 3rd day and the last thing on my mind was champagne....but I'd definitely bring a bottle next time around.
bananas / 9227 posts
Wow, I'm jealous after reading all the dinner options in the replies! Mine was downright sad. I should post a picture! Haha
nectarine / 2163 posts
also jealous of everyone's dinner options!!! I had no options, just soggy luncheon with soggy vegetables. makes me gag just remembering it!!
I voted no, because I don't drink
apricot / 423 posts
update: we totally planned on bringing champagne with us to the hospital. but my water broke at 1AM and we rushed straight to the hospital. then our first few weeks were so miserable that drinking was so far from our minds.
my first drink was a sip of champagne at my friend's wedding over the weekend. LO was 6 weeks old then.
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