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I'm not a huge drinker myself, but I did have a hard time with Sangria in the summer (my staple drink) During the holidays, I would have virgin cocktails (which tastes similar to the drink itself) but i'm not a big fan of wine, so on that end I was okay.

Virgins are the way to go

I never drank alcohol pre-pregnancy so it doesnt feel like anything has changed. You can get non -alcoholic wines though

Yes, its hard. It was really hard at first, because I had not realized how normal it was for me to drink socially – so going out to a nice restaurant and not ordering wine was very weird and hard. It felt like I was missing a part of the whole experience. Its gotten easier, but I do miss having good wine with dinner, a glass of cold beer with a cheeseburger, etc. I will sometimes order virgin versions of cocktails I like (bloody marys works well for this), but there’s really no substitute for wine.

I may or may not have already told my husband exactly which bottle of wine I want in the delivery room, corked and ready to go once baby comes! My husband insists its fine to have a glass of wine here or there during the third trimester (and everyone seems to agree with him), so I might do that too, we’ll see.

I never drink. Never. Gives me migraines. But for some reason I craved alcohol when I was pregnant. Especially the special holiday flavors like gingerbread martini. My hubby of course always talked sense into me.

Yes! I miss having a drink when I'm at a work event with a cocktail hour. I also miss having a glass of wine with dinner from time to time. For Thanksgiving I had a virgin cocktail. Holding a martini glass made me feel like a grown-up again. I know it's kind of lame, and it's not like I drank a ton to begin with... but I do miss it sometimes.

I struggle too! It doesn't help that my DH is a wine/beer/liquor salesman and so we have roughly 11-12 cases of wine in our house right now....

To curb my craving I had some Ariel wine, which is dealcoholized wine (http://www.arielvineyards.com/wines.html). They make it using the same process as wine and then they put it through another process that takes out 99.5% of the alcohol. I tried the Blanc and it was way to sweet for me. But the sparkling wine is absolutely delicious.

I've also tried a non-alcoholic beer by Erdinger, it was really good! It tasted like a real beer but with no alcohol (well less than 0.5%).

@BabyBoecksMom: I barely made it partly because he was in it with me and I was just out of my first trimester.

I definite did miss alcohol. Surprisingly, I didn't miss the wine and mixed drinks as much as I missed having a nice cold beer with pizza, or at BBQs.

I'm more of a social/ light drinker and don't miss it as much as I thought I would. However, I do get the craving for red wine at dinner though!

I want a glass of champagne so badly it's almost killing me! I used to always have a glass of champagne when DH and I would go out for dinner. I felt bad for feeling like this, but I'm glad I'm not alone. I watch trash tv at night, anything that starts with The Real Housewives..., and they're always drinking champagne and I miss it so much.

I miss champagne, too!
And beer at hockey games...
And margaritas with my girlfriends haha

I'm not pregnant yet, however this is something I think about. We aren't by any means alcoholics, but alcohol does play a pretty significant part in our/my socializing. Dinner with friends, drinks at a new bar, concerts, family gatherings all center around alcohol. I have a feeling when the time comes for me to give it up I will struggle with it, however I will know the end result is way better than 9 months of no drinking.

Not really. Beer tasted gross to me, I usually like hops but the bitterness really got to me so all it took was a sip of my husband's beer to remind me that it was not appetizing. I would sometimes sip from his wine glass because wine didn't taste bad to me but after a few sips I wouldn't feel like I wanted to have anymore and not because I thought it was wrong to have half a glass of wine on occasion but it just felt like enough for some reason. So I don't know if it was because I didn't have hard rules that I didn't miss it too much or what.

I definitely missed it at Thanksgiving! We have a tradition of doing an irish car bomb with our parents, uncles, cousins, siblings and this year I felt a little left out.

Amen sister! I desperately miss my glass of wine with dinner in the evenings. I about tackled a girl over her margarita this past weekend too. I really miss margaritas, but can't justify tequila like a little bit of wine.

Once or twice a week I'll pour myself half a glass with dinner (I love the mini bottles of wine so I don't waste a whole bottle), but rarely want more than a couple of sips, and end up dumping most down the sink anyway. When heartburn was bad that helped a lot because I knew wine would make it worse, now that it is under control its harder not to live normally.

We have had 4 weddings over the past couple of months, I've had a glass of wine at each one, but I hate feeling judged by other people watching. It wasn't an issue when our parents were having us, and we turned out just fine. Sorry, I'm feeling whiny right now.

I'm not much of a drinker... which surprises everyone! Not sure why. They are even shocked when I tell them I don't drink coffee or tea. Big deal, it's a personal choice, I just don't like the stuff!
The only liquor I would have once in a while is rum and coke... that's it. Not into wine either... blech!

I miss wine soooooo much! DH and I love cracking open a bottle of red with dinner once or twice per week and it's been killing me that I can't have any. Once I'm out of my first trimester though (two more weeks!), I will be partaking in the occasional glass of red - not as frequently as I did before getting pregnant, but on occasion. It's been endorsed by my doctor so I'm not worried.

I don't miss it too much, but could go for a margarita with salt if I think about it too much! LOL! Perhaps I'll break out the blender and make a virgin margarita.

The one thing I do miss is the social aspect of drinking... we haven't told any of our friends, so when we go out, I fake drink or don't drink. I never drank a TON before (1-3 glasses when we went out, depending on whether I was driving.). Now I get bored after about an hour out! I'm not drinking at ALL so there are only so many waters or sprites I can take! LOL! It's odd, because drinking doesn't necessarily make things fun for me. I always had a good time (before getting pregnant) when I didn't drink. Now I'm just bored!

edit to add... It looks like I said I drank rum and coke "every once in a while" while knocked up. That wasn't the case. I was trying to say I just like a little R+C every now and then post baby.

But not even, because I'm still nursing my 15 month old, because he does not like whole milk.