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Did Your SO Abstain From Alcohol During Pregnancy?

  1. Mrs. Oatmeal

    blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts

    Nope! I wouldn't have wanted him to- it meant I could have a sip of his beer with my wings when we went out!

  2. Charm54

    cantaloupe / 6885 posts

    Nope, but I'm not a big drinker so it didn't bother me at all!

  3. Mae

    papaya / 10343 posts

    He doesn't drink so it wasn't an issue, but I wouldn't have expected him to. Everyone else drinks around me and it is fine. My mom served alcohol at my baby shower! haha

  4. theotherstark

    pomegranate / 3045 posts

    No, I don't expect my husband to give up booze. I'm really not much of a drinker anyway, so it isn't too much for me to give it up completely. I'm used to others drinking around me, anyway

  5. MrsKoala

    cantaloupe / 6869 posts

    He didn't abstain but he isn't much of a drinker anyway. I'm the drinker in our relationship. He did cut back, though. He only went drinking twice: once on a vacation without me and once on his birthday.

  6. MrsH

    honeydew / 7667 posts

    No - I can't imagine him giving up alcohol for ten months.

  7. Cherrybee

    papaya / 10570 posts

    Nope!

  8. MrsF

    honeydew / 7283 posts

    Nope. He's offered to give up drinking both times - but I wouldn't want him to. I appreciate the gesture, but it doesn't help me for him to give it up

    Last time I was pregnant I would occasionally have a small sip of his beer if we were out to eat during the third trimester (it was a long, hot summer!)

  9. Ra

    honeydew / 7586 posts

    Nope! I actually asked him to drink a beer most nights because I loooved the smell of it when I was pregnant. I would sit and sniff his beer like a coke fiend.

  10. Rocker2014

    persimmon / 1367 posts

    Nope - We're pretty regular drinkers and he offered to (though I don't think it was serious) and I said no...but I should have said no to brewing beer in the house - He literally drove me out of the house at 9+ weeks pregnant because the brewing smelled so terrible to me! He felt so bad afterwards!

  11. HLK208

    pineapple / 12234 posts

    Nope

  12. MamaJ

    pear / 1609 posts

    No!

  13. mrs. 64

    nectarine / 2936 posts

    Nope. It honestly doesn't bother me.

  14. birdofafeather

    pineapple / 12053 posts

    nope, but he did cut down. he was only a social drinker anyway and i didn't buy beer or wine often when i was pregnant, so he didn't either. i would have wine later in my pregnancy though, so he had it then too.

  15. lemondrop

    bananas / 9118 posts

    No, he offered but I told him it wasn't an issue. I also didn't abstain totally either, I'm a big believer in moderation in all things.

  16. Purpledaisy

    nectarine / 2974 posts

    He drank more than ever while I was pregnant because they were his "last months of freedom" It made me mad a lot. At the time we were only spending usually 2 nights a week together because of my work schedule so I felt like he could just drink on the nights I was gone. But he ended up gaining like 20-25lbs while I was pregnant from celebrating his "last months of freedom" so that made me feel a little better

  17. bushelandapeck

    pomelo / 5720 posts

    Ah, no

  18. Cole

    grapefruit / 4649 posts

    Nope, I don't drink much to begin with though so it isn't like it bothers me. Coffee however... it smells horrible to me now I keep joking he needs to give it up, but frankly I think our marriage would suffer if he was forced to give that up!

  19. xInfinity

    cherry / 240 posts

    No, I didn't see the point. Him not drinking doesn't change that I can't.

  20. sarac

    pomelo / 5093 posts

    @yoursilverlining: totally agree. I don't really drink, so it's hard for me to really understand. But I wouldn't have asked my husband to give it up for no reason.

  21. leelee

    persimmon / 1194 posts

    Nope. He has a really stressful job so denying him a beer on a stressful day would probably be impossible.

  22. annie624

    cherry / 241 posts

    No....He did tone it down a little bit, though.

  23. winniebee

    hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts

    He did not! I wouldn't want us both to have to suffer anyways!

  24. 2PeasinaPod

    pomelo / 5524 posts

    Nope! He did ask me if it bothered me and would apologize for opening a beer in front of me in the beginning. I started yelling at him for apologizing. It's not like he was bragging about being able to do it while I couldn't. I think that would bother me. I encouraged him to drink more when we were out since he had a default DD!

  25. kml636

    pomegranate / 3225 posts

    haha, no. I wouldn't have expected him to. We don't drink much these days anymore, but if we went out sometimes he would order a drink like once a week.

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