Drinking while pregnant

[sha_lyn]

How selfish of you. Don't you know that Breastfeeding is best for the baby. any mother who can't give up Dr Pepper to breast feed their baby has a lot more serious problems going on.

Yes, I am quoting myself here. Just wanted to make certain that I am clear. That post was made TIC (tongue in cheek)

Just to add more fuel to the fire.....
When I was breastfeeding I drank beer, as recommended by the pediatrician.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Yes, I am quoting myself here. Just wanted to make certain that I am clear. That post was made TIC (tongue in cheek)

Just to add more fuel to the fire.....
When I was breastfeeding I drank beer, as recommended by the pediatrician.

You rebel you!!!! My pediatrician also recommended this b/c I didn't make enough milk.

 

[Briarmom]

Since the 3rd trimester is weeks, even could be days from birth, you would let your child have a drink? Honestly, that just blows me away that there are people out there that DO this! Off or on the soapbox, i just cannot fathom it. I would think someone that needs it THAT bad may have more problems than they care to admit.

The Alcoholic reference can be seen here. Unless you are talking about some other PROBLEMS that someone who NEEDS a glass of wine may have.

 

[Miller1412]

<So anyone who has a glass of wine at the end of pregnancy is now an alcoholic? >

I was asking where i said THIS, that people drinking at end of pregnancy are alcholic. Just can't seem to find that word anywhere except your post.

Just curious as to what you meant when you said this then?

< I would think someone that needs it THAT bad may have more problems than they care to admit.>

 

[Donna]

Yes, I am quoting myself here. Just wanted to make certain that I am clear. That post was made TIC (tongue in cheek)

Just to add more fuel to the fire.....
When I was breastfeeding I drank beer, as recommended by the pediatrician.

As was my response about not breastfeeding because i go to disney too much. Actually, i had a 10 lb. child, ******l delivery and was on quite a bit of pain meds for 3-4 weeks afterwards so even if i had wanted to breastfeed, i couldn't have.
It was fine with me cause i hadn't planned on it anyways. i just kept picturing that dr. pepper 2 liter....okay....i am just kidding about that last part.

 

[Donna]

The Alcoholic reference can be seen here. Unless you are talking about some other PROBLEMS that someone who NEEDS a glass of wine may have.

Alcoholism wasn't what i meant at all. I was talking about tension, relaxation, things like that. That's why i had mentioned getting a neck message.

 

[Donna]

It's hard to tell exactly what you are trying to say. The first 1/2 of the post is one long run on sentence. It (IMHO) appears that you said .....


.....then continued the sentence with another thought.

LOL, i type like i talk...fast. If you read it slowly, i think you will get it. just take your time...or maybe read it in the morning and it will make more sense? Would you like me to go back and insert punctuation for you. Just want to make sure you get the point of the "statement".

 

[tiggersmom2]

I just love when people backpeddle!!!

 

[Briarmom]

As was my response about not breastfeeding because i go to disney too much. Actually, i had a 10 lb. child, ******l delivery and was on quite a bit of pain meds for 3-4 weeks afterwards so even if i had wanted to breastfeed, i couldn't have.
It was fine with me cause i hadn't planned on it anyways. i just kept picturing that dr. pepper 2 liter....okay....i am just kidding about that last part.

Sounds like an excuse to me. Are you saying you OB/GYN gave you meds that were not safe to be taken while nursing? I guess I find that hard to believe.

And most Peds recommend that you drink beer to help in milk production (AGAIN, NOT A CASE). My Grandmother brought some to my mother after she had me, but she hates beer so she didn't drink it. As I said before, my dh's mother was given beer in the hospital to bring in her milk. Amazing how he made it through the Air Force Academy.

 

[Briarmom]

Alcoholism wasn't what i meant at all. I was talking about tension, relaxation, things like that. That's why i had mentioned getting a neck message.

That is the biggest load of trouser chili I have read here in a long time.

 

[Donna]

Just curious as to what you meant when you said this then?

Just so you know...if you see < > around a phrase, that means that was a quote from someone else, ok? That turned up in the next quote but was said/typed by someone else.
Turning the attention towards me and my beliefs won't work, but nice try. You've already stated your beliefs as well. You are comfortable with your pregnancies and i was quite comfortable with mine. Nothing will ever change my mind and none of you can prove giving alcohol to an unborn child is right.
I suspect in the morning, this thread will be locked. Good nite everyone, sleep well!

 

[Miller1412]

Just so you know...if you see < > around a phrase, that means that was a quote from someone else, ok? That turned up in the next quote but was said/typed by someone else.
Turning the attention towards me and my beliefs won't work, but nice try. You've already stated your beliefs as well. You are comfortable with your pregnancies and i was quite comfortable with mine. Nothing will ever change my mind and none of you can prove giving alcohol to an unborn child is right.
I suspect in the morning, this thread will be locked. Good nite everyone, sleep well!

No, it's actually your words, see quote 197 if you need to see for yourself, but thanks for the tech lesson.

I have no problem with you believing what you want about having a drink during pregnancy, but your comment about someone having a problem is what I take issue with. I'm not asking you to see it my way, but be really careful about making generalized statements like that.

 

[jodifla]

Just so you know...if you see < > around a phrase, that means that was a quote from someone else, ok? That turned up in the next quote but was said/typed by someone else.
Turning the attention towards me and my beliefs won't work, but nice try. You've already stated your beliefs as well. You are comfortable with your pregnancies and i was quite comfortable with mine. Nothing will ever change my mind and none of you can prove giving alcohol to an unborn child is right.
I suspect in the morning, this thread will be locked. Good nite everyone, sleep well!

The problem is your highly inflammatory language..."none of you can prove that giving alcohol to an unborn child is right."

Any time people haul out the phrase "unborn child," watch out!

And I read the quote the same way as everybody else. ... that someone who had a drink in the last trimester must be an alcoholic.

You and a few others have hijacked the thread.

 

[tmt martins]

Well I haven't read all the post but where I don't think it's a problem for a small drink now and again.

The problem is this is the USA suit capital of the world and most places wont take responibility for things like this so they just avoid it .Same with disney they may let you ride a ride but you better beleive there's a warning posted for it.

The OP waitress did not handle it properly if it was policy and that part should have been addressed but to many times people interject their opinions when not warented.

 

[DisneyDotty]

As we all can see by reading the past 16 pages, pregnant women are considered fair game for judgments, comments, belly pats, stupid questions, etc. And then they blame our crying/mood swings on our pregancy hormones!
I sympathize with the poster, and think she and her ob/gyn know whether it is safe for her to have a sip of wine. I would have taken the offered gift certificate!
And for what it's worth, for each of my pregnancies, I drank more than usual that first month (before I knew I was pregnant) and I'm happy to say both children are beautiful and healthy.
I'm someone who enjoys a good-tasting glass of wine regularly, so I would not consider it selfish of a pregnant woman to have an occasional glass of wine. But I can understand how teetotalers would disagree.

 

[chobie]

Just so you know...if you see < > around a phrase, that means that was a quote from someone else, ok? That turned up in the next quote but was said/typed by someone else.
Turning the attention towards me and my beliefs won't work, but nice try. You've already stated your beliefs as well. You are comfortable with your pregnancies and i was quite comfortable with mine. Nothing will ever change my mind and none of you can prove giving alcohol to an unborn child is right.
I suspect in the morning, this thread will be locked. Good nite everyone, sleep well!

No, it's still going. I'm not buying that you could not breastfeed because you were on pain medications. I had c-sections and they gave me pain medications and brought the baby to me in the recovery room to nurse. And with a c-section I only needed the meds for a few days, not weeks. Are you sure you needed pain medication for that long and it wasn't just selfishness on your part to continue to take them so that you could not BF?

 

[Galahad]

Just curious, but should the server be allowed to refuse to serve caffine, fried foods, refuse to give sweet-n-low, anything with preservatives in it? It is not the servers job to police what the woman does as long as it is not illegal. Regardless of whether it is something you would do or not, it is not up to you or anyone else to make that decision for someone else.

Never said a server should be "allowed" to refuse anything. The thread has gotten crazy because:

1) Folks act like the server violated some constitutional guarantee. It really isn't a big deal. Just go somewhere else for your drink.
2) In an attempt to be scornful of a possibly well meaning server we then go down the path of suggestion that folks who would be concerned about alcohol during pregnancy are uneducated, ill-informed Neanderthals.

DW has indeed, in reply to questions from patients, confirmed for them that "a little" alcohol later in pregancy is probably not harmful. She has never suggested, in a proactive way, that any pregnant woman should drink alcohol.

 

[Hillbeans]

DW has indeed, in reply to questions from patients, confirmed for them that "a little" alcohol later in pregancy is probably not harmful. She has never suggested, in a proactive way, that any pregnant woman should drink alcohol.

Well said galahad.

 

[katerkat]

Since the 3rd trimester is weeks, even could be days from birth, you would let your child have a drink? Honestly, that just blows me away that there are people out there that DO this! Off or on the soapbox, i just cannot fathom it. I would think someone that needs it THAT bad may have more problems than they care to admit.

Honestly? Yep, I had a problem THAT BAD in the last trimester that my OB recommended a drink. I can post pictures of the problem if you'd like. Trust me, I tried a massage, I tried everything in the world. Ended up on steriods and induced the baby 11 days early because I couldn't handle it anymore. Maybe if I had a glass of wine I would have been able to relax and get some sleep. Who knows? He turned out pretty well, anyway. And, for the record, I'm still breastfeeding him and I drink wine occasionally and I drink a can of Coke every day.