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Aug 17, 2010 13:30

So I was talking to a doctor the other day who said that a large percentage of European women drink a glass of wine with dinner, nearly daily, whether pregnant or not. There are no signs of this causing any damage to the baby. So why do American doctors and women vehemently look down on this practice ( ... )

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jadeejf

The why? Because it gives us yet another reason to look down on someone for their parenting style ;)

I probably would be embarrassed, and wouldn't do it myself, but I still realize that it's the pregnant woman's decision in the end and try not to be weird about it.

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preachan_sidhe

I'm fine seeing a woman drink in moderation while pregnant. I drank very lightly myself while in the third tri with two of my kids.

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o0psydaisy

JUDGING YOUUUUUUU

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preachan_sidhe

OH NO!! Should I delete my comment now?

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o0psydaisy

it was voted on.

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thiscantbesoy

There is *no known* safe amount of alcohol to consume during pregnancy. I don't care if "oh, it's probably not going to hurt my baby, after all, my friend did it and her baby's healthy." Doctors cannot say that even a small amount is proven safe. Thus, I don't drink it at all.

Further, even if it could be proven that a glass or two a day does not truly harm your baby (and of course, that can't be proven), it still basically intoxicates your baby, and since I don't know anyone would would feed their newborn wine, I don't know why people do it while their babies are in their bellies.

I also don't know why some people consider wine so innocuous, when I doubt they would look favorably on a woman slamming two shots of scotch.

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medea34

I found out I was pregnant after what i have dubbed 'the scotch weekend' - we went to a resort with another couple, played board games, drank scotch (two glens and a lagavulin). in addition to the boozing, we spent a goodly bit of time in the hot tub and went for hot wraps at the spa.

my little guy is fine.

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thatfleetingirl

Speaking of personal experiences...my mom had 21 white russians on her 21st birthday and was more smashed than ever before or after. Spent days sick afterwords and the week after that, found out she was 2 months pregnant [with me]. It's debatable, but I'm just fine. :P

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medea34

that sounds about right.

me: honey I don't feel so well.

him: maybe you shouldn't have drank so much.

me: but that was last weekend, I can't still be sick from that.

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uberliz

Personally, yes. I would look down on any woman who drinks ANY alcohol while knowingly pregnant.

It's proven that alcohol causes fetal damage, but not how much it takes to cause that damage. So for me, any is a poor choice on the mothers behalf.

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mail_demon

I would assume American doctors look down on the practice because they live in a country full of litigious people. To keep their insurance premiums down, they need to do whatever they can to cover their arses.

The French legal system is, in practice, very different to the US one. Thus, rather than being hyper-vigilant and telling pregnant women 'no drinking', French doctors have the freedom to take a more pragmatic view of the research.

I don't look down on pregnant women who drink. Most babies are born to women who drink alcohol excessively, not a glass of wine on four or five nights a week.

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hendrikboom

Most babies are born to women who drink alcohol excessively

Surely you don't mean that only women who get stinking drunk get pregnant!

Presumably you mean "Most fetal-alcohol-syndrome babies ..."

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