A glass of wine a week won't do anything to a child. However saying that, I wouldn't want my partner drinking whilst pregnant...
Poll: Drinking while pregnant?
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My mom had a glass of wine every now and again when she was pregnant with me and as far as I know I'm not deformed in any way. A good few of my friends' moms drank occasionally and/or smoked while pregnant and they're fine.
I'm by no means encouraging it but I think the 'IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT ALCOHOL YOUR BABY WILL CERTAINLY DIE A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH!' response is a bit extreme.
I'm by no means encouraging it but I think the 'IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT ALCOHOL YOUR BABY WILL CERTAINLY DIE A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH!' response is a bit extreme.
This is seriously a real question?
I currently drink like a fish and smoke like a chimney, but if I fell pregnant and wanted to keep it, I would quit both (at least until I gave birth and for a time afterwards). Sure, a glass of wine or two might be 'ok' but I sure as well wouldn't want to risk it.
I currently drink like a fish and smoke like a chimney, but if I fell pregnant and wanted to keep it, I would quit both (at least until I gave birth and for a time afterwards). Sure, a glass of wine or two might be 'ok' but I sure as well wouldn't want to risk it.
I watched a documentray about this with girls all over the UK chugging away at their alcopops and saying that just because they are pregnant they're still going to go out and have a good time. That's just not on.
I'm all for going out getting drunk and having a roaring good time but if I found out I was pregnant I wouldn't drink.
I'm all for going out getting drunk and having a roaring good time but if I found out I was pregnant I wouldn't drink.
Well, I'm not female, or pregnant, nor have I ever had a girlfriend, or close friend who's been pregnant, so my experience on this is a little shaky, but as far as I know, the only thing alcohol is good for (biologically speaking) is killing things. What I mean by that is that other than getting humans drunk, alcohol kills basically everything that tries to exist in it (bacteria, insects, and I'm sure you could kill the F--- out of a small mammal by dunking it in some 40%), so it seems counter-logical to me to basically saturate a small, fragile developing human in what amounts to death-in-a-glass.
And yes, small amounts of wine sound like it wouldn't do any harm, but if I was pregnant(hypothetical) or had a woman who was pregnant (also hypothetical), I would feel that any alcohol is too much, simply because that the line of "too much alcohol" is hard to find even when there isn't a little person growing inside of you, much less than when there is another life depending on your responsibility.
And yes, small amounts of wine sound like it wouldn't do any harm, but if I was pregnant(hypothetical) or had a woman who was pregnant (also hypothetical), I would feel that any alcohol is too much, simply because that the line of "too much alcohol" is hard to find even when there isn't a little person growing inside of you, much less than when there is another life depending on your responsibility.
While i don't advocate drinking while pregnant at all i do think calling alcohol a poison is a bit far. If you are going to use that definition of the word (Any substance that can impair function, cause structural damage, or otherwise injure the body) then you might as well include oxygen.ravensheart18 said:
I must say, I am absolutely gobsmacked. I honestly didn't think there would be such a strong majority in favor of not drinking during the 9 month gestation period. Good on all of you.
True, but you drink alcohol with the INTENTION of causing the impaired functioning of your body. You don't intend to inhale free radicals or pollutants when breathing, it's breath or die. Plus, there's a reason it's called "alcohol poisoning", just because you haven't reached that point after 5 shots and beers doesn't mean the damage isn't already being done.x EvilErmine x said:
This.Gamblerjoe said:
This this this this THIS!
Seriously, why be selfish and take the risk of harming your child? It's incredibly dumb.
I'm a man.
I would never, under any circumstances, have drink if I knew it might affect my offspring negatively.
It is disgusting, and while I cannot rob people of their own opinions, I think everyone who voted "yes" should feel ashamed. How could you do that? I have sincere doubts any of you have kids.
I don't - but consider it:
You decided with your loved one that you were having a kid.
Your actions may or may not harm said kid. IT MAY FUCK THEM UP.
How can you even consider it!? Are you insane!?
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I would never, under any circumstances, have drink if I knew it might affect my offspring negatively.
It is disgusting, and while I cannot rob people of their own opinions, I think everyone who voted "yes" should feel ashamed. How could you do that? I have sincere doubts any of you have kids.
I don't - but consider it:
You decided with your loved one that you were having a kid.
Your actions may or may not harm said kid. IT MAY FUCK THEM UP.
How can you even consider it!? Are you insane!?
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Quoted for truth.Gamblerjoe said:
I think it's cruel and unusual torture ... or something like that.
If you were to ask 100 women who drank through pregnancy if she would ever beat her kid up most would say no (come on we all know there are those crazies who do) so they wont hurt them outside the womb but inside the womb there ok with it?
We all know alcohol in is bad for you ("but a glass of wine a day is good for the heart", "ah shut up, you know what I mean") so how can it do anything but force a problem onto the baby? If it was out in the real world you wouldn't inject it with aids, so why give it a disease inside the womb?
Who ever letI think it's cruel and unusal torture ... or something like that.
If you were to ask 100 women who drank through preganancy if she would ever beat her kid up most would say no (come on we all know there are those crazies who do) so they wont hurt them outside the womb but inside the womb there ok with it?
We all know alcohol in is bad for you ("but a glass of wine a day is good for the heart", "ah shut up, you know what I mean") so how can it do anything but force a problem onto the baby? If it was out in the real world you wouldn't inject it with aids, so why give it a dieseas inside the womb?
Who ever let a doc/scientist to experiment on a baby with alcohol to provide contrary evidance of drinking while preganant is bad shouldn't be allowed kids.
On a slightly lighter note: you have to be 18/21 to drink, if the baby consumes what the mother drinks, the baby is way under the age limit ... it is minus age. Plus the baby can't get the round in. a doc/scientist to experiment on a baby with alcohol to provide contrary evidence of drinking while pregnant is bad shouldn't be allowed kids.
On a slightly lighter note: you have to be 18/21 to drink, if the baby consumes what the mother drinks, the baby is way under the age limit ... it is minus age. Plus the baby can't get the round in.
If you were to ask 100 women who drank through pregnancy if she would ever beat her kid up most would say no (come on we all know there are those crazies who do) so they wont hurt them outside the womb but inside the womb there ok with it?
We all know alcohol in is bad for you ("but a glass of wine a day is good for the heart", "ah shut up, you know what I mean") so how can it do anything but force a problem onto the baby? If it was out in the real world you wouldn't inject it with aids, so why give it a disease inside the womb?
Who ever letI think it's cruel and unusal torture ... or something like that.
If you were to ask 100 women who drank through preganancy if she would ever beat her kid up most would say no (come on we all know there are those crazies who do) so they wont hurt them outside the womb but inside the womb there ok with it?
We all know alcohol in is bad for you ("but a glass of wine a day is good for the heart", "ah shut up, you know what I mean") so how can it do anything but force a problem onto the baby? If it was out in the real world you wouldn't inject it with aids, so why give it a dieseas inside the womb?
Who ever let a doc/scientist to experiment on a baby with alcohol to provide contrary evidance of drinking while preganant is bad shouldn't be allowed kids.
On a slightly lighter note: you have to be 18/21 to drink, if the baby consumes what the mother drinks, the baby is way under the age limit ... it is minus age. Plus the baby can't get the round in. a doc/scientist to experiment on a baby with alcohol to provide contrary evidence of drinking while pregnant is bad shouldn't be allowed kids.
On a slightly lighter note: you have to be 18/21 to drink, if the baby consumes what the mother drinks, the baby is way under the age limit ... it is minus age. Plus the baby can't get the round in.
If, in some bizzaro universe, I was female and wanted to procreate... I would follow every scientifically sound health rule involving pregnancy that I could... so... no alcohol, tobacco, narcotics of any kind... hell, I'd swear off caffeine for the duration, too.
As things stand, I think pregnant addicts should have state-mandated abortions followed by state-mandated surgical sterilization... but I'mkind of an asshole about this sort of thing.
As things stand, I think pregnant addicts should have state-mandated abortions followed by state-mandated surgical sterilization... but I'm
