Poll: Drinking while pregnant?

[LandoCristo]

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.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

I think it is abuse to deliberately introduce any poison to your system when you are pregnant (and yes, alcohol is a poison).
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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.

 

[The3rdEye]

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.

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.

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.

 

[AwesomePeanutz]

who cares what exact amount is harmful to a fetus. if you're not willing to go the extra mile to be certain that your child is healthy, there is something wrong with you. one of the biggest problems is the world is how self centered people are.

This.

This this this this THIS!

Seriously, why be selfish and take the risk of harming your child? It's incredibly dumb.

 

[Light 086]

If I were pregnant, I wouldn't drink at all. There is too much at risk to take that gamble. That's just my opinion though, take it for what it is.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Guiness and Red wine have both been shown to be beneficial for women (and babies) during pregnancy - Guiness particularly because of the high alcohol content.

I think you mean 'high iron content', which is true for all stouts.

 

[s0denone]

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!?

EDIT:

who cares what exact amount is harmful to a fetus. if you're not willing to go the extra mile to be certain that your child is healthy, there is something wrong with you. one of the biggest problems is the world is how self centered people are.

Quoted for truth.

 

[omega 616]

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.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

Why risk it? Even if one glass a day is ok.

 

[loc978]

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'm kind of an asshole about this sort of thing.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Why.....would any woman drink while they are pregnant?

 

[Romidude]

Plain and simple, drink while pregnant; and have a kid with holes in it's brain. (LITERALLY)

 

[zehydra]

I wouldn't drink at all. Mainly because I'm male, and therefore cannot get pregnant, and secondly, because I don't drink at all anyway. Lol.

 

[USSR]

I don't see how it's not a crime.

Forced intoxication upon an infant, no. a fetus, is a terrible thing.
Big risks.

 

[Merkavar]

I have heard that one drink a day will not harm the child.

but why risk your child for one drink.

If i got someone pregnant and they were drinking i would probably have to rough them up a bit for being so stupid. same goes for smoking.

 

[katsumoto03]

My mom drank while I was in womb and I turd out justin fine.

Gah, It's too easy...

OT: I read somewhere that a glass of red wine a day (may have been a week) is not bad, but would you really want to risk it? Whenever I see a pregnant woman smoking or drinking shit like vodka, I just want to fucking smack them across the face.

Seriously, how fucking addicted do you have to be to do something so fucking selfish.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Firstly, I'd be pretty surprised at having grown a uterus.

But yeah, I don't think women should drink at all in that position, to be on the safe side.

 

[Kaymish]

well i don't drink but also i don't plan on getting pregnant anytime soon either and i wouldn't want to make raising a horrid child any harder on me by giving it some sort of preventable damage or make pregnancy any worse if i did take leave of my senses and decide to have a child

 

[dagens24]

My mom drank while I was in womb and I turd out justin fine.

Gah, It's too easy...

Yes. It is.

 

[Yureina]

Never. I don't drink -period-, so drinking during that would, to me, be even worse.