Poll: Drinking while pregnant?

[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.

 

[radiant song]

I don't drink at all so my vote is no.

However, I don't think it's too bad for a pregnant woman to sip a little once a week or so. That much alcohol is negligible.

Granted, I don't see the value of sipping a little alcohol. Perhaps for the taste?

 

[Booze Zombie]

In France, if you say to them "I can't have a glass of wine because I'm pregnant" they look at you like you're insane.

Minor amounts of booze consumption, that is at most a glass of wine per week, should be "acceptable".

 

[darksakul]

Speaking as a doctor, a single glass of red wine once a week wouldn't do any harm what so ever.

It has been found that children of mothers who drank red wine during their pregnancy, have less behavioral problems as well as cognitive defects than those who abstained from alcohol completely for nine months.

Other than this, girls who were born to women who drank wine occasionally, showed less emotional as well as peer issues than those who were born from women who did not have wine during their pregnancy.

And that is 100% true.

Except the doctor part.

Also, this reminded me of something I read in the newspaper a few couple of years ago.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/2109467/Polish-baby-born-15-times-drink-drive-limit.html

Yes, in moderation only. For most people, they do not stop at 1 proper serving once a week.
And those who do, it only helps them from the benefit that Red Wine Contains vitamin B. Not because it was wine.

 

[Numb1lp]

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

Of course, it likely on a case-to-case basis, but one is probably okay.

Although, if I was female and pregnant, I wouldn't drink at all, just to be on the safe side.

That's actually a common misconception. Any amount of alcohol at any time can harm the baby. It's just a matter of when your luck will catch up with you.

 

[ilspooner]

Hell no! Why would I risk my childs health and well being?

 

[StormShaun]

Drinking just makes gaming even worse...so dont or your children will SUCK

 

[InfiniteSingularity]

As a man, if I got pregnant, I would freak the fuck out

 

[Kae]

I'm not a woman so I can't get pregnant (obviously), but hypothetically speaking just to answer the question, I would not drink if I were pregnant not only for the well being of the child but also because I don't drink anyway (I kinda get sick with it only touching my tongue, I know lame) so there'd be no reason for me to drink in the first place.... which I guess makes this post useless (>o<)

 

[Booze Zombie]

Wow, the education system is failing people.

1 serving of ANY kind of alcohol has the same negative impacts on the body. A 4oz glass of wine is just as bad for you as a shot of vodka. It's foolishness to think otherwise.

The 4oz glass of wine is nowhere near as a bad as a bottle of vodka, as the OP described some women were drinking, which was my point.
The great the concentration of alcohol, the greater the chance of a problem.

To be fair, I didn't exactly clarify that and I realise this.

 

[Canid117]

Having to care for a baby with Fetal alcohol syndrome would suck so... no...