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193988 tn?1215023883

red wine and pregnancy??

anyone here think it is ok to have a small glass of red wine during 3rd trimester.I am asking because i am turning 21 this friday.I dont want to drink at all really i think it can wait,but people keep telling me it is ok?
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448723 tn?1301454958
Bumping this again for the person that posted the wine question....
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325319 tn?1220588398
oh god were retarded..you already had your baby and were giving you advice..i didnt even see this post was from over a month ago..LOL
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325319 tn?1220588398
how bout you just drink a bottle of sparkling cider :) or if you want they do make alcohol removed wine. my friend brought some over to a housewarming party we were at a few weekends ago for me and the pregnant host, i thought that was pretty cute, i hadnt seen it before. but i am NOT a wine person, i think its disgusting so id opt for sparkling cider in a wine glass! :)
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290018 tn?1240365868
Aww..that stinks that you are pregnant and about to be 21.  We have been TTC for some time now and I kept joking that with my luck I would end up being pregnant on my 21st birthday...we don't party or anything but I did want to order a drink that night.  I just made it.  I turned 21 on april 14th.  (we couldn't go out that night because my son was throwing  up) so we went out on April 18th and I had 2 drinks. I ovulated on the next day April 19th and we got pregnant...lol.  My doctor told me to have a drink while TTC that it would help me relax and maybe help the process, Guess he was right.  
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448723 tn?1301454958
Did that work?
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448723 tn?1301454958
Just thought I'd bump this up to show to the person that posted the alcohol question..
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303706 tn?1296876149
My birthday was the other day and everyone else except me was able to drink. My friend suggested a glass of wine for me, I've read that a glass of wine is okay, but I still didn't do it. Not just that but I think it tastes nasty...so then I just stuck with a virgin margarita.
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400885 tn?1297698918
I wouldn't drink wine but it is up to you. Wine does have alcohol and you shouldn't be drinking alocohol when you are pregnant I would wait.
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384464 tn?1217899843
Wine is Alcohol ! Try grape juice instead.
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456039 tn?1302660148
I work with children with disabilities so I do know a thing or two about F.A.S. and it really is totally unknown. It is thought now that if a mother drinks an amount she normally does it most likely will not harm the baby it is when you go out side that amount. Why alcoholic mothers who can not quit drinking due to their addiction can have totally normal, unaffected babies and a mother who has a single drink once can have a F.A.S. baby. I personally don't think it would be worth the risk.
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193988 tn?1215023883
Yea i didnt think its worth the risk,as i said in my second post FYI (Atlantisea).After all i only have a couple weeks left.I can drink all i want then,though i dont really plan on it.Though my babie is healthy now i was on bed rest for a month and was bleeding very very heavy when i was just 24 weeks pregnat.
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448723 tn?1301454958
You have contradicted yourself.
You stated that- 'keep away from hard liquor.... any even TINY amount can hurt her'
Well there is more than a tiny amount of liquor in wine...

And what is with the 'it comes from the ground, so it will not harm your baby if it's dranken conciderately'  ???

Marijuana comes from the ground also, does that mean that pregnant women can eat moderate amounts of it???

Not everything the ground produces is good. eg poisonous berries...

As for doctors recommeding beer,

Are you sure he had a medical license?

What culture is the doctor from? His recommendation may not be something that American/English/Australian doctors would advise...
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384896 tn?1335294331
I was told a glass of wine once or twice a week will not hurt the baby.
But it was pino grigio which is an Italian White Wine that I like.
My papa drinks it all the time, and I'm half Italian so I've taken to a few wines.
But I'm not sure about red wine.
White Whine is alot lighter so I guess it's better.

But wine is wine and it comes from the ground, so it will not harm your baby if it's dranken conciderately.

I was even told a beer once in a while is fine too.
Specially if you get bladder infections alot like I do.
My MIL told me she had a really bad bladder infection when she was pregnant with her second son, and the doc told her to go home and drink a couple beers.
To tell you it worked, her baby came out fine.
The beer flushed her system out.

So low alcoholic drinks like a wine cooler or beer or wine... it okay once in a while... just keep away from hard liquor.... any even TINY amount can hurt her.
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454592 tn?1229564039
happy 21st brithday i hate to be a party poop por but i ask my obgyn that same Q and she told me no . exp.  that far a long she told me that it can cause birth defets  so if i was you i thank i would wait but that's up to you its your boby and baby  
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300987 tn?1219983665
Some doctors say no alcohol while pregnant, some say it's okay to have a glass every now and then. If SOME doctors say NO, I would probably do what those doctors say. I didn't have any drinks while pregnant, and now that I am breastfeeding I still don't have any drinks. It's not worth the possible risk.
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341551 tn?1266980730
Gotcha! So now I feel safe eating Raw Veggies, Fruits and boxed items! LOL Kidding.

Thanks for all the info, I really didn't know half of that!
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448723 tn?1301454958
Glad I could help...    :)
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448723 tn?1301454958
Yes, I agree with you, that does sound bad. It wasn't well stated by me. He didn't mean to choose to avoid certain foods over other less dangerous foods, he meant for me to avoid everything on his list. The reason it came out that way was because I asked him if I really had to avoid soft-serve... (I love frozen yoghurt)

As to the law suits, yes it was proven that listeria was the cause, and the shop in question tested positive for listeria in their soft serve machines. (which is quite common) All it takes is one drip left behind when they are cleaning the machine and poof- slightly older dairy grows a small amount of bacteria which spreads to new icecream mix...

Don't forget though - FRESH foods are best when pregnant. Raw vegies can't grow listeria. Forgot to mention that.
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448723 tn?1301454958
If you cook a meal without dairy, I usually eat it within the first 3 days refridgeration (if it has no dairy)
We eat food in the fridge usually unless it smells bad or is mouldy.
Now quite likely there is bacteria present before our noses can smell it.
Our stomachs can tolerate a small amount of bacteria, but if there is too much, we become sick..
Listeria in a woman (not pregnant) creates an illness with flu-like symptoms.
In a pregnant woman - foetal damage or malformation.

So, if you don' t want to expose yourself to the listeria bacteria by accident, just reduce the amount of time that you would usually consider food to be - 'ok'.
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341551 tn?1266980730
OOps sorry didn't see your second post.
WOW so basically we're looking at boxed foods here! A lot of that is soo news to me, very interesting. Now I'm gonna be scared to eat anything from my fridge! haha.

Thanks for all the info!
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341551 tn?1266980730
Huh thats pretty interesting....but you never answered my question, does that mean everything in your fridge is able to grow Listeria?

I don't think any Doctor should say whats more important to avoid...I mean if its dangerous to the fetus or has been known to be..they all should be avoided. It shouldn't be one thing over another. Thats almost like saying if you had to choose between Softserve and Soft Cheese, eat the Cheese...when that has been proven to have bad affects or defects on the fetus.
Was it proven that the Softserve caused the defect in those babies?
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448723 tn?1301454958
Yes, any thing kept in your fridge has the ability to grow it.
rice should not be eaten after the first day it was cooked, (rice grows bacteria quickly)
Dairy you should adhere strictly to the used by dates,
if you prepare food like coleslaw, you should only eat it on the first day it was made.
Dont eat creamy salads like coleslaw or potato salad from places like KFC or Mac Donalds.
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448723 tn?1301454958
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/listeria.html

Australian doctors list soft serve ice cream as more important than soft cheese to avoid. I found out because I tried to buy one (soft serve ice cream) while pregnant, and the girl informed me that it was store policy not to sell soft serve to pregnant women as they have been sued by pregnant mothers with defective babies...
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341551 tn?1266980730
Oh I have no doubt that Listeria is harmful to any unborn child, I just didn't know that about Softserve. Does that mean everything in your fridge is able to grow it??
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