do you cut out all alochol when TTC?

[scandicmum85]

I wonder if its bad to have a glass wine now and then if you are trying TTC?
Read its okay to have a small amount of alcohol the first 2 weeks of months and then stop next 2 weeks?

Is it the same for men? Heard its not good for men to drink much alcohol when ttc...

 

[Rosie's Mummy]

I can't see the harm in the odd glass, I think there could be a problem if you are drunk every weekend or drinking a lot during the week - same goes for the bloke.

 

[kellylou]

I didn't when we were trying to conceive in fact we went away for the week with 6 bottles of wine and a bottle of champers and got pregnant first time!

 

[flexilexi394]

Kellylou, I was hammered the night I got pg!! Quite interesting thatthey say not a lot of alcohol lol x

 

[LouiseB]

Yes, i cut out all alcohol.

It's great that some people have alcohol and everything turns out ok but you will never be able to see that parallel reality where there was no alcohol involved at all - could things have turned out even better?

What happens during those first few months impact the rest of the child's life - it's intellect, mobility, communication, immunity, lifespan, etc.

Plus there is all the medical research about the alcohol not being able to be broken down and remaining in the amniotic fluid and in short increases the chance of spontaneous abortion, birth defects and low birth weight and FAS.

There is so much information about it everywhere.

It's just 2 week out of a month and it give you something to look forward to if you get a BFN

And don't forget that you can have the odd glass in later pregnancy when the baby is basically just growing and not actually forming

 

[Geminiblue]

LouiseB I just love you!!! Couldnt ahve said it better myself ha ha xxx