Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 1 Location: US East Coast
Is Alcohol Hazardous to Early Pregnancy? Posted: 11-06-05 02:10am
Hello! I just need help to clarify
something that has been bugging me for a
week now. I have been having sexual
intercourse with my boyfriend everyday for
the last 2 weeks without using any
contraceptives and I have been drinking
alcohol almost every night for like 7 days
straight. I don't know if i'm pregnant
but of course I do know that without
protection during sex can lead to
pregnancy. I am alright if I get
pregnant, I think i'm ready for it if it
ever comes. Now the question is, if i'm
pregnant is the fetus going to be fine
even if I have been drinking alcoholic
beverages?
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not perfect
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 135 Location: Illinois
Posted: 11-06-05 04:49am
Drinking alcohol is fine.. When you're
not pregnant. If you do become pregnant,
I would could back on the alcohol a lot.
I have heard it's fine to drink a glass of
red wine a day. But with beer and hard
liquor, they use yeasts to ferment the
alcohol to be able to get it on stores
shelves faster instead of letting it
ferment the natural way (by letting it
age), and that can harm the baby (the
yeasts). This is what my doctor had told
me at least.
I personally wouldn't drink at all with
being pregnant, but then again, I don't
drink now as it is. You make your baby
more at risk for getting fetal alcohol
syndrome. Here is a link for more info on
that: http://www.Nofas.Org/
. I'd just talk to your doctor about
this. S/he would be able to tell you more
about it all, and be more exact.
Is your boyfriend ok if you get pregnant?
I know you said you are, and hopefully he
is too since he hasn't been using
protection either.. If neither of you are
truly ready to have a baby (unless you're
trying to conceive).. I'd start wearing
protection and get on some kind of birth
control. If you haven't talked to your bf
about things.. I'd talk to him now since
you could be pregnant with having
unprotected sex so much lately. How old
are you both if I may ask?
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 11-06-05 06:44am
I got really drunk the weekend before
finding out I was preggy and I was about 5
weeks when I found out. My son is fine,
just make sure that if you think your
preggy, stop drinking till you know for
sure.
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 11-06-05 08:30am
One beer, one drink should be okay
occasionally while preg. But
intoxication is not good. Many of us did
many things before we found out we were
pregnant, and im sure 99% had perfectly
normal children. If there is a chance of
pregnancy(which there is) I would refrain
from getting loaded for now. Until you
know for sure. Then one drink or so
occasionally only--if its not possible for
you to completely quit. My opinion, I am
no Dr. Just someone who has been preg 10
times.
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trishabunny
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 216 Location: manitoba
Weird Things Are Happening Posted: 11-06-05 12:49pm
Sorry for changing the subject but there
and a few things that I must know and I
really dont whats going on with myself ok
I started my period 4 days early so I
started on november the third and then on
the fourth of november I had a couple of
beers.Then I went to go to the washroom
and I noticed that my period wasnt normal
and it was light pink.And now today is the
6 of november and my period is still light
pink.Its so light that I only need one pad
for the whole day because hardly anything
is coming out.
And I dont know whats going on.But is
there a posssibility that the beer could
have started an affection.Or is this an
early sign of pregnancy. If anybody
knows whats going on I would appreciate to
hear what you have to say and thanks for
taking to time to read my post.
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 11-06-05 13:34pm
It culd be what is known as implantation
bleeding or pregnancy period which does
happen alot. If you drink a lot of
alcohol it could thin your blood, causing
lite pink I suppose!! Idk not a Dr.
Good luck
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trishabunny
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 216 Location: manitoba
Posted: 11-06-05 14:38pm
Whell I dont really drink lots of alcohol
I just have a drink every once in a
while.Like I only have a drink maybe like
twice a month or so and sometimes I dont
even drink that much
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string_of_pearls
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted: 11-07-05 14:56pm
Medical researchers and experts have done
studies about drinking during pregnancy,
and what they have learned is that
a) drinking during pregnancy can lead to
all kinds of problems (fetal alcohol
syndrome, low birth weight, etc)
b) they don't know how much alcohol it
takes to cause those things, and they
don't know know how much is safe, so the
agreement in the medical community is that
it's better to be safe than sorry, meaning
don't drink at all during pregnancy, and
then you'll have nothing to worry about.
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Kristina86
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 69 Location: Houston, Tx
Posted: 11-07-05 18:31pm
not perfect
wrote:
drinking alcohol is fine..
When you're not pregnant. If you do
become pregnant, I would could back on the
alcohol a lot. I have heard it's fine to
drink a glass of red wine a day. But
with beer and hard liquor, they use yeasts
to ferment the alcohol to be able to get
it on stores shelves faster instead of
letting it ferment the natural way (by
letting it age), and that can harm the
baby (the yeasts). This is what my
doctor had told me at least.
I personally wouldn't drink at all with
being pregnant, but then again, I don't
drink now as it is. You make your baby
more at risk for getting fetal alcohol
syndrome. Here is a link for more info
on that: http://www.Nofas.Org/
. I'd just talk to your doctor about
this. S/he would be able to tell you
more about it all, and be more exact.
i agree, I drank a lil bit before I found
out I was pregnant but the first sign of
me thinking I was pregnant I stoped
smoking and drinking
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trishabunny
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 216 Location: manitoba
Posted: 11-07-05 20:33pm
I aint even sure if I am preggy yet im
going to take the test tomorrow.
But believe me if I am preggy I will not
be drinking at all