The norms around drinking while pregnant seem to change every couple of decades. Is it ok to have an occasional drink, or is it better to extra cautious?
When I hit the sixth month of my pregnancy, a strange thing happened: everywhere I went, people offered me a drink. Checking in at a hotel, the front desk clerk offered me a glass of champagne. Ordering dinner at a restaurant, the waitress asked if I’d like a glass of wine with my meal. At a friend’s barbecue, at least six people asked if I wanted a beer, or maybe a margarita. Each time I had the same reaction: first, surprise. Then, the sense that I should automatically just point to my belly and say no. And finally, a wave of, well, maybe just one drink, or a half of one, would be okay.
It turns out I am not alone. At some point in their pregnancy, most expectant mothers find themselves facing a glass of wine or a bottle of beer and have to consider the difficult question of whether or not to drink it. To make matters worse, even after decades of debate, there still doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer.
from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1PIJ3km
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