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3 posts on this thread and the last post was on August 11th, 2006 5:20 PM

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lunamoo - August 9th, 2006 6:01 AM

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I appologize if you have read this under another category, I just didn't know where to post it...
Hi there,
My question/worry has been posted before, but the post and its responses are over a year old. I was hoping some of the worried pregnant woman (who must be mothers by now) can respond:
I drank like a fish for 3 weeks since my conception. I know some of you express concern for the occasional ONE or TWO glass of wine, but I drank much much more than that. As I knew I was going to drink a lot during my vacation, I took a preg test before I left which was day 28 and it was negative. My cycle is 28-36 days, average 33. Again, I took a test on day, 31, 35 and finally on day 38 I got a positive!!! The whole while I was drinking excessively. YUCK. Of course, I will not drink from here on out, I know myself too well and its too difficult for me to have just one drink, so I will naturally and gladly completely abstain.
Now of course I am worried, worried, worried. I have my first dr. appt tomorrow, actually I scheduled with 2 different drs. to get 2 opinions.
Any comments out there..? I have read it all: from the "all or nothing" period, to not to worry about what was drunk, to the extreme one time binge can result in full-blown FAS.
If possible I would like to hear personal experiences rather than just opinions as the latter might just end up judging myself and people in my predicament. Hope you understand : )

diem - August 10th, 2006 8:08 PM

I would also like to know . I wonder about someone that doesn't just OCCASIONALLY drink....but drank a lot before knowing. Is there anyone out there that could inform us?

lunamoo - August 11th, 2006 3:01 AM

Hi Diem,
I found this, but as you see the postings are over a year old. I was hoping we could here from these women again, as surely they are all mothers now who had the same concern as us... How far along are you....? XX cut and paste this link:
http://www.pregnancy-info.
net/QA/answers-Drinking_alcohol_/

cindernar - August 11th, 2006 5:20 PM

After I lost my first two babies, I started drinking more than I should. I got pregnant with my son and didn't know it, and I know I drank just about every day, at least 2-3 beers or more. I found out at 5 weeks I was pregnant with him and, of course, stopped altogether. He was born Oct. 2003 and weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces. Of course, I'm not condoning drinking while you're pregnant at all. I was very disgusted with myself at the time. Thank God that everything turned out OK. I'm now pregnant again, and short of a few glasses of wine, I was careful this time. It's just not worth the risk.

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