OK. This is pretty shocking. In response to an article in the New York Post, which said drinking while pregnant is becoming more and more common, a website called The Frisky conducted a poll of it's female readers. 5,000 women responded. Nearly half said they would drink while pregnant. What do you think?
The Frisky's press release says: "According to most OBGYN's and prenatal health experts, having the occasional drink while pregnant isn't likely to harm your baby, let alone cause Fetal Alcohol Syndrome."
This is probably true. And, I remember interviewing a doctor years ago, for my job with Fox CT, who said to me, off camera, "Yes. It's probably OK to have one glass of wine now and then when you're pregnant. But, I can't say that during the interview because I can't trust that every woman will take that comment in the right way and truly only have one drink occasionally. Because too much is really dangerous for the baby. Women need to know how to make that distinction." Interesting.
As for me, I didn't drink at all during my two pregnancies. To me, that glass of Merlot just wasn't worth it...when I was in the midst of doing the most important thing ever. Besides, I just thought about food. Who needs vino when you have eclairs, brownies and meatballs? Yum.
(FYI: This picture -- quite a talker -- comes from The Frisky's web site.)
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