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Sugah,
I honestly appreciate your concern, but I swear on the Bible, I haven't drank this entire pregnancy until I had the "incident", as I'm now calling it. The "incident" was one night where I binged drank at 17 weeks prego. I haven't drank a drop since. So the sequence of events were: 3-4 months of not drinking, then one horrible night, and now back to not drinking.
Honestly, it hasn't been difficult to not drink since the incident... partly because I didn't drink prior to the incident, partly because I don't ever want to hurt this baby again.
The good thing is that the incident was a turning point for me. When I said I am NEVER am going to drink again, it was the first time in my life I have ever said that. Before this I just tried different ways to control the circumstances and days I drank so as to minimize damage.
Even though I don't have urges to drink at this moment in time, just making this declaration has stirred up alot of emotion. I'm trying to confront it now so when I am no longer pregnant, I will continue on this sober path. I know I will be tested when I'm no longer pregnant. I will get cravings and I will start to wonder if I can handle drinking again.
I've thought about it and decided I will not tell my doctor about the incident. I do not believe there is any test she can do to see if there damage. If there is a test, I do not believe she can prescribe anything to correct it. I just had a doctor's appointment and the heartbeat was strong, all indications are the baby is perfectly healthy. I have an ultrasound next week.
I was just posting this thread to ask if anyone has heard of using nutrition and vitamins to help with cravings and to help repair liver damage or whatever. Me being pregnant right now, I'm taking only vitamins that my doctor says I should. But I just thought this topic was interesting. I wondered if focusing on the nutrition side of it could help me stay sober after I give birth.
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