Drinking while Pregnant

[sfgirl]

I just wanted to post some links to threads by other members who have posted about drinking while pregnant. I am sure it happens a lot more often than anyone admits for fear of being shamed. But a new member just opened up about it in the alcoholism forum and I wanted to reassure her that she is far from alone:

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-pregnant.html (One off Episodic week of Binge drinking whilst 26 weeks pregnant)

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ling-help.html (Pregnant and Struggling!!! HELP)

I've never been pregnant (hell I can barely handle a date...) but if anyone else has any other threads or experiences...

[Gypsy Feet]

Well, when I got pregnant with my kid, I was 20, living on the beach in mexico, unemployed, doing every party drug imaginable. I think the universe intervened on her behalf, and I (maybe) actually didn't have anything harder than pot, cigs and booze for the 8 weeks or so I was pregs before I knew it. I quit all toxins for the duration of the pregnancy when I found out, and she came out better than perfect. I was scared, of course, but if you look up Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, it is found most often in women who drink copious amounts throughout their pregnancies.

[Aysha]

The one and only time I have ever been preg was at the beginning of my addiciton. I was smoking crack everyday all day for the first 2 mos because I didnt know I was preg. When I found out I stopped. But one day my BF brought some home and said he was going to sell it. When he fell asleep I took it all and locked myself in the bathroom and smoked it all. I told him I flushed it cause I didnt want it in the house. A couple months later he accused me of screwing the drugdealer and that I was having the dealers baby and he physically assaulted me and I left and disappeared for 2 days getting high. Which neded in him chasing me at high speeds down the highway in my car. And when I finally pulled off he asked me WTF I was doing with his baby! Now its your kid. Anyway, about a month later I lost the baby. Drs said most women lose their first pregnancy. I to this day do not know if me getting high contributed to that. But I do regret it and hold myself responsible for it. And I still havent forgiven myself.

I have seen lots of girls out in the street totally on it all through their pregnancy. I dont and cant even be around it cause it messes with me really bad.

But no. They are def not alone.