In general, pregnant women have many strange desires. Someone rides the rails to sniff at night, someone eats dishwashing sponges, someone is crazy about the aroma of wet sand. And often I really want to drink.
“Today I dreamed that I was drinking cold white dry wine. Again, ”says my colleague. She is in her fifth month. The experience of abstinence is six months.
Many people quietly violate the ban on alcohol – they stretch a bottle of beer for a week, occasionally allow themselves a sip of wine. The main thing here is not to confess to anyone, otherwise they will peck.
But now we can admit it. Experts admitted that a small (very small!) Amount of alcohol does not harm the unborn baby in any way. Experts monitored 26 women, some of whom occasionally allowed themselves to sip wine, while others followed a strict non-alcoholic regime. And they found out that alcohol did not provoke any problems with the development of the fetus or complications during pregnancy. The use of alcohol also did not affect the severity of childbirth, and the children of both groups of mothers were born completely healthy.
And now the main question: how much is a little? Experts say you can afford a maximum of four units of alcohol per week. The unit is 85 ml of light wine or 0,25 ml of beer. In general, it is solid.
But there are also opponents of this study. First, as they quite reasonably point out, the sample was too small to speak of patterns. There should be more observations. Secondly, there are confirmed studies that prove that those who allow themselves to drink during pregnancy, babies are born with less weight. Not always, about 8 percent of the time. Third, children may still have developmental problems in the long term – an issue that has not yet been properly researched.
Therefore, there is only one conclusion: it’s better not. But if it so happened that you took a little sip, then you shouldn’t cut yourself up for it. A sip of wine or beer will not hurt the fruit. If he really is a sip.