Anyone????

babyrichards11

is anyone else having a hard time with not being able to enjoy A (just one) drink today since its the 4th of July?? I feel guilty even thinking about it but I'm used to being able to celebrate and have a few drinks with my family. Some people say its ok to have a glass of wine occasionally. I just feel terrible and selfish for wanting one.... Anyone else ???

leeleepi

If you feel guilty about a glass of wine maybe just take a few sips of your hubby's or friends or drink an o'douls - it tastes just like a bud light!

skmomma

I feel the same way this is the first summer not to be able to have a few drinks with friends and family. So don't feel guilty cause I'm right there with ya.

adecembermom2015

I want a freakin margarita and a bombpop on the side.

mbhurst1

Ugh! Miserable! All I want is a margarita, daiquiri, bushwhacker

0leahmarie

It's killing me! I'm hiding in the room watching Netflix and crying. I feel like such an idiot for crying about not having a drink but whatever... I blame it on hormones. It's really bothering me today.

flyingmombula

I'm so dreading going to friend's bbqs later. Trying to get out of it. I want a jack & cherry coke.

eta: boyfriend says it's 'bad for his image' to go out and party with our friends while his pregnant gf is at home. ...This means he has to drag me along? ) I have ZERO problem with him going out . But I don't wanna. 

ammnam14

Amen. I just want a margarita!

taysun

@VegDumpling surely it's bad for his image to drag his pregnant girlfriend to a party she doesn't want to go to! Especially when it involves alcohol and staying out late! Here's hoping you get out of it!

flyingmombula

@taysun we'll be home around 10 regardless, the city fireworks are at 930 and I told him I'm going home after that. But we do have a day drinking crowd! Mostly I am just a bit lazy and antisocial lately (surely I can blame pregnancy for this?)

khamilton2621

I keep dreaming about a glass of homemade Shiraz at Christmas time because I can't have a local beer on the fourth! Something to look forward to I suppose.

KrystinaZee

I want a dirty gin martini

satindawl83

I say have a glass of wine or a beer and be done with it. As long as you don't pound it, you're fine.

kdoak2015

lol nope your not alone, yesterday DH and I spent the day by the beach and went to a pub for some snacks and bevies. I had some virgin orange dreamcicle and it was delicious. Definitely helps with the fix.

Beckah31

My bartender from the bar around the corner makes me virgin Marys. They're so good! But now they're giving me heartburn.
Guess I'll have to find another way to get my fix.

jmomof4

Two words.. Summer shandy!!!! I dunno if it's a local beer..? Ugh.

ssn109

Beer....and a smores martini...and really anything with alcohol. My DH is depressing me and I could really use a drink right now :-/

Lindsay4984

Yes! My friends were all drinking limoncello and mojitis yesterday. Torture, as I'm craving citrus...

ealiska

You are NOT alone. My husband was helpful and only drank blue light yesterday (which I think tastes like a frat party) and then I had a
Piña colada slurpee on the way home. What's killing me? No drinking yesterday-but I have headache and DH is fine!wtf

amandaluv5

I wanted to have a beer.! Sucked I couldn't have one.. I made the most of my 4th and just spent it with the kids and family and ignored the fact that I wanted a drink and ignored all my friends that were drinking

sbodman82

I was so irritated yesterday EVERYONE was drunk and I wasn't and my bf stumbled home at 5 am after going out with his boys all night im so peeved

colsen4

I miss my vodka. My biggest aversion is orange juice which is so hard because not only did I drink it every morning but I always mixed it with vodka while relaxing at night. No mock tail for me.

ACarter0914

I want a bud light so bad! I'm such a beer girl. When people are around me drinking it I can like taste it. It's horrible

vppittman

There is this new beer around here called Not Your Father's Root Beer, apparently it's very good considering everyone and their mother is posting about how delicious it is on Facebook. I'd really like one of those...

Lindsay4984

vppittman said:

There is this new beer around here called Not Your Father's Root Beer, apparently it's very good considering everyone and their mother is posting about how delicious it is on Facebook. I'd really like one of those...

Yes!!! It's all the rage within our circle of friends too. I'm guilty of trying a sip on the 4th. Oh muh guh!!! Heaven.

babyrichards11

Ok so my next question did anyone end up drinking anything? I'll admit I had a half a glass of wine. And a half of SOs kinky blue shot (which barely has alcohol in it) and it killed my urge. I think it's smooth sailing (I hope) from here till New Years! I talked to quite a few people that drank once in a while during pregnancy n everything was fine. ( not drank to get drunk just a drink ) so I hope this guilty feeling goes away soon and everything stays ok!

reware

We're in second tri, ladies. A very occasional glass is perfectly fine. I wouldn't touch hard liquor or anything chemically, but I definitely sipped a lovely small glass of rose over the course of a long afternoon bbq. I also sipped half a nice cold wheat beer a couple weeks ago (best thing ever in the summer heat!) And a little glass of red burgundy at some point a month prior to that. Always slowly when catching up with friends and always when I'm eating a proper meal.

To each her own as I completely understand/support wanting to abstain completely (I'm fascistic in other ways, about my organic, processed food/refined sugar-free diet for example). Big picture, it's not worth dispelling the hysteria surrounding the issue of alcohol given the damage that going overboard can cause, and obv if you have any kind of history of abuse, best to stay well away. But for this mama, an occasional few sips goes a long way toward letting me relax, enjoy life and being with my friends for these last carefree few months before life gets very serious Baby is absolutely healthy and mama is happy so no guilt here!