How can I hide I'm pregnant at a drinking event?

MrsSmith0312 · August 2013

I need advice on how to keep my pregnancy a secret during a weekend away with my family! It's easy to fake it at bars, but we, and especially me, always have a few beers with dinner. I'm not sure how many excuses they will believe over a 4-day weekend. I'll only be at 6 weeks, but should I just tell them if they ask? Any advice?

Onelovelyginger · August 2013

Maybe say something about having a few too many recently and say you're giving your liver a break? Lol I don't know that's all I've got. Or maybe empty a beer bottle and put something else in it? Lol sorry this is probably so not helpful.

MyNameWasTaken · August 2013

That's up to you if you want to tell them. If not, then don't. I'd probably just say I'm fighting a uti or something.

smile50208 · August 2013

Tell them you on an antibiotic or a new medication that can not be mixed with alcohol. If they push, say the med is for a 'lady issue' and hopefully they will drop it.

I used that one with my first DS.

deidremaria · August 2013

I'd say I'm on antibiotics. You can't drink when taking them.

DaisyJanie · August 2013

We just went ahead and shared with family, but if you want to keep it a secret, maybe say you're on some kind of diet or cleanse? Of course then if you eat like 5 pieces of pizza people will think you are a terrible dieter.

MrsSmith0312 · August 2013

Thanks for all the advice ladies!

DemoDoll · August 2013

Do you drink wine? I am a "fancy" box drinker. We are going up north for 4 days this weekend with my in laws and we always drink quite a bit. I am going to fill an empty box of wine with NA wine (a brand no one has tried yet). They can drink it if they want but it doesn't taste that good so I know I will be drinking it by myself. We have a plastic sealer so I will be sealing the bag after I pour the fake wine in it.

SeattleMomma · August 2013

Tell them you have a headache or an upset stomach.

jwf0910 · August 2013

What I do is grab a darker beer bottle and take it to the bathroom with me, pour out the beer and fill it with water! I take a few sips intentionally in front of people and that's it. Drinking tap water really isn't great for you! OR my husband will finish his beer and we will put both beers on the table next to eachother and he will pick up mine...pretending like it's his. Then it will look like mines almost gone

Soo sneaky!

Twirple · August 2013

My SIL would put bottles of ginger ale or ginger beer in a beer koozy. They look like beer from the neck up and no one can tell the difference.

MrsSmith0312 · August 2013

Just an update: we are on the vacation now and my parents and sister didn't even notice me and the hubby switching beers at dinner. He'd drink his down a bit, I'd fake drink, then we'd put our beers on the table next to each other and grab the other persons. Of course, he had to drink double the beer of the rest of the table, but I don't think he minded. Thanks for your advice everyone! One day down, two to go!

jwf0910 · September 2013

@kimC85 It's a personal decision that I've made based on what I've read. There are risks because you don't know if tap water contains chemicals or fluoride. It also depends where you live. Let's be honest... it seems like there are risks associated with almost everything, I've just tried to keep my water consumption limited to filtered water. Again, that's just me and I'm sure many would beg to differ.

ekmebm · September 2013

What exactly do you think is in most of the common national brand bottled water bottles? Hint: It's very rarely spring water.

Kriztyn · September 2013

KimC85 said:

Fair enough argument I suppose. I guess it just sounds strange to me because I've never had to worry about the quality of the water where I live.

Me either! I'm in Chicago.. I've always drank tap!

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