Do avoid alcoholic drinks at least to some extent, if you are a light consumer of alcohol or light-moderate – in the first trimester. Cut back to one drink, two or three times a week – or no drinks, rather than one or two every day, or several times a week.
Probably, it is especially wise to avoid whiskey, brandy, and other refined or stronger drinks that contain concentrated byproducts as many of these drinks do.
But the most important idea is to avoid heavy drinking totally. The result, fetal alcohol syndrome produces permanent brain damage in babies. If you cannot drink without drinking heavily, don’t drink!
I’ve personally known enough women who drank wine or beer lightly during pregnancy and who had healthy babies, so to recommend against drinking alcohol entirely is sending the wrong message, in my honest opinion.
The main message I would want to get across to any soon to be mother is that cigarette smoking, many prescription drugs, and recreational drugs, heavy alcohol consumption, not taking a multi-vitamin or eating too lightly is very much discouraged. You need to take good care of yourself.
When it comes to eating, you can eat just about as much as you are hungry for of unsalted crackers – especially nonfat ones, cereals, fresh fruit, nonfat dairy products like skim milk and nonfat yogurt, corn and many vegetables. And if weight issues are not a problem – or heart or diabetic disease, full fat cheese and butter in moderation are also O.K.
So make sure to take care of the important dangers during a pregnancy. If you don’t want to do it for yourself, at least do it for the health and welfare of your baby.
There is no parenting guide you are given with your first child. All you can do is try your best and have yout baby’s best interests in mind. We wish you well with your baby!
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