Cut and paste from another forum I wrote about it on:
I'm sure by posting this, I'm going to seem like a complete alcoholic and I'm sure it'll start a healthy debate where people will disagree with me but the new 'guidelines' the government are thinking of introducing saying that zero alcohol is the only acceptable amount of alcohol to drink during pregnancy are just dumb IMO.
Why? 1.) The definitive studies have suggested that small amounts of alcohol are fine. As always, moderation and a bit of common sense is the key. 2.) A whole generation of people (you and I in fact) who's mothers drank in their pregnancies because their doctors often told them it was positively good to have a stout or a Guinness have turned out just fine. 3.) The purpose of the new guidelines is to 'stop binge drinking'. I'm sorry - if you're drinking a lot of alcohol throughout your pregnancy, then being told zero units rather than 1 or 2, once or twice a week isn't really going to change your habits and you're not likely to be the sort of person that pays much attention to guidelines anyway. 4.) Women who did have a few drinks before they knew they were pregnant will at the very least get stressed and worried and at the worst, possibly opt for a therapeutic abortion of a healthy and wanted baby. 5.) It will allow already far-too-busy-bodies to further victimise women (and yes, this includes me) who indulge in a 1/4 glass of wine once or twice a month at special occasions in their second and third trimester.
Overall - I just feel a bit 'huh?!?!?'.
Oi Tony! Stop pfaffing around fine-tuning guidelines that are only going to affect those women who already know all the basics on how to have a healthy pregnancy and start spending your time helping those mums in deprived and dangerous situations who can't or don't know how to ask for help to bring their little ones safely into the world!
Just my thoughts.
I added afterwards that what actually bugs me most is the first point - the guidelines are not being based on the research but on the usual political posturing to win the vote.
And I mean, it's the first time that the government has presented rubbish as facts to get what they want, isn't it?!?!?!?!? :(
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I'm sure by posting this, I'm going to seem like a complete alcoholic and I'm sure it'll start a healthy debate where people will disagree with me but the new 'guidelines' the government are thinking of introducing saying that zero alcohol is the only acceptable amount of alcohol to drink during pregnancy are just dumb IMO.
Why?
1.) The definitive studies have suggested that small amounts of alcohol are fine. As always, moderation and a bit of common sense is the key.
2.) A whole generation of people (you and I in fact) who's mothers drank in their pregnancies because their doctors often told them it was positively good to have a stout or a Guinness have turned out just fine.
3.) The purpose of the new guidelines is to 'stop binge drinking'. I'm sorry - if you're drinking a lot of alcohol throughout your pregnancy, then being told zero units rather than 1 or 2, once or twice a week isn't really going to change your habits and you're not likely to be the sort of person that pays much attention to guidelines anyway.
4.) Women who did have a few drinks before they knew they were pregnant will at the very least get stressed and worried and at the worst, possibly opt for a therapeutic abortion of a healthy and wanted baby.
5.) It will allow already far-too-busy-bodies to further victimise women (and yes, this includes me) who indulge in a 1/4 glass of wine once or twice a month at special occasions in their second and third trimester.
Overall - I just feel a bit 'huh?!?!?'.
Oi Tony! Stop pfaffing around fine-tuning guidelines that are only going to affect those women who already know all the basics on how to have a healthy pregnancy and start spending your time helping those mums in deprived and dangerous situations who can't or don't know how to ask for help to bring their little ones safely into the world!
Just my thoughts.
I added afterwards that what actually bugs me most is the first point - the guidelines are not being based on the research but on the usual political posturing to win the vote.
And I mean, it's the first time that the government has presented rubbish as facts to get what they want, isn't it?!?!?!?!? :(