Q: Is alcohol bad for my baby?
A:
There is some controversy about this. We believe that having alcohol in reasonable, social amounts is not dangerous. Excessive alcohol consumption is bad. Between 5 and 8 units of alcohol a week is reasonable. (One unit of alcohol = a small glass of wine, or a half pint of ordinary strength beer, or a pub measure of spirits.) Women who get troublesome early contractions (painful Braxton Hicks contractions) should try to take one glass of wine in the mid-evening. This relaxes both the mind and the womb. It does not harm the baby.
