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more about #happyhour happymisanthrope: If you're a bartender and serve someone who might have had too much and then that person gets into an accident and someone else dies -- that family ca... more » badmutha: Damn, there was nothing i wanted LESS than alcohol when I was preggers. In fact, when Mr. Badmutha came home one night stinking of cigars and scotch, ... more » littlemisslondon: I am finally showing at 22 weeks pregnant, and I got nasty looks for BEING IN A LIQUOR STORE with my husband while he bought beer for a gathering we w... more » MissyMcCLung: I had a discussion about this stuff with my doctor recently. There is a great anti-nausea medication available for early pregnancy, but you can't get... more » HoldMyBackpack: Granted, I'm a man, but I feel that if you're making a decision to go through with the pregnancy then there's an implied acceptance of obligation to d... more » defmid6: As a bartender, when I cut off a patron, it's less me being bad mommy, but me not wanting to be arrested. If the person I let get insanely tanked goe... more » mysterygirl: Isn't this similar to the Plan B debate? If something is legal, and your job is to distribute that thing, then you or someone else in your establishm... more » Kaehoku: I've never been refused alcohol while pregnant, but one night my husband and I were out when I was about 8 months pregnant, and I ordered a glass of w... more » Little Time Bomb: I hate the level of guilt that the medical profession is willing to inject into the process of prenatal care. There is so much well if you don't do as... more » roodles: When I worked at the cafe in Borders books I got in trouble for giving a pregnant woman a caffinated coffee. The manager was like "you should have giv... more » Evie Havok: I don't really care if pregnant women drink. I just wish there were more studies on this just to see how it affects the bodies of pregnant women. But ... more » Leucadia: I would like to take this moment to announce that I gave birth to a baby boy not quite 3 weeks ago (24 hrs unmedicated labor + emergency c-section = l... more » JaneBadall: Thing used to be VERY different. For example, in 1962 when my grandmother was pregnant with my father she was told to drink 2 shots of vodka before b... more » Notes from the underwhelmed: My mom didn't drink (at the time she didn't drink at all. She smoked pot. Drinking was for "the man."), but she did smoke like, three cigarettes a day... more » clevernamehere: A friend of mine realized she was pregnant after two weeks of HEAVY drinking and that led to the two of us calling various friends of friends who were... more » morninggloria: Not serving alcohol to pregnant women makes it difficult for guys who like to pick up pregnant women in bars. more » Beat Girl: Doctors in England have rated alcohol consumption third on the list of biggest risks to baby and mother during pregnancy - after smoking and obesity. ... more » dirtybee: My grandmother occasionally drank and smoked while pregnant with all of her kids. All her kids are healthy. I don't know if she was just lucky or ther... more » Beat Girl: If people would stop sueing doctors left right and centre these doctors may feel more able to tell the truth. Just sayin' and all. more » pandorasmittens: And it's up to a bartender's discretion to decide when someone has "had enough" - even if that person, is, legally, a consenting adult This has nothin... more » -
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Medical Expert Says Refusing Preggo Women Alcohol Is "Sexist"
Whether or not pregnant women should be served alcohol when pregnant, and more to the point, whether they should drink it, has been a big controversy lately. More » -
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Announcements
Two events: Drinks tonight in NYC at Mercury Bar West, 9th Ave near 46th St, 6:30pm - 9:30pm. Tomorrow? Phoenix readers will be at George and Dragon, 4240 N. Central, 5:30 pm - 8:30pm. Find groups here. -
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Announcements
Buffalo Jezebels! There is a meetup thingy tonight: 6:30 pm at the Allen Street Hardware Café, 245 Allen Street. Enjoy!
