Aleš Lombergar

I am thinking that you are 40 weeks pregnant and prolly getting to that miserable stage I know I was at 36 weeks. You are prolly ready for this baby to be born already , so I say if you want a glass of wine you should have a glass of wine and dont let anyone else judge you it is perfectly safe, for news years eve i was 24 weeks and my doctor told me if I wanted a glass of wine to go for but dont over indulge so trust your own judgment at this point you deserve a glass of wine cause pregnancy isn’t easy by any means.
Good Luck!!!!!

uhh, i would just hold off on both… and besides, the anticipation will make those things that much better after you have the baby

yes, it should be safe. as long as you have no more than one glass. actually some doctors recommend that a glass of wine per night can help keep your heart healthy. ( it has nothing to do with pregnancy, but i thought you should know.)

Sex is fine, as long as your waters haven’t ruptured.
I wonder as to why you want to have a drink though? Assuming that you have gone the entire pregnancy without drinking? What’s a few more weeks? (months if you plan to breast feed). I would give it a miss, there are some who say total abstinence, yet there are others who say that the odd glass will not hurt. Personally for myself, I drank about an inch of beer when I was 4 months preg with my son and he is fine, didn’t drink at all with the second.

wine is ok, It cleanses the body. As for sex.. thats ok too. We had sex up to the day of my induction, and I was dialated 3 cm when i went in. I would just make sure not to have rough sex. No worrys, baby is all formed and ready to come out at 40wks!

honey you are still at home at 40 weeks i would be ready to go to the hospital lol i would say no on both! although maybe sex would trigger labor lol that could be a good thing! good luck!

I was so stressed out from my pregnancy that I was advised by not just 1 but 3 different doctors that having 1 glass of wine, meaning less than 6 oz, just once a week will have no effect on the baby at that point in your pregnancy. I was told this at 39weeks.

Sex is a very good thing when you are pregnant. It prepares your uterus with the contractions and if your 40 weeks it can help your body go into labor naturally. The contractions and the prostaglandins in the semen help start labor sometimes. Yes its safe if your dialated. As long as your water hasnt broke yet. Most doctors will recommend it unless your high risk because it saves you the pain of being induced with Pitocin.

So yes on both fronts.

Wine, big no. If you drink enough so you feel relaxed, baby is going to be feeling relaxed to.
Sex is fine until your water has broken. Being that your baby is in a very soft and protective water sac, it is fine to have sex even though you are dilated. I’m sure its only a small amount or the doctor would have hospitalized you.

A glass of wine in the thrid trimester is not going to cause an otherwise healthy baby to become endangered.

Sex at this point might induce labor. Be careful.

ONE glass of wine is not going to hurt this baby. She is fully developed neurologically at this point. Geez.

I dont know on the sex question, I would imagine as long as your water has not broken, then it should be fine…..

OK I’m no Dr but i know that in other countries they encourage pregnant women to drink a glass of wine a day. and i have also heard of midwifes telling there patience to drink a glass of wine to bring on labor. i think that in America we over do everything so they figure if they tell us no we will only do it on occasion lol. i never drank with my son but i don’t really like alcohol of any kind especially wine so it was a non-issue.and sex is safe as long as your water has not broken. it is supposed to help bring on labor. the theory is that something in the ejaculate helps the water to break. so have fun.

I was actually told by my doctor that a glass of wine every three months is safe. I don’t like wine so i have never bothered and i am 19 weeks and 4 days. At 40 weeks I’d say you deserve it. Enjoy your glass of wine. I hope it helps you to relax, pretty soon you wont have much time to relax at all.

As for the sex, it it perfectly safe as long as your water hasn’t broken. Enjoy, it might even help to bring on labor.

Congratulations on the bundle of joy!

I actually had a glass last night…I’m 38 weeks and though some may say that’s too early still…I had the ok from my doctor. She was actually the one who told me to drink it. I can’t sleep at night and I have really bad back spasms from all the “extra” weight up front I’ve been lugging around these last few months. So she suggested I buy a bottle of RED wine and have a glass. I felt pretty dang good, let me tell ya! I read it needs to be red wine…it helps with thinning the blood, or something like that but I read too much probably! The baby is pretty much fully developed by this point in our pregnancies…they warn against alcohol consumption in early pregnancy because everything is just starting to form and function, so that is where the risk of fetal alcohol syndrome comes in. I don’t think I could drink a glass a day however…maybe one a week. It’s just nasty!! but at this point, I’m almost willing to try anything…ALMOST! I know what will hurt me or my son…and you will know what’s right or wrong. But I think if you’re trying to relax, then one little glass won’t do anything but just that. I monitored my son’s movement after about 30 minutes after I finished my glass, and he was moving around just fine…probably feeling pretty good as well!! LOL good luck!

first of all how can you be 40 WEEKS pregnant?-shouldve had a c-section.

Second NEVER drink when pregnant-Fetal Alcohol Syndrom can occur anytime.

Third having sex while pregnant can traumatize the child in the womb. Ask a doctor.

Both are completely safe. Sex is well recomended to go in to labor and 1 glass, not overdoing it, is completely fine to relax your body, red wine preferred, to help naturally induce labor. And throw in a bubble bath. I myself am at 40.4 weeks pregnant and my doctor has practically perscribed both, short of writing an actual perscription, to do to help relax and ease in to labor. I am scheduled to be induced on the 19th and want nothing more than to go in to labor before than. There is absolutely nothing wrong with either. It’s well recommended. Don’t let people who haven’t researched or never even been in the position tell you something they don’t know, even myself. Opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one and it’s your choice what you chose to listen to. As you know you have probably gotten a lot of unsolicited advice throughout your pregnancy and you, with good judgement, knows what makes sense and doesnt. Good luck and hope you can find some relaxation, and after 40 weeks of pregnancy, you deserve it.

One glass of wine at 40 weeks will NOT cause FAS…people are so ignorant it’s unbelievable. Scare-mongers.

Enjoy your wine mama i’m 40 weeks too and would love a glass of vino if someone would go get it for me! lol

Stop calling her selfish and making her feel guilty! One glass will not hurt the baby. Just sip it and enjoy! And by all means if you doctor told you to have sex do it! I am so tired of all the mothers who act like pregnancy is so perfect. I am 40 weeks and I have not had a glass of wine or any other drink my whole pregnancy but today I had one! I also have been having sex daily because I would like to meet my son and my feet look like sausages and my skin actually burns from stretching so far…. so whatever might help me go into labor safely… bring it on!

wow, people, at 40 weeks the kid is done cooking. there is no risk involved with a single glass of wine, its not like she said she wants to do shots. and yes, some doctors and midwives do tell their patients to have wine. don’t act like its scandalous.

40 weeks isn’t overdue, its full-term, the week of the due date. unless something is wrong or the mother has had one before, no good doctor is going to give a c-section at 40 weeks for time reasons.

and sex? also fine and a lot of times doctor-recommended.

y’all need to stop badgering a very pregnant woman over nothing.

Good lord people keep your nasty opinions to yourselves. At 40 weeks there is no danger in a single glass of wine FAS is developed in the 2nd trimester after Excessive drinking. Most drs recommend a glass of wine at this point to relax a stressed woman who is about to attempt the scariest and most demanding and rewarding experience of her life.
Also, Id like to remind you all that smoking and drinking during pregnancy were common and encouraged in our mothers and grandmothers, and frankly there were less incidences of ADHD , Celiac disease, and many other common birth defects and diseases of today possibly caused by medications and chemicals used on pregnant women without knowing the full affects.