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Q: Craving a beer!? help ladies please.

Hey ladies, i'm 28 weeks pregnant and for the last 2 weeks I have been craving a cold drink of beer! I can't get the thought of it out of my head and I swear beer is all I can smell!
Thing is, I've never been interested in drinking alcohol, before I fell pregnant I hardly even drunk and I have never touched a drop whilst being pregnant either.
I don't want to give in to this craving but its driving me crazy!
Please help ladies, why might I be craving this? Is there anything I can do to get rid of this craving- but not consume alcohol? X

This question was asked Nov. 13, 2012 4:03pm
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Answered by a member - Nov. 14, 2012 6:18pm

Thanks ladies, your reply's are so appreciated. Kicking a craving really is difficult when you cant do much about it, I dont want to put my baby in any danger.. so I dont think having an alcoholic drink would be the best idea because as one reply said.. maybe I will want another and another. Looney- That drink does sound so satisfying! Im glad you enjoyed it. I will have a look at my local supermarket for an non-alcoholic beer and I will read the ingredients to make sure there is 0% alcohol in it. Thank you's all again. :Dx

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Answered by invaderyoie - Nov. 14, 2012 12:13pm

With my last pregnancy I also craved beer. I really wasn't much of a beer drinker either before then. Maybe I would drink the neck out of one and be done. So what I did was I would open one and walk around just smelling it. It really helped me, I know it sounds weird, but just the scent of it helped me. Then I would give it to my hubby to drink.

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Answered by -Lee-B - Nov. 14, 2012 1:52am

I'd be wary that your "one beer" makes you want more and makes it harder to kick the craving for beer!

Also just a head's up that the majority of non-alcoholic beers still have alcohol...they have a small amount which is supposed to help alcoholics end their craving by just adding a touch of it to each drink. If you plan to go the non-alcoholic route make sure you buy the 0.00% beers, or at least be aware what is in it!!!

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Answered by nwelch - Nov. 14, 2012 1:49am

This past summer I was craving beer really bad as well. Lots of summer picnics and parties. I drank Busch NA and it's a really good NA beer. Totally helped me. :)

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Answered by looney - Nov. 14, 2012 12:02am

When the baby is born you can drink a very dark beer and it will help your milk come in :) I never drank much before I was pregnant, and never while, but once this little baby came, I had myself a dark beer. It was satisfying!

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Answered by a member - Nov. 13, 2012 11:49pm

Maybe honey and bread would do the trick

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Answered by a member - Nov. 13, 2012 8:37pm

Thanks for your reply's ladies. I might try a non alcoholic beer.. I didn't think about that! Thanks for the good idea. Let's hope it can get rid of this craving because it's driving me crazy! Thanks again. X

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Answered by ginabee - Nov. 13, 2012 7:35pm

I'd suggest an O'Douls as well

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Answered by a member - Nov. 13, 2012 6:34pm

Absolutely do not have a beer! You have a tiny little soul expecting the very best of you - alcohol can wait. Everything that you take in, so does your little one. Who in the world would risk that? I think the idea of a non-alcoholic O'douls is just fine though. :)

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Answered by Razzle_ - Nov. 13, 2012 4:56pm

Not that im trying to cause a debate on this but guidelines in the UK suggest one very occasional drink is fine. Infact some MW's suggest a glass of red wine could actually benefit you.
Anyway, not suggesting anyone drinks obviously, but I think a beer with lemonade would be fine!

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