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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. 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 a member - Nov. 13, 2012 4:22pm

No idea what would cause a beer craving (except bad luck!), but you could try non-alcoholic beer? That might do the trick...

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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 a member - Nov. 13, 2012 4:43pm

I know I'm going to get attacked for this, but honestly one beer wouldn't hurt the baby. One beer does not have enough alcohol to do anything, it's just doctors would rather say none than risk getting sued. It's the same with caffeine, doctors say none when in fact anything under 200mg per day is ok. I have a lot of friends from other countries and a glass of wine is perfectly accepted where they're from.

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

Maybe honey and bread would do the trick

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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 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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