Posted by Torkel on December 11, 2012, 10:53 am, in reply to "Drinking alcohol"
Drinking during a pregnancy is not common in Norway. In fact I believe it would be heavily frowned upon, and, as far as I know, the same applies to Sweden.
--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : By the way, ladies it is a very American : thing : totaly-not-to-drink during pregnancy. : Most pregnant European woman will probarbly : cut down and ofcourse would never drink : exessively during a pregnancy. : But I am under the impression that most : pregnant woman here (Europe) refrain from : drinking alcohol all together only for the : last months of pregnancy. : : : AFAIK, drinking during the first weeks/month : of pregnancy is much more dangerous for the : unborn than having a glass of wine in the : last stage... I know, that women here in : Europe sometimes drink during pregnancy : (there are also some who continue smoking : ), but all my friends stopped drinking : alcohol after they knew they're expecting : and continued to do so during the time they : breastfed their little ones. But there are : actually cultural differences (even in : Europe) in handling alcohol and pregnancies : . :