What are your thoughts on tanning and drinking alcohol if you were pregnant but didn't know it yet?

Just curious. I was just thinking that this would be awful. I guess if you are trying to conceive you should lay off these things, but what if you weren't trying but tanned and drank and then found out your were pregnant while you did!? Has this happened to anyone??

What are your thoughts on tanning and drinking alcohol if you were pregnant but didn't know it yet?
Me, me, me! I was 40 years old and having a WONDERFUL vacation in Ireland with my husband. We drank good Irish whiskey til we were BOMBED every night in Ireland AND for the month after we returned. When I found out I had gotten pregnant in Ireland I was TERRIFIED that the fetus would be born with bowed legs and two heads and retarded from fetal alcohol syndrome. I quit the drinking IMMEDIATELY of course and worried for the rest of the pregnancy. Well, that was 14 years ago and I have a beautiful, tall, straight, intelligent, handsome teenage son now. Lay off the drinking NOW. The tanning will kill YOUR skin and make a dried up old lady of you, but it won't hurt the baby. Good luck and God bless you all.
Reply:Don't do any of that until you go and get a test. Better safe than sorry!
Reply:Women who want to have a baby start preparing long before getting pregnant. Exercise, eat right, lay off the booze, cigarettes. Get your body ready to create a healthy baby. Responsible people plan for children, not FIND OUT they are pregnant.
Reply:It happens alot more than most people realize. Alot of people don't plan to be pregnant and some don't even realize that they are until they have drank, smoked, and tanned. Usually as long as it was not in excess it will not hurt.
Reply:A few friends of mine are smokers and drinkers and they found out they were preggers, their babies arn't to different then any other ones, but were small at birth. So if you think you are pregnant, lay off the alcohal.
Reply:for sure you should stay off the alcohol if you're pregnant. i've never heard anything about the tanning -- are you supposed to stay away from that too??? i just saw someone today at the beach that was tanning and she must have been at least 4-5 months pregnant! what are your thoughts?
Reply:I'm not sure about drinking. But I smoked before I found out I was pregnant, and didn't totally quit. Just cut way down. (keep comments to yourself). My child came out normal, and was a very healthy weight.
Reply:I guess it would be easy to make that mistake if you were trying to get pregnant for a long time.





I don't drink smoke or tan.


but I wasn't aware I was pregnant


and I had been drinking a lot of energy drinks...


I feel like I have done some thing terrible and I pray my baby will be alright.





note to people who said they had normal babies and friends with normal babies after drinking and smoking


those babies may seem alright now but when they are older it will show up as ADD or learing disabilities, there are direct studies that those thing DO DAMAGE to your baby just because you can see it on the outside doesn't mean there isn't a problem.


be responsible and put your baby before yourself!