To what end?

Also: liability concerns. My friend who’s an ob says 10oz/week is considered safe/reasonable. But the moment you make ANY amount reasonable or say “in moderation” and the baby is born with FAS or any complications that patient will circle right back to the cool doctor. It’s just a hazard of the job.

Because that isn’t how women’s cycles work. Good lord.

I guess for the same reason people don’t take an AIDS test every Friday.

As someone who can’t take hormonal birth control and who has irregular periods (Wheee!), I have taken more than you’re average share of pregnancy tests....and every one was an emotional fraught and stressful experience that cost me at least 10 $ and required an embarrassing trip to the pharmacy. However I never take…

So have you been providing a pregnancy test to all of your prospective sexual partners? I mean, if you think it’s totally reasonable for a woman to have to waste her time, resources, and emotional wellness on stupid amounts of pregnancy tests, I am assuming you think it’s reasonable for men to help provide them, no?

Well, we have these things called periods. It’s a cycle where our uterus sheds bloody tissue for a few days, or a week or so, for the unlucky among us. With a few rare exceptions, we don’t worry until we notice that has stopped, which happens during pregnancy. Women are much more worried about disease and unprotected…

Cool story, bro. Thanks for the mansplanation.

That sounds like a life full of constant anxiety to me, anyway you only need to take a test if you’re late or totally irregular. I assume that you’re a guy since you didn’t know that, so please slow your roll on wondering why women don’t perfectly perform to your arbitrary standards that are based on nothing.

I don’t think having a few drinks during the early, undetectable stages of an unplanned pregnancy is going to affect my ability to get an abortion, so I’m gonna keep on drinking as much as I want.

The warning has just a hint of the mentality that considers all women of childbearing age to be “pre-pregnant.” There’s already a substantial portion of the population that sees women as walking incubators, and I worry that this could encourage that thinking.

Came here to say that. Fuck ‘em. And birth control fails sometimes, so I guess you also shouldn’t drink when on birth control, just in case?

I agree that not drinking because you might get pregnant is silly. I think it important to remember this is a “recommendation” though. The CDC also told people that eating processed meat isn’t good for them, and most people are still eating processed meat.

I don’t disagree that pregnant women shouldn’t drink heavily but to advise all women to stop drinking unless they are on birth control....just in case? Seems a little intense. Sorta related, I thought I would be one of those chill pregnant women who would have a glass of red wine here and there but my body hates the…

Here is what the CDC should have said:

The CDC website has some data about the prevalence. But even they admit that it is not fully known. There really is not a good way to get great data. The amount a woman drinks during pregnancy is self-reported.

It’s pretty insulting. Why not just stick with “if you’re trying, don’t drink?” I mean, what’s next? Limit coffee if you’re not on birth control? No sushi? No prescription drugs? No soft cheeses? No roller coasters? Absurd. I mean, come on.

I do not know about the rate of fetal alcohol syndrome, but I worked with teenagers who had that as diagnosis. It has negative consequences for brain development - it’s not a joke. I don’t think pregnant women should be scolded for having two drinks, but heavy drinking should be discouraged.

Alcohol is HOW I got pregnant.

What I want to know is the actual prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in the US? All these warnings neglect to say how many children really are born with FAS every year. It seems that this is just another way to try to control women. I first read this on USA Today after someone shared it on facebook. Every single…