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good call imo because to me thats just disgusting to see happen
Pregnant women have to put up with a lot. There's the obvious stuff, like not being able to get a good night's sleep or having to buy an entirely new wardrobe within six months then never wearing any of it again.
And then there's the less obvious stuff, like being denied a glass of wine by a waitress.
"But wait!" you find yourself scream-thinking. "She's pregnant! She has no business drinking wine!"
And you'd be on your way toward having a point. But in the case of this California woman who was dining out with a friend, her obstetrician had approved of the occasional glass and drinking in moderation.
While many women abstain outright during pregnancy, it's certainly not beyond standard doctor's orders to allow for a once-a-week glass a wine.
Well that wine-deprived woman recently shared her story on Babycenter.com and explained how "My friend ordered a glass of wine and before the server walked off, I said I would like one as well. She said she can’t serve me. I said, "my OB says a glass of wine in moderation is ok.” She replied that she has heard that before and still refused to serve me."
The author of the post, who goes by preston08 on Babycenter, says she was "flabbergasted, embarrassed and downright p*ssed". She also claims the Great Booze Refuse qualifies as discrimination, comparing her situation to someone who's overweight not being allowed to order an unhealthy meal.
Preston08 also might have wanted to show her server this new -- and pretty controversial -- Danish study which found that drinking low to moderate amounts of alcohol while pregnant has virtually no impact on the overall health of a woman's children, at least through age five. The study qualified "moderate" as up to eight drinks a week; a pretty severe departure from even the most liberal drinking-while-pregnant recommendations.
The study did find a link between mothers who drank and children with shorter attention spans. Multiple doctors and substance abuse specialists have been quick to issue caution about the findings and suggest that testing children older than five would be more instructive in examining long term developmental impact.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/06...er?hpt=hp_bn15
Pregnant women have to put up with a lot. There's the obvious stuff, like not being able to get a good night's sleep or having to buy an entirely new wardrobe within six months then never wearing any of it again.
And then there's the less obvious stuff, like being denied a glass of wine by a waitress.
"But wait!" you find yourself scream-thinking. "She's pregnant! She has no business drinking wine!"
And you'd be on your way toward having a point. But in the case of this California woman who was dining out with a friend, her obstetrician had approved of the occasional glass and drinking in moderation.
While many women abstain outright during pregnancy, it's certainly not beyond standard doctor's orders to allow for a once-a-week glass a wine.
Well that wine-deprived woman recently shared her story on Babycenter.com and explained how "My friend ordered a glass of wine and before the server walked off, I said I would like one as well. She said she can’t serve me. I said, "my OB says a glass of wine in moderation is ok.” She replied that she has heard that before and still refused to serve me."
The author of the post, who goes by preston08 on Babycenter, says she was "flabbergasted, embarrassed and downright p*ssed". She also claims the Great Booze Refuse qualifies as discrimination, comparing her situation to someone who's overweight not being allowed to order an unhealthy meal.
Preston08 also might have wanted to show her server this new -- and pretty controversial -- Danish study which found that drinking low to moderate amounts of alcohol while pregnant has virtually no impact on the overall health of a woman's children, at least through age five. The study qualified "moderate" as up to eight drinks a week; a pretty severe departure from even the most liberal drinking-while-pregnant recommendations.
The study did find a link between mothers who drank and children with shorter attention spans. Multiple doctors and substance abuse specialists have been quick to issue caution about the findings and suggest that testing children older than five would be more instructive in examining long term developmental impact.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/06...er?hpt=hp_bn15
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