16w6d – W(H)INE!

Okay, I officially miss drinking wine. I’m almost halfway through this (wonderful, joyful) experience. In approximately 23 weeks, I plan to have a nice glass of pinot noir (we’ll have a bottle in the delivery room). And the first two weeks don’t count at all, since you’re not pregnant yet. And then the next 2 weeks don’t count, either, because you’re pregnant but don’t know it (okay, I found out early because I peed on a stick on a hunch). Heck, we made the baby in Texas wine country (which could explain the craving, Acorn was conceived with a high alcohol content). So, really, I’ve gone just over 13 weeks without wine. That makes the next 23 more weeks seem REALLY long.

I sound like such a lush, don’t I? I promise that I’m not. I had a dream last night that I was at a party with work people, and I had a glass of wine. Yes, I was pregnant in the dream. And I just liked it so much that I drank more and more. And the next thing you know, I was drunk. And then I started crying because I felt so guilty about drinking during pregnancy.

I know that they say that once you’re out of your first trimester you don’t need to be as careful with what you eat and drink. And once you hit your third you can have an occasional glass of wine. But, quite honestly, I was only an occasional drinker (if I drank wine 3 times in a month that was a lot). So abstaining until July should really be a breeze. This is my baby. MY baby. And while a little bit of alcohol has never been proven harmful, it also hasn’t been proven safe, either. I’m not exactly a risk-taker. I metabolize alcohol slowly (I’m a cheap date), so my tolerance is lower than other people’s of my size (and even of those much smaller than me). That could mean bad things for Acorn. Nope, I’m not actually tempted to break my abstinence. I just miss drinking wine.

I did have some of that alcohol-removed wine (big THANK YOU SJ and J!) over New Year’s. Sadly, it didn’t seem to know if it wanted to taste like wine or like grape juice. It worked better when I made a spritzer with it (using either lemon-lime soda or ginger ale), and it brought it to the juice side. If I had seltzer, I may have mixed it with that to bring it to the wine side. But, either way, I don’t see it satisfying the craving I’m having now. I have heard that the white is a bit more wine-like, and it’s not so surprising to have a sweeter white wine, so it might work a bit better. Maybe I’ll pick up a bottle at the store tonight.