Pregnant Kate Hudson Sips Wine: OK in Moderation or Reckless?

Between a man and a woman? Fine. Between men? Repulsive, repugnant and immoral.

(SERIOUS answer with a ten-times-over LOL back at-cha)

Gotta be careful with the sharp ones in here. We have a tendency to give back BIG TIME!

I drank wine while I was pregnant. O.O

..... them Youroopeins have been drinking wine for years during pregnancy and they .... 'er wait a sec, maybe them Europeans aren't such a good example of unaffected cognitive skills

Heck, I'd be more concerned about the water she's drinking out there in Hollyweird ... gotta' be something in it.

Sorry, I worked for the MOD as a spokesperson for FAS. While it's not what I would consider reckless, it doesn't rank as safe. FAS has been the result of one, just one, alcoholic drink during pregnancy. What stage the pregnancy is in is also a key point.

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In moderation, I am sure it's fine, but as a mother I was never willing to take the slightest risk and find out I was wrong.

I don't think it's bad in moderation. Who knows. It could have been water like dixenc said.

If it was really wine that she was drinking, it's a bad idea. After all, if the baby ends up with a birth defect, she's going to feel like an idiot for drinking during pregnancy.

HOWEVER, there is always the possibility that the drink was non-alcoholic, in which case this is much ado about nothing.

Not right. :\

What an arrogant ding bat. She obviously cares less about the baby than she does about getting her high on.

why so harsh, Jason?

Just calling it like I see it. A lot of people don't care about their offspring and that I recognize but that doesn't make it right. Now I will give you this, I could be wrong entirely. She may be drinking a non-alcoholic beverage and if so then I have jumped to a conclusion that isn't warranted. If she is drinking alcohol, then she is truly arrogant to introduce chemicals into her body and the developing body of her baby of which no one knows what amount will cause variations that may create issues physically or mentally in that babies future.

If she were just screwing up her own life, I wouldn't care at all. If she is ignorant of the fact that it is a danger to her child, then that is a mistake that I can forgive easily. I believe it is and should be our choice what we do to ourselves, but I don't think we have the right to do those things to others.... including the unborn.

Part of living within a free society is allowing others to live free and make their own choices, ....even if you don't agree with those choices or like them.

-Sound familiar?

Very. It is a free choice to screw yourself up. It is also a free choice to screw up other people's lives, but we have laws to protect people from the free choices of idiots. I am all for liberty but liberty with some restraint. In other words, it would be your free choice to shoot me down in the street, but I would hope you would pay for that and that it would be recognized as a crime by others. Being free doesn't mean being free from responsibility.

What if she feels that she is being responsible because her wine drinking during pregnancy is in moderation?

Even a doctor will tell you that a glass of wine will not hurt a pregnancy.

http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/...

http://www.come-over.to/FAS/Z...

It may do no harm at all, but why take the risk on a mind and body with chemicals when that mind and body is developing faster than it ever will again? Studies have also shown that introduction to alcohol at childhood can lead to alcoholism and addictive personality disorders in adulthood, so just how early could this effect occur?

I would rather be safe than sorry.

If it is found through extensive study, much more than is available now, study throughout the development of fetus unto adulthood and death that there is no increase in problems associated with the consumption while that person was a fetus, I would then concede and be completely fine with the levels science agrees on. As it stands, I care more about the individual rights of the fetus and person it will later become than I do the woman's desire for a short high in her life.

Have your baby and get high when the only person you effect is yourself. Then you harm no one except maybe yourself and I see nothing wrong with that.

One problem with your argument. It has already been found through extensive study and scientific research that shows wine or beer NOT HARD LIQUOR in moderation during a pregnancy particualry after the first trimester presents no danger or harm to the unborn child.

What you seem to be stuck on are only the studies that are based on heavy or excessive drinking including hard liquor during a pregnancy which results in FAS and increased risk for FAS. These studies, same nothing ZERO about drinking in moderation and say that the only way to avoid excessive drinking is to not drink at all.

Yet you choose to ignore the negative effects that caffeine, unpasteurized dairy, undercooked eggs, chocolate, raw oysters...and nail polish, suntan lotion, hair dye. These are all things that studies have shown if used or consumed excessively during preganancy will cause the baby harm.

Why do people seem to think that an otherwise intelligent woman who is capable of making responsible choices, during pregnancy somehow experiences a loss in her mental faculties where she can no longer distinguish moderation from excessive.

There is no long term studies that have shown that there are no adverse effects of alcohol to the developing embryo or person. There are studies that have shown that a child can survive alcohol and appear normal, but there are also studies that suggest it can increase risk for those children to become bipolar adults and have a higher tendency for addictions of all kinds.

In America you are taught to fear alcohol from childhood on. Most other nations teach you to respect it.

If I was pregnant, I wouldn't risk having any. But I'm not going to make assumptions about Kate. She might not have been drinking wine, or it might not have been a dangerous amount.

who knows what medical problems this can cause for the poor baby

If it is bad for the baby, it is bad for the baby. Kate Hudson is a slut anyway.

How do you know she's a slut? How this word gets thrown around and misused.

We are talking about Kate Hudson - the proud mom and wife of Chris Robinson that started screwing around with Owen Wilson when her son was two or three, dumped Owen for Dax Shepard, dated some guy named Baron Davis, started doing it with Heath Ledger, got back together with Owen Wilson, finally got divorced from her husband, dumped Owen again, moved on to Lance Armstrong, dropped him and started dating several different "spares", before breaking up Alex Rodriguez' marriage and them moved on to a guy from the group Muse and is now having his baby. All that in the past four years!
I may have missed some or gotten a few out of order, but I didn't have a scorecard.

What does that make Chris Robinson, Owen Wilson, Dax Shepard, Baron Davis, Heath Ledger, Lance Armstrong, Alex Rodriguez and the guy from Muse?

Whoredogs? Except maybe Chris Robinson...as far as I know he was the unsuspecting husband.

It looks like you DO have a scorecard. Now I'm POSITIVE you would sleep with her in a heartbeat. How many moles does she have? What's her favorite pet's name? Are you THAT obsessed with ALL celebrities or just her? Wow.

I knew that she was married to Chris Robinson (lead singer for the Black Crowes) and the thing with Owen Wilson got a lot of publicity, because he made a suicide attempt not long after they broke up. Lance Armstrong was pretty well publicized at the time. I couldn't remember which Yankee she had dated, so I googled it and there was a website with the rest of the names and more.

So what? If this were a man there wouldn't be any name calling. who cares?

You would sleep with her in a heartbeat. Lol

A woman should make her body as healthy as possible when providing for her baby. She doesn't need alcohol, tobacco, or other poisons. It wouldn't hurt in moderation, but avoid it for the sake of caution.

There are plenty of Doctors that say it is fine, I personally believe an occasional glass is fine. I however did not take the chance while I was pregnant. But I wont judge someone else for it.

I got to be honest, I personally don't approve of it, but at least she isn't doing it excessively.

my sister's doctor told her it's okay to have a glass of wine or even a beer for her poor circulation while she was pregnant..Apparently there's nothing wrong with it, in very moderate amounts..

I had anemia during one of my pregnancy's and the Doctor ordered me to drink a glass of Red Wine per day.

Even doctors say drinking a glass or two of wine is not only okay, but it's good for the mother and baby. Kate Hudson is not the sloppy-drunk kind of person. She probably talked to her doctor about it before she had a drink.

if it was ONE glass and she was in Argentina, can you blame her? we have the best wine!
but it is not something that should happen a lot. once every month or two ONE glass shouldn't hurt but not more than one.

Yes you do have the best wine!

God people think everything is bad. I agree that you shouldn't binge, but a little bit isn't going to hurt.

NOT a lot. I think one glass a month will not harm the baby. But if your having a glass everyday, that will.