Guest Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I'm sure that there is more than one midwife here, but in my current confused state, I can't remember who, sorry.... Anyway, I have a fairly stupid question - is it safe to drink tonic water in my advanced state. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that you should avoid it in early pregnancy, as the quinine can cause miscarraige, but am I safe to drink it now? I fancy a 'grown-up' drink tonight, and have a bottle of tonic sitting, begging to be drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Don't drink the diet sort. (Aspartame etc). If you drink more than a litre of tonic water a day, the baby can get withdrawal symptoms apparently. That's a heck of a G&T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMO Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 . That's a heck of a G&T. I was told off for having a pint of G&T last week I was thirsty!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Sorry I can't remember anything about Tonic when I had Ash, although what you can and cant do seems to change every week anyway. I was told to only have 3 cups of tea a day which was really hard and the week after he was born they said there was no evidence anyway Sorry I can't help. when is the big day due anyway? Are you all ready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I asked the doctor when I was pregnant, as I fancied drinking something else than water too, but was worried about quinine, and he said unless you drink huge amounts, it won't harm the baby... he looked a bit confused by the question to be honest, so I guess it can't be too bad, or docs would know about it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I was a midwife, but stopped working as a midwife back around 2002 or 3 now, so I'm a little out of date with current advice I'm afraid. However back then the advice was that a small amount of tonic was OK, so maybe a small glass.............we tended to worry more about what people were mixing with it. Drinking huge amounts of the stuff wouldn't be particulary recommended though . And, if you were a traveller going to a malarious region, Chloroquine (containing quinine) is one of the few anti-malarials that we'd feel safe in recommending . That is current advice btw, although travel to malarious regions during pregnancy isn't exactly encouraged. Maybe there'll be a more up to date midwife around who can give some more up to date advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
