How did you hide that you were pregnant before 12 weeks?

I have a few parties coming up. More importantly, tonight and tomorrow night.

I just found out this week too-how do I "pretend" to drink?!

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Lots of loose shirts. Can you just not drink and say you are on antibiotics?

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I would drink seltzer with a lime and say it was vodka soda.

You can add a splash of cranberry too to make it look like a cocktail


I would enlist the bartender to help sometimes too.

How did you hide that you were pregnant before 12 weeks?

Haha - I've been having the same problem! We've told a few close friends, so I can not-drink around them, but I've basically been avoiding gatherings where it would be obvious that I wasn't drinking (like going to a cocktail bar with a waitress, so I couldn't just order at the bar). Luckily, both my husband and I have been legitimately busy at work anyway, so we can beg out of plans using that as an excuse.

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I've done a few things -- my husband and I have both ordered red wine and I've pretended to take sips and when no one is looking we've swapped glasses (so he's drinking double but my glass is going down throughout the night).

I've also ordered seltzer with a splash of cran like someone else suggested.

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I told my sister so I could hide it at my brother's 21st birthday.

We switched drinks. It worked. The first thing my mom said when I told her was "But you drank at Michael's birthday!"

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i had a SLEW of things. haha
I am a beer drinker for the most part so it was kind of hard, but when I am watching my weight I would always switch to a mixed drink.
so I just told everyone i was dieting bc it was the beginning of summer and i was drinking "vodka, club soda and a splash of cranberry" (just club soda and cran)

and if i was at a party where it was mostly beer or we brought beer - i had emptied a beet bottle at home and filled it with water and marked the cap with an X. DH would buy the 12 pack or whatever of beer, and would put that one in there.
At the party he would take out mind and hand it to me - I would put it in a coozie, open it and take a sip. haha (this way people saw me open a beer, straight from the box, and drink it. ) I would "refill" whenever i went to the bathroom.

On July 4th with my parents, i had a vodka bottle (filled with water) and was drinking that and flavored seltzer.

if you are sitting down at a table with people, you can always have DH talk to the waitress/server beforehand and tell them whenever you order a cocktail - to hold the liquor bc you are pregnant.

I didn't tell anyone until mid to late August, so I had to survive a ton of BBQ's etc over the summer...

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You mean with drinking? Honestly, most people will not even notice.

I've either held a drink and not drank it or drank seltzer with a splash of cranberry.

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I have on occasion made a visit to the "bathroom" upon arriving at the restaurant to grab the waitress and tell her to put watered down cranberry juice in a wine glass when I ordered "rose." This also works with seltzer and lime in a highball glass billed as a vodka-soda. I saved that move for the nosiest, most watchful companions.

As far as clothes, spanx and tunics with leggings served me well.

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House parties I did the beer bottle filled with water trick. I would replenish it in the bathroom, I really would stay hydrated lol

When out I would order a beer and pretty much just hold and sip/pretend to sip and switch for empties with my sister or husband ( I avoided going out without one of them for the first few weeks). This worked so well my husband thought I drank a beer-no you fool you had mine too

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Switching drinks with someone or getting a seltzer with cranberry and lime and lying about it.

Did this at a seder when pregnant with my first. Sat next to my sis and every so often she'd swap our glasses so it looked like I was drinking. Nobody noticed.

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Re: How did you hide that you were pregnant before 12 weeks?

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i had a SLEW of things. haha
I am a beer drinker for the most part so it was kind of hard, but when I am watching my weight I would always switch to a mixed drink.
so I just told everyone i was dieting bc it was the beginning of summer and i was drinking "vodka, club soda and a splash of cranberry" (just club soda and cran)

and if i was at a party where it was mostly beer or we brought beer - i had emptied a beet bottle at home and filled it with water and marked the cap with an X. DH would buy the 12 pack or whatever of beer, and would put that one in there.
At the party he would take out mind and hand it to me - I would put it in a coozie, open it and take a sip. haha (this way people saw me open a beer, straight from the box, and drink it. ) I would "refill" whenever i went to the bathroom.

On July 4th with my parents, i had a vodka bottle (filled with water) and was drinking that and flavored seltzer.

if you are sitting down at a table with people, you can always have DH talk to the waitress/server beforehand and tell them whenever you order a cocktail - to hold the liquor bc you are pregnant.

I didn't tell anyone until mid to late August, so I had to survive a ton of BBQ's etc over the summer...

honestly this is what i planned to do exactly. haha!
the beer will help-esp since im hosting a party in a few weeks-will fill up a dark bottle with something.
i did the sip and fake (they didnt have just vodka-they had sangria..grr lol)
i also did a "shot"-meaning i took it and ran to the bathroom and spit it out lol.

i will do the beer trick

im laughing at the "shot" you took
my friend did lemonade in her beer bottle. anything really - as long as its a brown/dark bottle, you won't really notice.

How did you hide that you were pregnant before 12 weeks?

I would actually get an alcoholic drink and just hold it. I would put it up to my mouth but not actually drink. Then I would go to the bathroom and dump some out and if anyone asked I always said it was my second and I can't have anymore cause I was driving.

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Posted by MrsQ0520

Posted by LovesDogs11

Posted by MrsQ0520

i had a SLEW of things. haha
I am a beer drinker for the most part so it was kind of hard, but when I am watching my weight I would always switch to a mixed drink.
so I just told everyone i was dieting bc it was the beginning of summer and i was drinking "vodka, club soda and a splash of cranberry" (just club soda and cran)

and if i was at a party where it was mostly beer or we brought beer - i had emptied a beet bottle at home and filled it with water and marked the cap with an X. DH would buy the 12 pack or whatever of beer, and would put that one in there.
At the party he would take out mind and hand it to me - I would put it in a coozie, open it and take a sip. haha (this way people saw me open a beer, straight from the box, and drink it. ) I would "refill" whenever i went to the bathroom.

On July 4th with my parents, i had a vodka bottle (filled with water) and was drinking that and flavored seltzer.

if you are sitting down at a table with people, you can always have DH talk to the waitress/server beforehand and tell them whenever you order a cocktail - to hold the liquor bc you are pregnant.

I didn't tell anyone until mid to late August, so I had to survive a ton of BBQ's etc over the summer...

honestly this is what i planned to do exactly. haha!
the beer will help-esp since im hosting a party in a few weeks-will fill up a dark bottle with something.
i did the sip and fake (they didnt have just vodka-they had sangria..grr lol)
i also did a "shot"-meaning i took it and ran to the bathroom and spit it out lol.

i will do the beer trick

im laughing at the "shot" you took
my friend did lemonade in her beer bottle. anything really - as long as its a brown/dark bottle, you won't really notice.

Re: How did you hide that you were pregnant before 12 weeks?

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Posted by MrsQ0520

Posted by LovesDogs11

Posted by MrsQ0520

i had a SLEW of things. haha
I am a beer drinker for the most part so it was kind of hard, but when I am watching my weight I would always switch to a mixed drink.
so I just told everyone i was dieting bc it was the beginning of summer and i was drinking "vodka, club soda and a splash of cranberry" (just club soda and cran)

and if i was at a party where it was mostly beer or we brought beer - i had emptied a beet bottle at home and filled it with water and marked the cap with an X. DH would buy the 12 pack or whatever of beer, and would put that one in there.
At the party he would take out mind and hand it to me - I would put it in a coozie, open it and take a sip. haha (this way people saw me open a beer, straight from the box, and drink it. ) I would "refill" whenever i went to the bathroom.

On July 4th with my parents, i had a vodka bottle (filled with water) and was drinking that and flavored seltzer.

if you are sitting down at a table with people, you can always have DH talk to the waitress/server beforehand and tell them whenever you order a cocktail - to hold the liquor bc you are pregnant.

I didn't tell anyone until mid to late August, so I had to survive a ton of BBQ's etc over the summer...

honestly this is what i planned to do exactly. haha!
the beer will help-esp since im hosting a party in a few weeks-will fill up a dark bottle with something.
i did the sip and fake (they didnt have just vodka-they had sangria..grr lol)
i also did a "shot"-meaning i took it and ran to the bathroom and spit it out lol.

i will do the beer trick

im laughing at the "shot" you took
my friend did lemonade in her beer bottle. anything really - as long as its a brown/dark bottle, you won't really notice.

That was me! i was the lemonade girl haha. Hey it worked! But I also told everyone that I quit drinking until New Years, that I had had enough and needed to dry out a bit (our group of friends are big drinkers) so when it came to New Years Eve and I "had" to drink, I went with the lemonade in the beer bottle and everyone was SO HAPPY i was drinking again

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Posted by LovesDogs11

Posted by kedra5

Posted by MrsQ0520

Posted by LovesDogs11

Posted by MrsQ0520

i had a SLEW of things. haha
I am a beer drinker for the most part so it was kind of hard, but when I am watching my weight I would always switch to a mixed drink.
so I just told everyone i was dieting bc it was the beginning of summer and i was drinking "vodka, club soda and a splash of cranberry" (just club soda and cran)

and if i was at a party where it was mostly beer or we brought beer - i had emptied a beet bottle at home and filled it with water and marked the cap with an X. DH would buy the 12 pack or whatever of beer, and would put that one in there.
At the party he would take out mind and hand it to me - I would put it in a coozie, open it and take a sip. haha (this way people saw me open a beer, straight from the box, and drink it. ) I would "refill" whenever i went to the bathroom.

On July 4th with my parents, i had a vodka bottle (filled with water) and was drinking that and flavored seltzer.

if you are sitting down at a table with people, you can always have DH talk to the waitress/server beforehand and tell them whenever you order a cocktail - to hold the liquor bc you are pregnant.

I didn't tell anyone until mid to late August, so I had to survive a ton of BBQ's etc over the summer...

honestly this is what i planned to do exactly. haha!
the beer will help-esp since im hosting a party in a few weeks-will fill up a dark bottle with something.
i did the sip and fake (they didnt have just vodka-they had sangria..grr lol)
i also did a "shot"-meaning i took it and ran to the bathroom and spit it out lol.

i will do the beer trick

im laughing at the "shot" you took
my friend did lemonade in her beer bottle. anything really - as long as its a brown/dark bottle, you won't really notice.

That was me! i was the lemonade girl haha. Hey it worked! But I also told everyone that I quit drinking until New Years, that I had had enough and needed to dry out a bit (our group of friends are big drinkers) so when it came to New Years Eve and I "had" to drink, I went with the lemonade in the beer bottle and everyone was SO HAPPY i was drinking again

totally doing this bc i of course, have a few parties in Dec. lol

Re: How did you hide that you were pregnant before 12 weeks?

Posted by kedra5

Posted by LovesDogs11

Posted by kedra5

Posted by MrsQ0520

Posted by LovesDogs11

Posted by MrsQ0520

i had a SLEW of things. haha
I am a beer drinker for the most part so it was kind of hard, but when I am watching my weight I would always switch to a mixed drink.
so I just told everyone i was dieting bc it was the beginning of summer and i was drinking "vodka, club soda and a splash of cranberry" (just club soda and cran)

and if i was at a party where it was mostly beer or we brought beer - i had emptied a beet bottle at home and filled it with water and marked the cap with an X. DH would buy the 12 pack or whatever of beer, and would put that one in there.
At the party he would take out mind and hand it to me - I would put it in a coozie, open it and take a sip. haha (this way people saw me open a beer, straight from the box, and drink it. ) I would "refill" whenever i went to the bathroom.

On July 4th with my parents, i had a vodka bottle (filled with water) and was drinking that and flavored seltzer.

if you are sitting down at a table with people, you can always have DH talk to the waitress/server beforehand and tell them whenever you order a cocktail - to hold the liquor bc you are pregnant.

I didn't tell anyone until mid to late August, so I had to survive a ton of BBQ's etc over the summer...

honestly this is what i planned to do exactly. haha!
the beer will help-esp since im hosting a party in a few weeks-will fill up a dark bottle with something.
i did the sip and fake (they didnt have just vodka-they had sangria..grr lol)
i also did a "shot"-meaning i took it and ran to the bathroom and spit it out lol.

i will do the beer trick

im laughing at the "shot" you took
my friend did lemonade in her beer bottle. anything really - as long as its a brown/dark bottle, you won't really notice.

That was me! i was the lemonade girl haha. Hey it worked! But I also told everyone that I quit drinking until New Years, that I had had enough and needed to dry out a bit (our group of friends are big drinkers) so when it came to New Years Eve and I "had" to drink, I went with the lemonade in the beer bottle and everyone was SO HAPPY i was drinking again

totally doing this bc i of course, have a few parties in Dec. lol

Which part? hahah