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** In the series finale [[spoiler:upon learning she's pregnant, Penny abstains from any drinking, though everyone is focused on Sheldon and Amy winning a Nobel to realize the significance of her actions]].

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** In the series finale [[spoiler:upon learning she's pregnant, Penny abstains from any drinking, though everyone is too focused on Sheldon and Amy winning a Nobel to realize the significance of her actions]].
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No amount of alcohol is known to be safe for a developing baby and this will likely forever remain a mystery, as scientists can't exactly ask hundreds of expecting mothers to drink different amounts of booze and see how morbid the baby gets. The only thing certain is that ''none'' is less than whatever the safe amount is, if a safe amount exists at all. This leads many women to play it safe and swear off the liquor entirely as soon as they miss their period, or even when they decide to actively start trying for a baby.

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No amount of alcohol is known to be safe for a developing baby and this will likely forever remain a mystery, as scientists can't exactly ask hundreds of expecting mothers to drink different amounts of booze and see how morbid the baby gets. The only thing certain is that that, wherever the danger threshold is, ''none'' is less than whatever the safe amount is, if a safe amount exists at all.definitely below it. This leads many women to play it safe and swear off the liquor entirely as soon as they miss their period, or even when they decide to actively start trying for a baby.
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No amount of alcohol is known to be safe for a developing baby and this will likely forever remain a mystery, as scientists can't exactly ask hundreds of expecting mothers to drink different amounts of booze and see how morbid the baby gets. The only thing certain is that "none" is less than whatever the safe amount is, if a safe amount exists at all. This leads many women to play it safe and swear off the liquor entirely as soon as they miss their period, or even when they decide to actively start trying for a baby.

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No amount of alcohol is known to be safe for a developing baby and this will likely forever remain a mystery, as scientists can't exactly ask hundreds of expecting mothers to drink different amounts of booze and see how morbid the baby gets. The only thing certain is that "none" ''none'' is less than whatever the safe amount is, if a safe amount exists at all. This leads many women to play it safe and swear off the liquor entirely as soon as they miss their period, or even when they decide to actively start trying for a baby.
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No amount of alcohol is known to be safe for a developing baby and this will likely forever remain a mystery, as scientists can't exactly ask a group of expecting mothers to drink different amounts of booze and see how morbid the baby gets. The only thing certain is that "none" is less than whatever the safe amount is, if a safe amount exists at all. This leads many women to play it safe and swear off the liquor entirely as soon as they miss their period, or even when they decide to actively start trying for a baby.

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No amount of alcohol is known to be safe for a developing baby and this will likely forever remain a mystery, as scientists can't exactly ask a group hundreds of expecting mothers to drink different amounts of booze and see how morbid the baby gets. The only thing certain is that "none" is less than whatever the safe amount is, if a safe amount exists at all. This leads many women to play it safe and swear off the liquor entirely as soon as they miss their period, or even when they decide to actively start trying for a baby.
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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
** During Part 1 of the GrandFinale, Roshi tries to help Bulma calm down by offering her a joint, only for her to point out that she's still breastfeeding Trunks.
-->'''Roshi:''' Well, then ''two'' of us are thirsty!
** In sequel series ''WebAnimation/DragonShortz'', Android 18 refuses the chocolate chip pancakes Roshi is making because they are high in THC and doesn't want to risk the harm to her unborn child.

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* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' while Bernadette is pregnant the rest of the gang gets invited to a wine tasting, so she has to hang out with [[TheTeetotaler Sheldon]]. Fortunately, he shows an uncharacteristic amount of sympathy and runs a D&D game where she can do all the things she's not supposed to do.

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* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' while ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''
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Bernadette is pregnant the first time the rest of the gang gets invited to a wine tasting, so she has to hang out with [[TheTeetotaler Sheldon]]. Fortunately, he shows an uncharacteristic amount of sympathy and runs a D&D game where she can do all the things she's not supposed to do.do.
** During Bernadette's second pregnancy, she meets a new coworker at the winery. While the coworker is saying they could have gone to another place, Bernadette is having fun because she is drinking cranberry juice in a wine glass while visibly pregnant. It's a great trolling moment on people watching her.
** In the series finale [[spoiler:upon learning she's pregnant, Penny abstains from any drinking, though everyone is focused on Sheldon and Amy winning a Nobel to realize the significance of her actions]].
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** Lois again in "Munchurian Candidate"; she looks at pictures of baby Susie on Bonnie Swanson's Facebook page, and upon seeing [[InformedDeformity how ugly the baby supposedly is]], remarks that "maybe one glass a night wasn't fine."
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* Subverted in ''Film/TheSnapper'' (as well as the novel it's based on), as Sharon Curley, even while pregnant, still goes out to bars and drinks, though she tries to take care of herself otherwise.
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* In "[[Recap/ResidentAlienS2E7EscapeFromNewYork Family Day]]" from ''Series/ResidentAlien'', Kate tells D'Arcy that her beer tastes like soap and that the last time this happened, she was in her first trimester with Max. D'Arcy asks if she's saying that she thinks she's pregnant and she agrees this is what she's saying. D'Arcy congratulates her, saying they should get some champagne. Her immediate response is that she can't drink if she's pregnant.
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* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13575691/1/When-You-Assume#google_vignette When You Assume]]'', where the Fairy Tail guild is shocked that [[TheAlchoholic Cana]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness is refraining from alcohol because of a doctor's orders]], and along with a mentioned stomach bug causes them to assume that she's pregnant. [[spoiler:[[MistakenForPregnant They were wrong]], everything that's been going on with Cana is because she's getting treatment for a hole in her stomach lining]].

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* In season 1, episode 4 of ''Series/{{Medium}}'', Allison has a pregnancy scare, and keeps putting off taking a pregnancy test out of fear. Near the end of the episode, she finally takes the test, and in the next scene is shown drinking wine, the showrunners relying on this trope to show the audience the test came up negative before she tells her husband Joe.



* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' had a case where a murdered city councilwoman's pregnant receptionist fills in for her during an important vote. After the vote, someone suggests going out for drinks and the receptionist refuses for obvious reasons. Suddenly, Monk remembers a comment made by [[spoiler:a reporter she had met with before her disappearance that the councilwoman wouldn't have been drinking then. (Her body hadn't been found yet, andwas found to not be pregnant when it was.) He then realizes that the councilwoman was in a relationship with the reporter and attempted a BabyTrap.]]

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* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' had a case where a murdered city councilwoman's pregnant receptionist fills in for her during an important vote. After the vote, someone suggests going out for drinks and the receptionist refuses for obvious reasons. Suddenly, Monk remembers a comment made by [[spoiler:a reporter she had met with before her disappearance that the councilwoman wouldn't have been drinking then. (Her body hadn't been found yet, andwas and was found to not be pregnant when it was.) He then realizes that the councilwoman was in a relationship with the reporter and attempted a BabyTrap.]]
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* Parodied in the 2007 ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' adaptation. When Tracy and Edna are on their way to the clothing store, they pass a bar where a group of visibly pregnant women are smoking and making a toast "to the future" (it's set in TheSixties, when people presumably didn't know the effect smoking and drinking had on fetuses).

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* Parodied in the 2007 ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' ''[[Film/Hairspray2007 Hairspray]]'' adaptation. When Tracy and Edna are on their way to the clothing store, they pass a bar where a group of visibly pregnant women are smoking and making a toast "to the future" (it's set in TheSixties, when people presumably didn't know the effect smoking and drinking had on fetuses).

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