Going on maternity leave requires a present?

She drank soft drinks. Don’t take it so literally. Although, yes, we don’t go into hysterics either if a pregnant women has a glass of wine with dinner.

Wow, I think 9 bucks is a lot, especially when everyone is on low-income and you are buying another gift for her later. And probably paid for her drinks while out.

Yes. Most of us clear 12 euros after tax. So it’s more than half an hour’s pay. We didn’t pay her drinks, though.

Probably because studies have shown that isn’t a problem. Sure, not drinking at all is probably better, but the evidence shows that light drinking is not linked to problems. Neither is moderate drinking in early pregnancy.