One, two, three, and they're off!

[nineveh_uk]

There are many reasons to consider that Amy might not actually be pregnant, starting with "She knows she has something really important to tell the Doctor, can't remember what it is, and her mind leaps to the obvious cliché". However, "she can't be because it would be irresponsible to show her drinking wine on a Family Show*" and "The Doctor wouldn't take someone who was pregnant on an adventure because it would be risky" are not among said reasons.

*Family Show is an incredibly useful shibboleth in Doctor Who/Torchwood fandom, as it invariably signals someone who is pontificating without a clue.

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

You are right and they are wrong.

[legionseagle]

Given Amy urged someone to drive a car into a building when she was (apparently) eight months pregnant the logic seems distinctly peccable

[antisoppist]

I assume mentioning that UK pregnancy advice is still to cut drinking to "one or two glasses of wine once or twice a week" wouldn't help?

[legionseagle]

One of the silliest arguments I saw involved someone quoting the UK guidance and being met with the argument that because the characters in Coupling didn't drink when one of them thought she was pregnant, Moffat couldn't agree with that position.

[legionseagle]

Oh, well, this comment explains a great deal - specifically, the gender pronoun.

I may occasionally go on a bit too much about my evil ex, but I never felt so relieved to be out of a relationship when I spotted him policing everything that passed his partner's lips during her pregnancy and, subsequent, breast-feeding - not just the obvious (eg alcohol, tea, coffee, aspirin, paracetamol, ibruprofen, red meat, cheese, seafood) but the less obvious (eg lentils).