4 Mocktails To Make And Enjoy While Pregnant

You don't have to miss adult parties involving alcohol with your friends just because you are pregnant. Ask the bartender to make you a mocktail instead. These four mocktail options are also easy to make at home when you are feeling in a drinking mood but want to keep it safe for you and your growing baby.

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What Is a Mocktail?

A mocktail is a drink recipe with no alcoholic substances mixed in. Those who do not drink alcohol or are pregnant can safely enjoy a mocktail without compromising their morals or health. Rather than wine or rum like what is used in traditional cocktails, drink bases for mocktails can be juice or soda water.

1. Fruity Sangria

A fruity sangria mocktail is very versatile and can be made with a combination of juices, fresh fruit, and supporting herbs to your liking. Here are some options you can try.

• Berry Blast Sangria by combining grape juice, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries.
• Citrus Clobber Sangria by combining orange juice, apples, and fresh slices of lemon, limes, and grapefruit in the pitcher.
• Mean Green Machine Sangria by combining green varieties of apples, grapes, lime, and cucumbers with apple juice as the drink base.

Adding lemon, orange, or lime slices to any sangria mocktail makes for a perfect garnish. Mint sprigs also make the perfect complement for a chosen garnish.

2. Minty Mojito Mocktail

Let the bubbly sensation of the soda water mixed with the natural flavors of fresh mint sprigs and freshly squeezed lime juice captivate your senses with this Minty Mojito Mocktail. The soda water acts as the base with the lime juice and mint leaves standing in as the flavor accents. Adding a bit of sugar to taste reduces the overall flavorless quality of the soda water.

3. Arabian Sun Mocktail

The Arabian Sun Mocktail utilizes a delicious grenadine, which is a non-alcoholic syrup deliciously made from pomegranates. If you do not have grenadine on hand, you can simply substitute this ingredient for the same amount of pomegranate juice.

This mocktail combines the tartness of the grenadine with the snappy lemonade and the subtle sweetness of the orange juice. Mixed into one mocktail glass, you have a citrus bomb of natural flavors with just the right touch of sweetness that will not give you a pregnancy-induced headache after drinking it.

4. Cranberry Lime Spritzer

Combine soda water, cranberry juice, and the juice of a quarter of lime to have a sweet, tart, and bubbly mocktail experience. Pregnancy naturally makes changes to your urinary tract as one of the ways to compensate for your growing fetus. Hence, you are more prone to contracting a UTI while pregnant. Drinking cranberry juice can help prevent UTI infections because the cranberry ingredients cease bacteria from connecting to the walls of your bladder.

Drink Up, Mama!

All the fruits used in these cocktails have nutritional benefits for you and your growing baby. Opting for drinking a fruity mocktail is a better option than drinking caffeinated soda, tea, or coffee as most recipes utilize the juice. If soda water acts as a base, it is usually caffeine free.

So raise your glass to healthy and fun mocktail options as a pregnant momma! Save the recreational alcohol drinking, in moderation of course, after the baby is born and you have adjusted to their schedule.