Now, it is safe to say that my opinion on this one is none but the verdict is still (unfortunately) out on this. The facts are that most Fetal Alcohol Children have birth mothers who are alcoholics (who drank at least 8-10 drinks a day) and that children with Fetal Alcohol Effects had birth mothers […]
Unfortunately, the brain is the one organ that is most affect by alcohol. Surprisingly though, many pregnant woman do not know this nor do they understand what damage they can do to their unborn child.
Alcohol damages parts of the brain that give us memory, self-control, coordination, and judgment (thus, cause/effect and consequences). Most children with […]
Okay, so lets get this straight (and I am going to be flippant here)…for all of you searching my site for information on just how much alcohol you can drink while you are pregnant I will answer you.
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:
“No safe time. No safe amount. No safe alcohol. Period.”
National […]
I continue to read more cases like these and it makes me simply nauseous. I don’t know if my radar is tuned into finding stories like this (or perhaps it is just my Google feed?) or if my eye just catches things like this now because I know what alcohol does to a fetus.
Like the […]
Alabama is cracking down on its pregnant drug and alcohol users by jailing and prosecuting them. It actually IS all legal according to the new state law intending to protect children from drugs.
In less than an 18-month-period at least eight women have been prosecuted for using drugs while pregnant.
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Woman have had the opportunity to drink during pregnancy since, well, alcohol was invented. But it was not until the 1991 that the Surgeon General first advised that women not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of birth defects. Unfortunately, despite this warning many doctors, including one that recently voiced his opinion on ABC, Dr. […]
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