Feotal Alcohol Syndrome

[bradyfox]

I know that many women can go the whole 9 months without a sniff of the hard stuff but if not the info is so confusing.

The NHS website states :
Week 8

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The foetus is still inside its amniotic sac, and the placenta is continuing to develop, forming structures called chorionic villi that help attach the placenta to the wall of the womb. At this stage, the foetus still gets its nourishment from the yolk sac.

Yet the FAS

Timing is another medical factor in the development of foetal alcohol syndrome. A baby’s facial features are formed during weeks six to nine of pregnancy. Professor Neil McIntosh, an Edinburgh-based neonatologist, says scientific evidence shows that mothers who drink during this three-week window are more likely to have babies with the facial deformities associated with FAS.

Now i get that to avoid FAS you just dont drink but if you wish to make an informed choice of whether it is ok to have a small glass of wine with a meal once a week it would be useful to have factual advice from websites that should be able to give it.

Alcohol passed through the placenta to the baby so if the baby is not yet getting nourishment from the placenta how can it be affected?

There is this study www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0049407 it shows that light maternal drinking is associated with small IQ decreases for people with some particular genetic variants. Light maternal drinking is also associated with small IQ increases in people with some other genetic variants.

Really who knows and its a matter of personal choice like so many things.

It's really not very nice to make value judgements about other peoples life choices. I know we all do it, privately, but saying it out loud or typing it on a forum just makes you look like a not very nice person.

milly your comments are quite horrible. I've also miscarried and had a tough ttc journey. It doesn't give you the right to be vile to other people.

Your comments about being selfish are silly. As has been stated on here, mild drinking has never been shown to create any risk. So what is selfish about doing it? Are other activities that haven't been shown to create risk during pregnancy like having a shower or brushing your teeth also selfish?

I haven't meant to offend. Sorry if I have. It is my opinion like you have yours. I have done everything I can to give myself the best possible chance of having a baby. I will admit though I haven't eaten organic food so that's a fair point and will take that. Maybe I am not as bothered about the drink as some of you are either so unfair of me to comment. It wasn't a big sacrifice to me that's all.

Yet I would sacrifice anything to have a baby.

There is no evidence though millys that the odd glass of wine is going to stop you having a baby. Ie it's a pointless, hyped up, patriarchal myth of a sacrifice.