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Fetal alcohol syndrome is a common thing in women who drink alcohol during their pregnancy. Fetal alcohol syndrome can cause permanent developmental problems in your baby. There are so many examples of babies that were born with fetal alcohol syndrome, as their mothers drank heavily or regularly during pregnancy. Such babies have low birth weight along with having smaller brain and high chances of developmental retardation throughout his or her life.
When you are pregnant then whatever you will eat or drink, some part of it gets passed to the baby through placenta. Hence if you drink alcohol during pregnancy, the baby will receive some amount of the alcohol. But still you might have heard or read something about it is normal to drink little alcohol during pregnancy. But is it right to do so? How much quantity of alcohol is good to take during pregnancy? The quantity of alcohol that will be considered as normal depends upon the weight of the mother, stage of the pregnancy and weight of the baby. But still why to take even little risk, if you know that drinking alcohol will cause your baby some harm.
So stay away from drinking alcohol during entire pregnancy, as alcohol intake even in little amount can cause fetal alcohol syndrome in your baby. Even your doctor will ask you to avoid taking alcoholic beverages. Keeping away from alcohol can be a tough thing for those who have a habit of drinking alcohol. But there are some tricks that will help you to make a proper resolution to stay away form drinking alcohol. Mention all your friends not to force you about drinking alcohol, as you are pregnant. Your friends and loved ones will surely understand that you are doing this for the sake of your baby and thus will provide support to your decision.
You should relax and enjoy your pregnancy period by drinking fruit juices, as it will be healthy for both you and your baby. If you have good company then no matter what you drink it will as tasty as your normal alcohol drink. You can also drink beer and wine that don’t contain alcohol then also it is fine. The mood swings in pregnancy will also be less if you will avoid drinking alcohol. Plus your baby will not have any risk of fetal alcohol syndrome. When you drink alcohol think that you are feeding your baby alcohol and the thought will motivate you to avoid drinking alcohol.
Fetal alcohol syndrome affects about one to two babies in every 1000 babies. The alcohol-drinking mother can cause several problems in her fetus. The side effects of the fetal alcohol syndrome are mental retardation, trouble learning, impaired development and facial deformities. The alcohol that will enter in your baby's body through the placenta will naturally ruin your baby's life. The presence of alcohol in the abbys body will prevent the necessary nutrients from reaching to your baby and thus will hammer the normal growth of your baby.
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