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Originally Posted by Peanut
So is the UK just overrun with FASD babies then? I thought their recommendations were to limit consumption to a few units of alcohol per week.
I enjoyed the statistics based analysis of many pregnancy risks and myths in "Expecting Better", myself. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/0143125702/ref=mw_dp_cr |
Well to be fair, my good friend was a youth parole officer in Liverpool, and in his words the kids there are way worse than here. That said, I am sure a few drinks here or there isn't usually going to hurt the baby. Problem is if the doctors here say 2 drinks/week many people will do it and some will have a FASD baby. They will then turn around and blame the doctors for telling them to do something they probably should know not to.
So they say abstain. That is what they said both times to us, and apart from 1/2 glass once or twice in 9 months my wife did. It wasn't really that hard for her, but knowing some chug a lug Moms out there I am sure it is hard for others.
I just know as a parent if one of our kids had FASD my wife and I would torment ourselves forever. I am just glad we did what we did, and now that our 1 1/2 yr old is onto milk we can enjoy without regret!