and society in general (or at least American society) promotes really, really high levels of risk aversion when it comes to babies/kids. Thus it becomes about personal levels of risk aversion. So there isn't any evidence proving that even small amounts are harmful, and maybe there's evidence that suggests small enough amounts might be ok, but that's not the same as having firm evidence that small amounts are definitely safe, much less having a firm cut-off point for how much is too much. That is widely considered unethical, so the best they can do is ask women how much they ACTUALLY drink, and try to guess based on that. One of the problems here is that it's very difficult to scientifically confirm what level of alcohol is safe, without doing a study that involves lots of women drinking various levels of alcohol and seeing which babies come out with FAS. If consuming alcohol in the slightest was so detrimental during pregnancy, why wasn't everyone alive back in the middle ages, when water was dangerous to drink, a fetal alcohol baby?įor all we know, there were many FAS babies.
My main questions are: Why has this topic become so taboo? Why is the government recommending what it is recommending? Why has it become so difficult to talk about without someone who suggests that it might be ok to drink sparingly getting demonized as an unfit parent?ĭisclaimer: I am not pregnant nor am I trying to become pregnant. If consuming alcohol in the slightest was so detrimental during pregnancy, why wasn't everyone alive back in the middle ages, when water was dangerous to drink, a fetal alcohol baby? It takes about 4 drinks a day to cause it. At the same time, among alcoholics, fetal alcohol syndrome only occurs 30% of the time. I understand that almost all mothers do not want their child to have fetal alcohol syndrome. However, there have been studies that have suggested that small amounts of alcohol are not as detrimental as once thought, and there may be very little, if any difference between mothers who don't drink, and those who drink sparingly during pregnancy. The recommendation from the surgeon general is that women consume zero drinks during pregnancy. However, after you find out the studies senior author Professor Maree Teesson, Director of the Matilda Centre, said, “the safest option during pregnancy is to abstain from drinking any alcohol.Recently there have been several studies coming out with conflicting results on what amount of alcohol is acceptable during pregnancy. In the weeks before you know you're pregnant it’s impossible to monitor how much you drink. The study from the University of Sydney links low-level alcohol consumption to the brain development of the unborn child as well as behavioral problems down the line. While experts continue to debate how much alcohol is safe during pregnancy, many clinicians err on the side of safety and recommend that expecting people should cut it out altogether.
The study from the University of Sydney was released as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has proposed that people’s alcohol consumption while pregnant could be recorded on the child's medical records in order to help diagnose and prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD.) It’s been met with backlash from pregnancy rights advocates. Too much exposure can lead to poor growth and learning and behavioral problems. The liver is one of the last things to develop and fetuses can’t process alcohol well. If you’re pregnant this can be transferred to the placenta and to your baby. When you drink, the alcohol passes into your blood. It’s impossible to instill lifestyle changes and cut down on drinking if you don’t even know you’re pregnant. It’s estimated that most people find out they’re pregnant five or six weeks after conception. However, this study shows that any alcohol use during pregnancy, even low levels, is associated with subtle, yet significant behavioral and psychological effects in children including anxiety, depression and poor attention.” candidate at the Matilda Centre, “previous research has shown that very heavy alcohol use, such as binge drinking, during pregnancy can cause harm to the baby. "Our research found that even small amounts of alcohol consumed while pregnant can have a significant impact on a child's brain development," said lead author Ms.
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