What we know exactly about alcohol and pregnancy?
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a well-described phenomenon in which the baby was exposed to repeated and sometimes significant amount of alcohol during pregnancy are born with severe and permanent deformities. These problems are a general growth retardation, a model particularly weak development of the brain and face delayed large-scale development that can never be compensated for life even with appropriate support.
The official medical recommendation is to consume alcohol during pregnancy to avoid alcohol-related problems, which can easily pass through the placenta to the baby.
Under these conditions, we can honestly ask the company we know if we are hypocrites when it comes to alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Therefore, even if we know without a doubt that alcohol can harm the unborn baby and passes through the placenta, pregnant women are often subject to social pressures to consume alcohol.
On the other hand, society at large and parents in particular have a strong reaction when they learn that their child Angel have consumed alcohol at 15, 14 or even 12. It may be ironic that alcohol among youth is strongly condemned by the fact that many women during pregnancy expose their unborn babies to crack alcohol to be tolerated.
How can we help pregnant women in our environment to limit or stop their alcohol consumption during pregnancy?
The first and most important step is to support your desire not to drink alcohol during pregnancy. Another important step is not to insist and suggest natural and healthy beverage alternatives that satisfy your thirst and will not make them feel as if they are not part of the game.
There are plenty of non-alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine can be a healthy alternative and protect the fetus from exposure to alcohol. The most important thing is to be consistent in the way we live. It makes sense to avoid alcohol during pregnancy unless we want our teens and even younger children who use alcohol in any form.