John Myers
At what dose of alcohol during pregnancy harms the unborn child has not been scientifically clarified. But precisely because of this, no tolerable quantity can be defined. For this reason, pregnant women should play it safe and avoid it completely.
The body of the mother and the child are connected by the umbilical cord and the placenta throughout pregnancy. Everything that the mother eats gets into the organism of the unborn baby. Since alcohol is a cytotoxin, it can attack the child’s organs and nerves at any time and impair their development.
It is irrelevant whether pregnant women drink more alcohol only once or regularly. Even if mothers-to-be don’t feel drunk: the child’s blood alcohol level is just as high as that of the mother, but the alcohol is broken down much more slowly. The baby is thus exposed to the cell toxin for much longer.
You should have the possibility of pregnancy clarified as early as possible so that you can immediately stop drinking alcohol. Ideally, you should already practice abstinence when you are planning to have children. Because a fertilized egg cell damaged by alcohol is rejected by the body in the first 14 days. How long does it take for the egg to implant in the uterus. Only then does the mother’s alcohol consumption affect the child’s development and health.
In extreme cases, drinking alcohol during pregnancy can lead to what is known as fetal alcohol syndrome. The child usually has a low birth weight and may have physical deformities such as kidney damage or heart defects. Visible abnormalities such as deformations in the face are also typical of the syndrome.
In addition, mental development may be impaired and the child may exhibit behavioral problems. He then has to suffer from poor concentration, learning difficulties, decreased intelligence, restlessness, and increased irritability throughout his life.
But even in less severe cases, the child can show motor or intellectual misdevelopments or developmental delays or behave socially conspicuously.
With a friendly but firm “No, thank you!” you can do without alcohol in a sociable group as a pregnant woman and also have fun with water, juice spritzer, and the like.
