Drinking and smoking during your pregnancy -- at any time -- may be detrimental to the health of your baby. The first three months are especially critical because all your baby's major body parts and organs are being formed at this time. The...
According to an Institute of Medicine Report to Congress in 1996, cocaine, heroin and marijuana are not as harmful to a developing fetus as alcohol. Alcohol passes easily through the mother's bloodstream into the fetus, causing the fetus' blood...
It is widely known that heavy drinking during pregnancy may cause birth defects, however many women do not realize that moderate to light use of alcohol may also be harmful. According to the March of Dimes, no level of alcohol use during pregnancy...
Alcoholism happens when a person is unable to control drinking habits and keeps drinking despite the problems it causes in the family, at work or for health conditions. Alcoholism causes difficulties within society and also hurts the alcoholic by...
Alcohol is a known toxin that crosses the placenta to a growing fetus during pregnancy. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can have devastating effects on the fetus and cause complications with the pregnancy itself. Drinking in early pregnancy,...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders affect an estimated 40,000 children in the United States annually, according to the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for Excellence as date of publication. All of the health effects these children endure as...
Each year, 40,000 children are born with abnormalities resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure. Wine coolers are a type of sweet alcoholic beverage that contain wine, sugar and fruit juice. The alcohol content in these drinks ranges from 11 to 14...
Fetal alcohol syndrome, or FAS, was first identified in 1973 as a spectrum of disorders that can result in physical abnormalities, cognitive deficits and behavioral difficulties in children who were exposed to alcohol while in utero. According to...
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition that can occur if a woman drinks while she is pregnant. The more a woman drinks while she is pregnant, the greater the chance she will have a baby born with fetal alcohol syndrome. Alcohol that a pregnant...
When a woman finds out she’s pregnant, it’s natural that one of the first things she wonders is whether her baby is developing normally and whether her pregnancy will be risky. While pregnancy is a very natural event that more often...
