Drinking in Pregnancy Article

[Sarah7]

Sorry if this has already been posted by someone, just read it and it really surprised me and given all of the drinking in pregnancy posts lately it seemed topical

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...y-during-pregnancy-has-no-effect-on-baby.html

Personally, I feel that no good can come from it really apart from reassuring those who drink regularly and maybe changing the opinions of those who otherwise wouldn't have done so.

 

[kittyrooroo]

I just dont understand how it could possibly not have an effect! Alcohol is a poison! Yeah its a fun and nice tasting one but still a poison. You just cant predict how this 'small amount of alcohol' could affect these babies once they're adults either. I shall be sticking to my zero alcohol diet xxx

 

[PyscoFalcon]

How on earth could those women agree to risk there babies by doing this experiment in the first place!

If a few drinks make us a bit fuzzy imagine what it can do to the poor baby!

Still against drinking when preggers here I'm afraid.

 

[Jayjay027]

Yeah I have to agree, how can any1 possibly say a small bit of poison a day is ok for baby?! Bull!!

I'll also be staying well away from it.

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[babyem]

How can they justify that alcohol has no affect on babies, when the areas they assessed were relevant to 5 year olds??? How can you test if a baby's concentration and all that is affected? This to me just seems like another excuse for women to justify their choice to drink during pregnancy..

My mum and uncle are twins who were adopted as babies. Their biological parents were both alcoholics. They died from alcoholism a few years ago. As they are the opposite sex, they are fraternal twins, so in theory should not share any medical problems as they were seperate feotuses. They were both born with Cleft lips and palates. They had to have numerous surgeries as babies and children, spent much of their early years alone in hospital and still even as adults have to have further surgery to correct a problem which may never have been present if their mother never drank during pregnancy. People think that drinking alcohol during pregnancy only causes problems in the first few months or years of life, when it can potentially have an effect on the rest of your life. It doesn't just affect your physical health, but also your emotional and mental, both were bullied and have had to deal with torment personally and from others. It breaks my heart to know what they have been through and are going through because of one selfish womans choice.

Is it really worth the risk?

 

[Doob]

I was more shocked by the linked article http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1010/10100602 when it said the following about light drinkers during pregnancy:

Children whose mothers were heavy drinkers were more likely to be hyperactive, and have behavioural and emotional problems than children whose mothers chose not to drink during pregnancy.

But there was no evidence to suggest that the behavioural or intellectual development of children whose mums were light drinkers during the pregnancy had been compromised.

Children born to light drinkers were 30 per cent less likely to have behavioural problems than children whose mothers did not drink during pregnancy.

After taking account of a wide range of influential factors, these children achieved higher cognitive scores than those whose mums had abstained from alcohol while pregnant.

The Millennium Cohort Study was commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), whose funding has been supplemented by a consortium of Government departments and the Wellcome Trust.

 

[babyem]

I was more shocked by the linked article http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1010/10100602 when it said the following about light drinkers during pregnancy:

Children whose mothers were heavy drinkers were more likely to be hyperactive, and have behavioural and emotional problems than children whose mothers chose not to drink during pregnancy.

But there was no evidence to suggest that the behavioural or intellectual development of children whose mums were light drinkers during the pregnancy had been compromised.

Children born to light drinkers were 30 per cent less likely to have behavioural problems than children whose mothers did not drink during pregnancy.

After taking account of a wide range of influential factors, these children achieved higher cognitive scores than those whose mums had abstained from alcohol while pregnant.

The Millennium Cohort Study was commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), whose funding has been supplemented by a consortium of Government departments and the Wellcome Trust.

Thats just ridiculous!! I read somewhere when I was searching for a cure for the awful morning sickness in Tri 1 that those who smoke are less likely to suffer, yet you still wouldn't!

I wonder if the people who did this research drank through pregnancy or were 'light drinkers'?

 

[Doob]

I know I find it astounding too! But then I find the idea of taking anything scary, went into a mild panic when the doctor prescribed me some things for migraines!

 

[babyem]

Lol!
At least you worry because you think of the consequences and risks for your LO, obviously those who drink like in the article have no consideration! x