Jun 2, 2019
Info & Statistics
Drinking alcohol while pregnant is never safe. No amount of alcohol and no time in pregnancy have been established as safe for the fetus. According to the American Pregnancy Association (APA), alcohol passes through the placenta to the baby. Because babies are smaller compared to adults, alcohol breaks down much slowly than in a grown person. This means that the alcohol remains in the baby’s blood much longer than in the mother’s thus leading to possible irreversible harm to the baby’s development.
Some experts say that roughly 1% of the population suffer from FASD as a result of their mother drinking during pregnancy.