Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Apr
2009

Woman Thrown Out Of Bar For Drinking While Pregnant

A pregnant woman was refused a drink at a pub and then asked to leave by staff who said they were protecting her unborn child.

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Feb
2009

Group To Develop National Guidelines On How Much Alcohol — if any — Is Safe During Pregnancy

The group representing obstetricians and gynaecologists said Thursday it will develop national guidelines on how much alcohol — if any — is safe for women to consume leading up to and during pregnancy.
“The advice is extremely inconsistent, the advice is sometimes downright wrong and the perception on the part of the public is extremely wide [...]

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18
Nov
2007

It’s Ok To ‘Booze Binge’ While Pregnant???

When I read this headline, I wondered, “What is this world coming to?”
We have covered this subject extensively so it came as a SHOCK to read the headlines this week stating that pregnant moms could not only drink, while they are pregnant, they could binge drink (5 drinks in one sitting)!!!
There is some pleasure in [...]

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13
Jul
2007

Baby Born Drunk: Blood Alcohol Six Times Legal Limit to Drive

I am lost for words on what to say about this awful story.
A baby boy in Poland was born drunk.

Doctors decided to check his blood-alcohol level because his mother was drunk when she arrived to give birth.

What they saw frightened them.

A doctor tells the PAP news agency that 12 hours after he was born, the [...]

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