Why can't you drink when your pregnant?

Answer 1

Short answer:

If there is a possible possibility of something possibly happening to your baby when drinking alcohol, then why do it. There are No studies that actually prove drinking to be healthy to any baby. Not before it is born, not after it is born.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders is "common" among babies born by alcohol consuming mothers. More information in the Wordy answer.

Wordy answer:

A study done by University College London (UCL) in England suggest that you can actually drink a little bit during pregnancy. One beer, at the most max two, a couple of times a week does according to this study not cause birth defects. Their statistical background material is considered substantial with data from approx 12.500 children and their mothers.

Alcohol is a toxin. When you drink, it rapidly reaches your baby through your bloodstream and across the placenta. Too much alcohol can cause permanent damage to the cells of a developing baby. It can also cause problems during pregnancy, such as miscarriage and premature birth.

Too much alcohol during pregnancy can change the way a baby's face, organs and brain develops. It can also affect the nervous system, which is why learning difficulties and lifelong problems with movement and coordination often result.

The term for all these problems is fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). It's called a spectrum because the problems can range from mild learning difficulties, through to birth defects.

Full blown fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is at the extreme end of the spectrum. Babies with FAS tend to have facial defects, to be born small and to carry on being small for their age as they grow up. These children have learning difficulties, poor coordination and behavioral problems, which they have to cope with for the rest of their lives. While FAS is uncommon, it is estimated that more than 6,000 children are born each year with FASD in the UK.

Answer 2

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause a wide range of physical and mental birth defects SERIOUSLY DON'T. terribly irresponsible AND selfish.

Answer 3

Alcohol in the bloodstream can pass through the placental barrier and umbilical cord to the baby, causing problems. Serious abnormalities are collectively referred to as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Answer 4

because your baby could be born disabled or have fetal alchol syndrome

Answer 5

It can be very harmful to the kid. The more you drink, the more harmful it is. The rule is don't drink at all.

Answer 6

Because whatever a pregnant woman eats or takes, then all the goodness from it goes through the placenta and through the umbilical cord to the baby.

Answer 7

The baby could end up with birth defects or Fetal alcohol syndrome.

Answer 8

Everything you take, drink or eat the baby get and it will affect the growth. The tiny organs can't handle alcohol etc.