| It's quite amazing really that on average nine out of ten | | | | Every drop of alcohol will pass into the baby's blood |
| women actually enjoy a nice alcoholic beverage. But | | | | supply and during the first three months this can be |
| what most women don't know is what limit of alcohol | | | | critical for the normal development of the baby's brain |
| can be consumed while pregnant and that many | | | | and body. So the damage being caused is blatantly |
| doctors are saying that this behaviour can lead to birth | | | | obvious and it's not always the short term |
| defects. The simple fact of the matter is that the | | | | development that is being affected as it can also |
| alcohol passes into the placenta and directly into the | | | | affect the long term development too. Statistics prove |
| foetuse's bloodstream which can lead to stunting its | | | | that babies who have to put up with alcohol in their |
| growth. This is serious so let's just look into this a bit | | | | bloodstream will go on to be alcoholics in later life. |
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