The safest approach is to avoid alcohol altogether during pregnancy as it can harm your baby’s development.
When you drink, the alcohol passes from your blood through the placenta directly into your baby’s blood. Your baby cannot process alcohol as well as you can and too much exposure to alcohol can seriously affect their development and could increase the risks of your baby coming early or having a low birth weight. There is also an increased risk of a miscarriage in the early months.
There is no evidence that very small amounts of alcohol (one to two units per week) cause harm. The damage caused by alcohol in pregnancy can be very severe, however, and standard drinks often exceed two units. For this reason, your midwife will recommend that the safest choice is not to drink alcohol during pregnancy.
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) means lifelong impairments that can result from brain damage caused by a baby being exposed to alcohol before birth. These impairments can show themselves in a variety of ways as the child gets older, including through speech and language, memory, learning and behaviour issues.
#DRYMESTER is here to inspire and support you to go alcohol free when pregnant or planning a pregnancy. There's lots of different advice out but Drymester message is simple and based on facts. When it comes to alcohol, there's no safe time and no safe amount to drink during pregnancy,