In this article, we will try to find out whether it is possible to drink alcohol in the early and late stages of pregnancy, and whether ethyl alcohol can cause harm to minors in minimal doses.
Can I drink alcohol during pregnancy?
For most women, the answer to the question of whether it is possible to drink alcohol during pregnancy is obvious. Almost all future mothers are aware of the harm that alcohol can cause, even in small amounts, not yet born baby. Nevertheless, the body of every woman is individual, and if one glass of expensive wine is for one lady, another will not cause significant harm and a large dose of alcohol.
That's why some future moms sometimes allow themselves to indulge in a forbidden drink. Meanwhile, the significant harm of regular consumption of alcohol, especially in the first 12-16 weeks, is obvious to everyone.
So, the intake of alcohol in the first months of pregnancy at times increases the likelihood of its spontaneous interruption, as well as the death of the baby in the mother's womb. In addition, regular use of drinks that contain ethyl alcohol in their composition, at any time of the waiting period of the baby can cause the development of fetal syndrome in a newborn baby. The main symptoms of this disease are the following:
- insufficient weight of crumbs at birth and insufficient weight gain in the future;
- violation of the physical and intellectual development of the baby;
- underdevelopment or anomalies in the structure of facial muscles, lips, cheekbones and jaws;
- underdevelopment of the brain and nervous system;
- various violations of the internal organs and systems.
Having evaluated all possible risks, each woman should decide for herself whether it is worth drinking alcohol during pregnancy, or it is better to refuse this dubious pleasure until the end of the period of gestation and breastfeeding of the baby.