What’s up with pregnant taking alcoholic or their types of wine during pregnancy?
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What’s up with pregnant taking alcoholic or their types of wine during pregnancy?
There is no known safe amount of alcohol use during pregnancy. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink. All types of alcohol are equally harmful, including all wines and beer. Alcohol crosses the placenta. When you consume alcohol, so does you baby. The fetus has it’s own heart and circulatory system, along with its own liver and brain developing. Even what seems like negligible amounts of alcohol your your body has greater impact on the fetus.
Even a small glass of wine exposes the baby to alcohol which has the potential to cause harm. There may be a misconception that wine drinking during pregnancy is safer than liquor; however, regardless of the type of alcohol, the baby is still exposed. Drinking any type or amount of alcohol can adversely affect a baby’s growth and development. Alcohol has also been linked to miscarriage, so certainly it should be avoided in the early months. The general advice from many experts is that alcohol should be avoided in any quantities unless necessary but that occasional very small quantities might be okay.