How Alcohol Harms The Unborn Baby

by Alice Thomas Writer

The first thing that comes to every woman’s mind after getting the good news is that she has to steer clear of alcohol. There’s a reason why pregnant women are advised to not even consume a single drop of alcohol during pregnancy and breastfeeding period. Various ultrasound baby scan clinics revealed ultrasound images of mothers who drank alcohol and the irreparable damage alcohol did to their babies. This damage in medical words is called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Here are the reasons why you should avoid alcohol at all costs during your pregnancy. Let’s read them thoroughly.

1. Premature birth: Mothers who consume alcohol during their pregnancy are more likely to give birth to premature babies.

2. Low birth weight: Excessive alcohol consumption cause your baby to become underweight.

3. High risk of miscarriage and stillbirth:The more you drink alcohol, the more you increase the likelihood of miscarriage and giving birth to stillborn babies, the most disheartening thing for a woman.

4. Abnormal facial features: Children whose mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy have unusual facial characteristics. Some common strange facial attributes found in those children are as follows:

- Small nose

- Thin upper lip

- Smaller head size

- Flat face

- Thin eye openings

- Smooth philtrum.

5. Poor growth: The after-effects of drinking alcohol during pregnancy is so profound that it even results in the child having a poor height and weight.

6. Behavioral issues: A child with FAS disorder is a real spoiled brat. The behavioral issues that children with FAS disorder generally face are written below:

- Lack of social skills or socially inept

- Unpunctual

- Unreliable

- Inflexible nature

- Trouble sleeping as babies

- Depressed and anxious

- Trouble makers

- Frustrated

- Temperamental

- Violent and quarrelsome.

7. Cognitive problems: There are many chronic cognitive disabilities discovered in children who were subjected to alcohol before they were born. A few of them are listed below:

- Learning difficulties

- Deficient memory

- Lack of decision-making and problem-solving skills

- Poor concentration

- Absent-mindedness

- Impulsive or inconsiderate about consequences

- Low Intelligence quotient (IQ)

- Lack of balance

- Little coordination skills

- Slow and delayed brain development

- Easily distracted and inattentive

- Poor organization

- A dearth of reasoning skills.

8. Delayed speech: Communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal) takes a long time to develop in children with FAS disorder. Alcohol during pregnancy surely hampers the speech development of the affected children. In such cases, many doctors suggest speech therapies for language development.

9. Difficult adult life: It may break your heart to know that the celebratory wine you drank during your pregnancy can harm your child even when he becomes an adult. Studies show that FAS disorder is continual and there’s no backing away from it even when the child steps into adulthood. The common problems faced by adults with FAS disorder are:

- Unemployment

- Homelessness

- Relationship problems

- Hypertension

- Poor immunity

- Neglect of law and authority.

This article isn’t written with the purpose to frighten you, but rather to make you understand the consequences of consuming even one drink during pregnancy. If you’re pregnant and had a drink, knowingly or unknowingly, then you should check for FAS disorder in your baby by undergoing an ultrasound scan from a reputed ultrasound baby scan clinic.

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Created on Oct 24th 2019 06:30. Viewed 677 times.

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