Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 407 Location: Massachusetts, U>S>A
Drinking And Pregnant Posted: 02-23-06 10:49am
My friend found out she was pregnant (3
months) and she has been partying. She
drinks about 3 times a week (getting
drunk) and smokes. She didnt know she was
pregnant. Does anyone know the risks?
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mayhi
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 453 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Posted: 02-23-06 11:02am
Hi there.. My sister is an alcoholic, and
she did the same when she was pregnant.
She now has a son who is fas, and has a
heart defect because of it. Anytime you
drink while you are pregnant there can be
complications and effects on your unborn
child. I hope that you can get through to
her. Take care.
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KatieFlower
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 407 Location: Massachusetts, U>S>A
Posted: 02-23-06 11:51am
Thank yuo for replying. Now that she
knows it will stop. Thanks again for your
insight ;)
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yellow ribbon
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Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 5554 Location: FL
Posted: 02-23-06 13:04pm
For the first 8 weeks that I didnt know I
was pregnant I partied and my daughter is
fine I guess it depends on the person and
how ofter and long they did it
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 02-23-06 13:37pm
Thankfully she is stopping with the bad
stuff, it will greatly increase the
chances of a healthy birth!
If she is not already taking a prenatal,
she needs to start asap! If she is like
my wife, the prenatals are just simply too
harsh on her system so we made our own.
We bought womans formula one-a-day (the
brand not generic) and also a bottle of
folic acid to make it possible for her to
get then 1000 mcg/day possible.. The
folic acid comes in 400 mcg tablets so she
was actually getting 1200 vs. 1000 but it
does not harm anything because it is water
soluable and so any extra just goes away
in the pee.
She really needs to get folic acid and
start a good regimine of that asap, it
will help to ensure that no problems
continue to occur durring her pregnancy.
Good luck to your friend,
brian
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HcoBrunette06
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Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 8006 Location: Missouri, United States
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Posted: 02-23-06 15:59pm
Yeah my friend found out she was pregnant
about 3 months ago too and she still
smokes and goes and gets drunk, it makes
me so mad! It'd be differnet if she
didn't know she was pregnant or something
but she does and she still gets drunk and
shes around pot all the time! It's pretty
pathetic when you can't stay away from
alcohol for 9 months for the sake of your
unborn child. :(
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teach486
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 276 Location: US
Posted: 02-23-06 18:03pm
The thing with drinking and pregnancy is
that there is no scientific research that
tells us exactly how much alcohol is too
much. Nobody knows, because every woman
and her pregnancy is different. A woman
might drink only three beers one time
early in her pregnancy and have a child
with fas and other defects, while another
woman can drink like a fish and her baby
can be perfectly fine. The same goes for
smoking.
Doctors have varying opinions on the
effects of alcohol on a fetus after the
first trimester. Some say that once you
are past the first trimester, the most
critical time for a developing fetus, then
you are allowed a 4 oz drink once or twice
a week to help relax your muscles. Other
doctors will say that you shouldn't drink
at all anytime during the pregnancy.
Basically it is all a game of russian
roulette. Just like with anything else in
science, nothing is absolute.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 02-23-06 18:54pm
If the baby is born with fetal alcohol
syndrome, she will be arrested and lose
custody of her little one.
If you are a true friend, you need to
report this abuse to whom ever you can
that will get her the help she needs to
protect this baby.
Drinking and drug abuse are about the
worst abuses that you can do to a fetus
and it is criminal to do it.
She may have real deep reasons for needing
to be drunk and messed up because of
emotional issues but it would be better to
either abort or stop the bad stuff before
a child with horrible health issues and a
mom that isn't capable of caring for a
sick baby is born.
