tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21684629257208319992024-03-05T15:18:27.187-08:00bad effects of alcohol on the unborn childDiscussion of comprehensive negative effects of alcohol on the unborn child: What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders,
How does alcohol affect babies?
How many babies are affected by alcohol before birth?
What level of alcohol is safe for babies?
Drinking alcohol before pregnancy is known,
How to know if a baby has been affected by alcohol,
Protecting babies from FAS and FASDUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168462925720831999.post-28773166590359827712012-12-22T17:00:00.001-08:002012-12-22T17:00:29.355-08:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168462925720831999.post-22009812693834528832011-07-05T14:57:00.000-07:002012-01-05T22:33:26.465-08:00<h2 class="healthtopics" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -2px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: small;">Parenting and Child Health</span></a></h2><h2 class="healthtopics" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -2px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: small;">Alcohol - effects on unborn children</span></h2><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;">Contents</div><ul class="anchorlist" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 20px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#1" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#2" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#3" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">How does alcohol affect babies?</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#4" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">How many babies are affected by alcohol before birth?</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#5" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">What level of alcohol is safe for babies?</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#6" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">Drinking alcohol before pregnancy is known</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#7" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">FASD in aboriginal communities</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#8" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">How to know if a baby has been affected by alcohol</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#9" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">Secondary effects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#10" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">Protective factors</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#11" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">Protecting babies from FAS and FASD</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#12" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">What to do for your child</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#13" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">Resources</a></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/anchor_2.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#14" pathattribute="1" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">References</a></li>
</ul><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Pregnancy and alcohol don't mix.</span></strong></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFSR9NngnyDwEqqUXnEM8hmCtgs4p0m-KA-4f0uA7G1TChyXXBq1DYVQaBCZih3XtUr_nqlqgiiaTfb38A8wjj36ASCr8q45QDqzdSqQEsSBz72zGsuM-q4ZUUEKsD0e6a87lZavG3sWl/s1600/pregnancy+alcohol+++-44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFSR9NngnyDwEqqUXnEM8hmCtgs4p0m-KA-4f0uA7G1TChyXXBq1DYVQaBCZih3XtUr_nqlqgiiaTfb38A8wjj36ASCr8q45QDqzdSqQEsSBz72zGsuM-q4ZUUEKsD0e6a87lZavG3sWl/s200/pregnancy+alcohol+++-44.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">No smoking and drinking </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">There is no safe time to drink alcohol during pregnancy and there is no safe amount of alcohol. Alcohol can harm a baby for life.</span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><strong>If you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant, no alcohol is the safest choice.</strong></li>
</ul><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;">Alcohol drunk by mothers during pregnancy can seriously affect the health and development of their unborn children.</div><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Some of these babies will have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and have signs of harm when they are born including weighing less than expected at birth and having unusual facial features. These babies go on to have a delay in their development and learning and behaviour problems.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">The other babies affected by alcohol can also have serious lifelong disabilities without all the features of FAS. These babies are said to have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).</li>
</ul><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;">Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the biggest preventable cause of birth defects and brain damage in unborn children. There is no cure for FASD.</div><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div></h1><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#1">What is fetal alcohol syndrome?</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#1"></a></span></h1><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gXG6nUT8AUNKWlv1RDp7854iXMDzbSfwhf9pKhyB4t4lbhXzX8iyl0TyI6n_ZT3c_bBYkBxjI7z420TGRa1q77cLD-XzIjDe0QnKkqNjbx6LlvA0Cc_ANB76IOYKFdegYybDggPOqnsf/s1600/FAS+Child+++++-44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gXG6nUT8AUNKWlv1RDp7854iXMDzbSfwhf9pKhyB4t4lbhXzX8iyl0TyI6n_ZT3c_bBYkBxjI7z420TGRa1q77cLD-XzIjDe0QnKkqNjbx6LlvA0Cc_ANB76IOYKFdegYybDggPOqnsf/s200/FAS+Child+++++-44.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Child with FAS</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Fetal alcohol syndrome is a developmental problem that is caused before birth when a baby is exposed to alcohol.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Some of these babies are harmed by a relatively small amount of alcohol if the mother drinks during the time that the brain is developing (between the 2nd and 8th weeks of the pregnancy) but most are born to mothers who abuse alcohol during the pregnancy.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Babies affected by FAS are smaller than expected at birth and have unusual facial features including small eye-openings, small faces and jaws and thin upper lips.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Some will also have heart defects, minor joint and limb abnormalities (which can cause some restriction of movements).</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">These children will usually go on to have significant developmental delay and behaviour problems.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Not all babies of women who abuse alcohol will have FAS. How these babies are protected is not yet known.</li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Fetal Alcohol Spectrum <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#2">Disorders</a> (FASD)<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#2"></a></span></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#2"></a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Child with FASD</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#2">Alcohol can affect physical growth and brain development throughout the whole pregnancy.</a></span></li>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#2">
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Not all babies exposed to alcohol before birth have the facial features of FAS, but they may have very significant developmental delay and behaviour problems.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">These can include reduced attention, irritability, distractibility, and problems with memory, thinking and learning.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">The babies most likely to be affected are those who are exposed to other factors which also affect growth and development including smoking, malnutrition of the mother and use of other drugs.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Some babies exposed to high levels of alcohol will die before they are born.</li>
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<h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#2"></a></span><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"></a><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#3"><span style="font-size: small;">How does alcohol affect babies?</span></a></h1><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Alcohol in a mother's blood crosses over to the baby through the placenta so that the baby will have the same blood level of alcohol as the mother.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Just how alcohol causes damage to the baby is not known.</li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How many babies are affected by alcohol before birth?</span></a></h1><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe00wvAR1kp7T3IXpcAnF15fkDOo-vRVowb4kMS9nfhI45NQaoI6KteHAhN3I2CnXn2S9fhaG9I30UnJug2WeHV19mEVA-C9RWj-CotPwhgGkgmv_Z9sbXH32-vlXFQ8DxfHxwEtMMFN3/s1600/FASbabyOK+++++--44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe00wvAR1kp7T3IXpcAnF15fkDOo-vRVowb4kMS9nfhI45NQaoI6KteHAhN3I2CnXn2S9fhaG9I30UnJug2WeHV19mEVA-C9RWj-CotPwhgGkgmv_Z9sbXH32-vlXFQ8DxfHxwEtMMFN3/s200/FASbabyOK+++++--44.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Baby with FAS</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">The number of affected babies in Australia is not clear.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Using information from other countries, there may be about 30 to 40 babies born with FAS in South Australia each year although the number of babies who are recognised to have FAS is much smaller (in South Australia there are between 18,000 and 19,000 births each year).</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Also up to 400 babies may be born in South Australia with alcohol caused effects on development, but not the full effects of FAS.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Most babies with FAS or other effects of alcohol are not identified at birth, partly because many of the women who are using or abusing alcohol are not identified, so doctors do not look for the signs of FAS or other alcohol effects on babies.</li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#5"><span style="font-size: small;">What level of alcohol is safe for babies?</span></a></h1><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0h2cPUA2Jhh1omlfnwVf97xPYsm3b854QnXbLWkzAXTX6nE4MakWe1I38L3bD1ABLjGXQ22e-cagS4m6WDoZcQwPHciKi91-_BDqDTUbWZ-z9aqfmxkOvvBM7fhM9b1MTbwqi-xam4zx/s1600/5WeekOldFetusWeb200+++++-44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0h2cPUA2Jhh1omlfnwVf97xPYsm3b854QnXbLWkzAXTX6nE4MakWe1I38L3bD1ABLjGXQ22e-cagS4m6WDoZcQwPHciKi91-_BDqDTUbWZ-z9aqfmxkOvvBM7fhM9b1MTbwqi-xam4zx/s200/5WeekOldFetusWeb200+++++-44.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">5-week old fetus</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Researchers do not know how much alcohol is safe to drink when you are pregnant.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">While most women who drink a little alcohol during pregnancy (one or less standard drinks a day) will have babies who have not been affected by alcohol, some babies have been affected by very small amounts of alcohol.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">However women who abuse alcohol during their pregnancy are much more likely to have babies who are affected by alcohol than women who are drinking moderately.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><strong>As we do not know what a safe level of alcohol consumption is during pregnancy, less alcohol is better, but no alcohol is the best and safest choice.</strong></li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#6"><span style="font-size: small;">Drinking alcohol before pregnancy is known</span></a></h1><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnQ1LzfqIXFK1BKhfxApGjjo7jG-1vL05QpV5gZzgNDleYUy4Q1vlAkXetPTSGlH6vqIhTy463_0MH0MJKdjUsVt3ZHs7M28cCaz8XE81qTAMRYhACY-qf4T2qNaWgHTEwGXoqLJQbyHB/s1600/BUROD+stop+drining+and+smoking+++-44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnQ1LzfqIXFK1BKhfxApGjjo7jG-1vL05QpV5gZzgNDleYUy4Q1vlAkXetPTSGlH6vqIhTy463_0MH0MJKdjUsVt3ZHs7M28cCaz8XE81qTAMRYhACY-qf4T2qNaWgHTEwGXoqLJQbyHB/s200/BUROD+stop+drining+and+smoking+++-44.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">NO to drinking and smoking</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Around half of all pregnancies are not planned and women may not know they are pregnant until about the 6th week of the pregnancy or later.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Babies are more vulnerable to alcohol in the early weeks of pregnancy, with the highest risk being between 2 and 8 weeks.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">If you have already drunk small amounts of alcohol during the pregnancy, the risk to your baby is low, but heavy drinking (such as binge drinking) during that time can cause problems for the baby, especially if other drugs are also used.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Unless a woman is abusing alcohol, exposure to alcohol is usually not thought to be a reason for terminating a pregnancy.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><strong>Stopping drinking alcohol at any stage of the pregnancy improves the outlook for a baby's development, so even if you have been drinking, stopping as soon as you know that you are pregnant will increase your chances of having a healthy baby.</strong></li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#7"><span style="font-size: small;">FAS in Aboriginal communities</span></a></h1><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVIehRUw_DoVI3jHSQaQzcSmRXhc1-ZnmFAmpKu1KsDrSWFD7x76qcM8ESCVo8Z_cIYSm2Mmm0NrOuByTwFvnsqbUcyXfAtL-Sgcy8tfhyesKe6iQNBVvleCrhVksqzNtjt1yDQRrzmsZ/s1600/4+mos+child+with+FASD+++++++++++++-44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVIehRUw_DoVI3jHSQaQzcSmRXhc1-ZnmFAmpKu1KsDrSWFD7x76qcM8ESCVo8Z_cIYSm2Mmm0NrOuByTwFvnsqbUcyXfAtL-Sgcy8tfhyesKe6iQNBVvleCrhVksqzNtjt1yDQRrzmsZ/s1600/4+mos+child+with+FASD+++++++++++++-44.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">4-mos. child with FAS</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">In many Aboriginal communities including in Australia and Canada the numbers of women who do not drink alcohol, or only drink small amounts of alcohol is much higher than those who do.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">However some young women drink a lot of alcohol and they have a higher risk of having babies with FAS or FASD.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">This was not until recently recognised by the communities, but it is now being seen as a very significant problem for the communities.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Through family networks, communities are now able to identify women who are at high risk, and are working to reduce this risk.</li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#8"><span style="font-size: small;">How to know if a baby has been affected by alcohol</span></a></h1><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfv6RDzj0UXYh3vlHhpG7rByaJOqBZWfrP_dg5R0dP2O4LgR8J0By0bCAPgXSHj5lMsC2PoK3nbfKm0YUfwSkZ475Yur8KKd5AEGjgdmQLCK0LD-fo9Cg-gCP31ByyCZtUI_rZNJKJXFVU/s1600/BABY+AT40+WEEKS+%2528FULL+TERM%2529+++-44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfv6RDzj0UXYh3vlHhpG7rByaJOqBZWfrP_dg5R0dP2O4LgR8J0By0bCAPgXSHj5lMsC2PoK3nbfKm0YUfwSkZ475Yur8KKd5AEGjgdmQLCK0LD-fo9Cg-gCP31ByyCZtUI_rZNJKJXFVU/s200/BABY+AT40+WEEKS+%2528FULL+TERM%2529+++-44.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Baby at full term (40 weeks)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Babies with fetal alcohol syndrome may be identified around birth if it is known that the mother has abused alcohol during the pregnancy because they may be small and have the facial features of FAS.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Other babies with FAS or with FASD may not be picked up until they are older, when their behaviour has become a problem or they arhaving learning problems such as delay in starting to talk or difficulties at school. This will only happen if the health professionals ask about alcohol use during pregnancy and mothers take the risk of talking about alcohol use.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><strong>Alcohol effects should be considered whenever a child is being assessed for difficult behaviour or developmental delay.</strong></li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#9"><span style="font-size: small;">Secondary effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders</span></a></h1><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;">Secondary effects are ones that are not present at birth but occur later and may be preventable if the condition is better understood and if there is more support for children, adults and their families.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZBiFoThcduJA2G0qFcklGCTSlWuS2KaezX1Vl8sg_zoAtU8joFRy3XgwDcVtNq_RTpZpoERP6nWi6amfLsSwhh4mxIiB8R_fiiY18NQvzOsfnr0nt5UetvDLtUxSxWCpKsGz9sy7V5nM/s1600/child+with+mewntal+problem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZBiFoThcduJA2G0qFcklGCTSlWuS2KaezX1Vl8sg_zoAtU8joFRy3XgwDcVtNq_RTpZpoERP6nWi6amfLsSwhh4mxIiB8R_fiiY18NQvzOsfnr0nt5UetvDLtUxSxWCpKsGz9sy7V5nM/s200/child+with+mewntal+problem.jpg" width="133" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Child with mental problem </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><b></b>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Mental health problems</b> - Studies have shown that there is an increased risk of many types of mental health problems including ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity), conduct disorder, alcohol or drug dependence, depression and psychotic episodes.<b></b></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Conduct problems in school</b> - Children with FAS and FASD are more likely than other children to be suspended, expelled or drop out early from school. They can have difficulty getting on with other children and with teachers.<b></b></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Trouble with the law</b> - Young people with FAS and FASD are more likely to commit crime and to be imprisoned. They may have difficulty controlling anger and frustration and may be violent.<b></b></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Alcohol and drug dependence</b> - Many people with FAS and FASD have problems with alcohol and drugs.<b></b></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Independent living</b> - Adults with FAS and FASD may have trouble keeping a job or living independently.</li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#10"><span style="font-size: small;">Protective factors</span></a></h1><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiETu0Sepyy1fjMkBbWpEBG05u5YqOXpTgrrduDqszovPBISN21DBpxnCZsdidDYvMCI3S5Yfn1-HPdG2Yu77dBaUR4dKcOpDGd_AqXKy7co6zdIS7k4xLYxb5BPJiEqF7g-ZbYVgRbdf6/s1600/ORPHNAGE+++++-44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiETu0Sepyy1fjMkBbWpEBG05u5YqOXpTgrrduDqszovPBISN21DBpxnCZsdidDYvMCI3S5Yfn1-HPdG2Yu77dBaUR4dKcOpDGd_AqXKy7co6zdIS7k4xLYxb5BPJiEqF7g-ZbYVgRbdf6/s200/ORPHNAGE+++++-44.jpg" width="153" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Orphanage</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><b></b>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Early diagnosis</b> - Identifying these children early can mean that they get more support for their learning, and their behaviour difficulties are better understood and managed.<b></b></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Involvement in special education</b> - Identification can enable development of a curriculum that is suited to the individual child.<b></b></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Support for the family</b> - A large number of children with FAS and FASD end up in alternative care (eg with foster families) sometimes because the parents also have FAS and FASD. Support early and community involvement can enable the child to live within the family or extended family (this can be particularly successful in Aboriginal communities).<b></b></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;"><b>Absence of violence</b> - Children with FAS or FASD who are brought up in a family where they do not experience violence are less likely to use violence when they are angry or frustrated.</li>
</ul><h1 style="color: #fc8917; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="backtotop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 390px;"><a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=122&id=1950#top" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/topsmall2_idle.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993300; display: block; height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; width: 390px;" title="Back to top"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2168462925720831999&postID=2200981269383452883&from=pencil" name="#11"><span style="font-size: small;">Protecting babies from FAS and FASD</span></a></h1><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/0NfIxd6OUn8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">Many women who become pregnant do not know of the serious effects that alcohol can have on an unborn baby, so increasing knowledge in the community is important.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.cyh.com/gifs/bullet_2a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 18px;">No alcohol during pregnancy is the best protection for babies. This will also make it easier to not smoke during pregnancy, as drinking alcohol makes it harder to resist smoking. If you want any further information about smoking see the topics <a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=240&np=158&id=2099" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">'Cigarettes and smoking'</a><strong> </strong>and <a href="http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=301&id=1579" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;">'Passive smoking'</a>.</li>
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