Drinking contributes to a wide range of effects on exposed babies, including attention and hyperactivity problems, problems with social and emotional development learning and memory deficits.
The most serious consequence of a mother drinking during pregnancy is fetal alcohol syndrome(FAS). Children with FAS have a distinctive set of facial anomalies, growth retardation, and significant learning and/or behavioral problems.
Even children prenatally exposed to lower levels of alcohol may exhibit learning and behavioral problems. So far, a threshold below which no fetal damage will occur has not been established. In other words, any amount of alcohol during pregnancy can be dangerous.
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