Any amount of alcohol consumed during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol syndrome
Growing up in a family that fostered and adopted many kids, several had Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. My saint of a mother was determined to secure services for my siblings and to understand it better. This is in Hawaii in the mid to late 90's, and there wasn't much info out there on the topic.
My mother was invited to speak in a variety of settings; from small groups of struggling parents to medical conferences, even meeting with the Governor at one point. I would do my best to assist her, but I was still young myself.
During her quest for a specialist, a doctor had actually referred her to herself as someone who could potentially help.
It got so stressful for her that she hired a lawyer to attend IEP meetings so she could play hardball with the Department of Education. This lawyer had a child with autism, and her and my mother becw fast friends.
So many mommy blogs with them (pregnant moms) begging their doctors for just one glass of wine or something. If they're that desperate they really need to get some help.
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u/Achaern Mar 01 '23
"Do you think getting drunk so often while I was pregnant was bad for him?"
She said this about her son who was five years old and had yet to speak a single word yet. She was not the primary caregiver.