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It is well known by all that the stage in which a woman is pregnant is very delicate, so that all care can be the mother are rare. In that sense, it highlights the dangerous relationship between alcohol and pregnancy. In our blog we tell health risks of alcohol during pregnancy, so that you present.

The first thing you think to deny that alcohol is a drug, so understand that you can have very negative effects on the unborn baby. Alcohol increases the risk that the baby will have some kind of problem use of alcohol in the mother during infancy.

The problem is that both alcohol addictions as snuff are important to the mother during pregnancy, and two practices are very bad for the health of the embryo. Sometimes there are mothers who have depression or some type of mental health problem, and give them to consume alcohol, without considering the health of her unborn baby. The biggest problem comes when alcohol is coupled with drug use, being much more negative effects to the fetus.

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We know that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can have harmful effects on the baby. Children of mothers who drink large quantities may have what is called fetal alcohol syndrome, a condition that is associated with malformations of various organs and mental retardation. Usually this syndrome occurs in mothers with a history of alcohol before conception and continuing this harmful habit during pregnancy.
Moreover, the nutrition of the alcoholic often is affected by deficiency of essential nutrients that may play a role in these cases, since the lack of some minerals like zinc, increases the risks in the developing baby.

Nobody knows for sure what is the amount of alcohol you should eat for the baby may be affected because people do not metabolize alcohol the same way. But it is known that the greater the amount of alcohol consumed during pregnancy, the greater the harmful effects on the infant.
Occasional intake of wine or spirits can hardly affect the baby, however it is recommended that all pregnant women abstain from alcohol throughout pregnancy.
Yet if you choose to drink alcohol during pregnancy, we advise that you avoid drinking every day and leave only their consumption for a casual celebration, drinking only a glass and preferably after the third trimester of pregnancy.

It is recommended as prevention, stop drinking from the moment you find out you’re pregnant and optimize all your habits and customs.