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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It takes a LOT of alcohol to give rise to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. as in, chronic alcoholic falling down drunk every day. the "zomg don't have one drop or you will kill your baybeeee!" thing is a public health message not based on any actual science. [/quote]

It doesn't not take falling drunk every day for FASD to occur. There's no solid threshold which is why it's better to abstain once you are aware of a pregnancy. 
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FAS takes a LOT more than a few drinks or even a binge. the "no safe level of alcohol" thing is public health propaganda. On a population level it may avert some cases of FASD but on an individual level it's meaningless. literally no baby ever got FAS because the mother had a boozy brunch at 4 weeks pregnant. [/quote]

It's not possible to determine a safe threshold, but also people are going to interpret "moderate drinking" differently. For someone who routinely drinks 5+ drinks a day, 2 drinks a day would seem moderate. For someone who doesn't drink that much, 2 drinks a day sounds like a lot of drinking.

Accordingly, the guidelines are to abstain.[/quote]

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