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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the thing, OP.  On this site, people will always tell you it's ok to drink so long as it's not to excess.  If you did drink before you knew you were pregnant, your doctor will reassure you.  But, the real question is whether you can live with yourself if you end up having a child with special needs after you decided to drink.  If your child is diagnosed with, say, ADHD or is in the less than tenth percentile for height and/or weight or has some other characteristic that is associated with fetal alcohol syndrome, how will you feel?  And, the problem with all of this is that you won't know at birth or even in elementary school whether you are out of the woods because often issues associated with drinking during pregnancy don't show up until late elementary school or beyond.  [/quote]

The science doesn't back you up on any of this.  The dose response for problems caused by alcohol use during pregnancy start at 10 drinks a week. One drink at a wedding isn't going to matter.

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Oh I didn't say one way or the other regarding the risks. As far as I know, and I've do e quite a bit of research, no one knows one way or the other as to when it is safe to drink during pregnancy. Many people believe there are safe times and many believe that there are no safe times. But science has not figured this out yet. So, My point is that if you decide to drink and you end up with a SN child, will you be able to live with yourself or will you spend the rest of your life wondering if you could have prevented the SN. [/quote]

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