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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids with FAS can display learning disabilities and delays and behavioral issues etc when they hit elementary school. They typically demonstrate some delays earlier, but even kids who simply hit their toddler milestones a little late can be diagnosed with delays much later on (elementary school). Obviously we don't think women who have a few drinks here and there will have kids with FAS. But they might have issues, and who knows if they could have been avoided. Why risk it? I could eat fried junk and crap and still have a "healthy" baby....does that make it right? I could have one cigarette and still have a healthy baby...is that cool? We simply don't understand why a woman simply doesn't skip drinking. And the answers seem to be "because we like the ritual" or taste, or need to relax. Seems odd. [/quote]

No. The whole point of this discussion is how to rationally measure risks and take moralizing out of it. Trying to eliminate every single risk is impossible and detrimental in the long run. Driving a car or being married to a man (domestic violence) are actually more dangerous to a pregnant woman than anything else. And yet nobody is on this website screaming about how guilty they felt for taking a taxi instead of the bus. Why is that ... ?[/quote]

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