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[quote=Anonymous]This thread makes me fear for this country.

Seriously, while there is no "official" safe threshold for alcohol, that is not because one drop or one drink is dangerous for a baby!  It is just because it is not ethical to do controlled studies where you ask women to drink during pregnancy.

But there is also no safe threshold for crossing the street, for eating chocolate, for going camping or basically anything else that does not involve staying in your bubble.

FAS requires 5 DRINKS A DAY.  Not 1 drink per pregnancy, not 2 drinks / week, or even 2 / day.  For those of you who are you 
 freaked, can you please link to any diagnosis of a child with FAS whose mother was not binge drinking on a daily basis?

For those of you who are hugely phobic about alcohol and would like to avoid ALL alcohol, please note that the following beverages contain 1% alcohol so that avoiding them is more important than avoiding a few sips of wine:

* All juices, especially OJ
* Some sodas
* Many flavored coffee products
* Any liquid medicine (actually as much alcohol as vodka)

When you see your doctor telling you to avoid the above, you can start worrying about those few sips on of the PPs took of her mother's cocktail.

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