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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh my god, people.  Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is a completely different level of risk to a developing fetus than refined sugar, french fries or not exercising.  Alcohol is a neurotoxin to a developing fetus.  For those of you who think the data is somehow hysterically overprotective and produced by "biased" organizations, you might want to read the following from the National Institutes of Health.

http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/ARNDConferenceConsensusStatementBooklet_Complete.pdf

I deal with a kid who suffers from the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure.  It is heart-breaking.  Why would you even consider creating this type of risk for your baby when it is completely 100% avoidable?[/quote]

From your own link: "An ARND diagnosis requires confirmed, [b]significant [/b]PAE. Determination of alcohol exposure can be based on maternal self-report; the report of a spouse, partner, relative, or friend who observed the birth mother drinking alcohol during the index pregnancy; and/or documentation in medical or other records about maternal alcohol use during the index pregnancy."

There is not consensus in the scientific and medical community about what "significant" exposure is, which is why the overall guideline is that no safe amount has ever been established. I never said that the data was hysterically overprotective - just that data about whether a single glass of wine with food once in a while is dangerous basically does not exist. Clearly, anecdotal data exists, since many people have had small amounts of alcohol while pregnant with no adverse effects on their children, but the OP's question was about actual studies that discuss this. [/quote]

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