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Drinking small amounts of alcohol in pregnancy not harmful to baby
By Kimberley Smith on 10/06/2010 13:18:42
Study shoes that mums who are light to moderate drinkers even have children with a lower risk of mild psychological problems
pregnant. “Women may be drinking alcohol in small amounts prior to recognition of the pregnancy,” said researcher Dr Monique Robinson. “We feel these data highlight that it is unlikely that this has harmed their unborn child’s mental health,” she reassured
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Regular pregnancy drinking could harm sons’ sperm count
By Kimberley Smith on 29/06/2010 16:30:18
Lower fertility found in men whose mums drank higher amounts of alcohol in pregnancy
Men born to mums who regularly drank more than 4.5 alcoholic drinks a week in pregnancy have been found to have lower sperm counts than those whose mums abstained.A study in Denmark analysed the fertility of 347 men aged 18-24 against answers given
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Drinking milk during pregnancy may lower MS risk
By Clio FitzHerbert on 12/02/2010 13:53:43
More milk for mums-to-be could reduce baby's risk of multiple sclerosis, study suggests
Drinking milk every day during pregnancy may lower your baby’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life, research suggests. "The risk of MS among daughters whose mothers consumed four glasses of milk per day was 56% lower than
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Should mums-to-be get preached to about drinking in pregnancy?
By Daniella Delaney on 09/09/2011 11:50:41
As a flash mob gathers to remind pregnant women about the dangers of alcohol, we ask, do mums-to-be really need to be preached at in this way
of drinking while pregnant. The flash mobs want to raise awareness about the alcohol-related brain damage in newborns which is known as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). FASD affects one in a hundred infants each year and the events have been organised
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Pregnancy Drinking Water: Bottle or Tap?
By Laura Lee Davies on 18/04/2009 01:57:28
Is it safer to drink regular water or bottled water when you are expecting?
It is important to keep up your fluids in pregnancy, but should you be drinking tap water and avoiding mineral water? Tap, mineral, purified - what's best?In the UK, most tap water is safe to drink. UK standards for purifying general water supplies
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New guidelines on alcohol in pregnancy
By Laura Lee Davies on 25/05/2007 11:58:00
The Department of Health has changed its guidelines on alcohol to recommend no drinking in pregnancy.
Although there is no new research to suggest an essential change to the rules about drinking alcohol in pregnancy, the Department of Health have decided to amend their own guidelines to give a more clear message to women trying for a baby and those
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Non-alcoholic cocktails
By Kimberley Smith on 02/12/2012 17:10:23
“Mocktails” for mums-to-be that are safe to drink in pregnancy
Alcohol-free drinks courtesey of Margarita MamaRecent guidelines recommend no alcohol at all when you’re pregnant, but while everyone’s enjoying Pimms on the lawn, you can still nurse something rather more exciting than a glass of water.We’ve found
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Study links Alcohol and Premature Birth
By Sarah Lawson on 29/01/2009 00:05:38
An Australian study suggests a link between drinking in early pregnancy and an increased risk of going into premature labour
into premature labour if she had been drinking in the early weeks of her pregnancy.Whilst those women who are planning to get pregnant are advised to cut out or severely limit their alcohol intake during times when they are trying or may already be pregnant
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Alcohol in Pregnancy: Yes or No?
By Laura Lee Davies on 29/06/2010 02:04:13
Every time one study claims women should cut out drinking, another study suggests a little drink is fine in pregnancy - so what should you do?
Another day, another verdict on drinking in pregnancy! Unlike smoking in pregnancy, for which there are several large studies which can definitively prove that smoking when expecting a baby IS harmful, the cases for and against drinking
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Alcohol in pregnancy linked to naughty teenagers
By Kimberley Smith on 22/03/2011 13:50:45
Children of mums-to-be who drink during their pregnancy are more likely to grow up to be badly behaved teenagers, finds new research
Drinking alcohol in pregnancy has been linked to an increased likelihood of having unruly teenagers, a new study has found.Teenagers whose mums drank a single alcoholic drink a day in early pregnancy were found to be three times as likely to have a
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