Consumption of alcohol at the time of pregnancy is an act of sheer insensibility and irresponsibility as well. Alcohol may have adverse effects on the growing fetus there by affecting the growth and nervous system of the child. Every year more than 40000 young lives are being destroyed or they are born with several defects as a result of alcohol addiction.

Intake of alcohol both in high as well as in low dozes are not at all recommendable in case of pregnant women. In certain cases women for the first few months are not even aware that they are conceiving. Thus, as ignorance can sometimes be a curse rather than bliss it is preferable to avoid drinking alcohol from the time when you plan to become a mother.

Now it is important to know what exactly happens as a result of alcohol consumption in case of a pregnant woman. Once the alcohol enters the body it quickly makes its way through the placenta and enters into the slowly developing life. The alcohol particles within the body of the growing fetus cannot break so rapidly as in case of an adult and thus the percentage of alcohol in the baby’s blood remains high and may even lead to life long damage.

FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) is becoming a common absurdity everyday among newborn babies in United States. FAS is an abnormal condition for both physical and mental birth defects. This disease mainly takes place among those babies prior to whose birth their mothers have in took a regular overdose of beverages.

So it is the time for all mothers to be a bit extra conscious and restrain themselves from consuming alcohol. It should always be remembered that only a healthy mother can give birth to a beautiful and smiling child.