There is no safe amount of alcohol you can drink. Fetal brain development damage can occur with just one drink.
I am pretty concerned that from all this drinking, (getting drunk probably 4 days a week each time probably about 12 drinks).Now that I know I have been doing some research on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Effect. Do you think I have anything to worry about if I stop now? Or is there still a chance my child could be born with an alcohol related birth defect?
I would say no amount. When I grew up there was a documentary on fetal alcohol syndrome. While some children has mother's who drank and came out fine, others came out with FAS. To me after enduring all this change for 40 weeks I would hate to chance my child's life and development on a something I can enjoy after birth with no consequences.
I can tell you, From experience that a baby's heart is fully developed by week 18, which is why doctors do fetal echos between 18-24 weeks, it's the soonest they can visualize the heart without the bones getting in the way or "shadowing" it, and also the latest for them to detect holes and other issues.
There are many cases when a baby has a hole or two early on and as the baby grows and the heart continues to grow the holes close or get smaller on their own.
Any amount can put your child at risk. Fetal alcohol syndrome can affect their growth and development.
Doctors don't know how much it takes to give a baby FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome which affects everything from facial structure (what they look like) to how they develop internally and mentally) so docs say no. Plain and simple. No alcohol.
**not and **Development lol phone doesn't let me edit sorry :)
I've heard about that, but if you have ever seen or been around a kid with fetal alcohol syndrome then you wouldn't take the chance. I worked with special need babies and kids for three years until I left my first trimester and believe me, I love those kids, but I avoid any unnecessary external stimulus.
Someone I know was leaarning fetal development in med school as I was going through my first trimester and I was told that was the most critical point in brain development. So my vote is no.
20 mm Fetal heart rate: 164 bpm, the other one is 33,7 X 18,4 Fetal length: 16,7 mm
Yolk Sac: 5,9 mm Fetal heart rate: 166 bpm
Also embryon1 age is 10w3d but embryon 2 is 9w2d. I'm very concerned. Are those differences ok?
The next ultrasound is in 10 days and the wait is killing me.
t know how much alcohol it takes to cause fetal alcohol syndrome, so we recommend that none at all be used during pregnancy. Now, having said that, I must admit that I have never seen a case of fetal alcohol syndrome ( in 20 years) caused by those few and very common "I didn't know I was pregnant" drinks. As long as you stopped when you found out, and you found out very early, you will be OK.
So having a glass here and there is not going to hinder its development or have it be born with the fetal alcohol syndrome. I'm on my third pregnancy. Have endulged in a glass here and there with all my kids without a problem.
Choroid plexus cyst
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Choroid plexus cyst
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 G93.0
ICD-9 348.0
Choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) are cysts that occur within choroid plexus of the brain. The brain contains pockets or spaces called ventricles with a spongy layer of cells and blood vessels called the choroid plexus. This is in the middle of the fetal brain.
If you break embryonic and fetal development into thirds then when you are in your 28th week the baby begins its final third of development. (Gestation is 266 days or 38 weeks of development). So either way you look at it you are in your 3rd trimester!
I would wait. My sister has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome from a drink our mom had at a birthday party. Fetal alcohol syndrome ruined my sisters life. I remember when she was 10 she was picked on so bad. Our rooms were divided by one wall and one night she finally had enough. She was bashing herself into the wall and scratching at it screaming for God to kill her. At 10yrs old. She was violent, mean, hateful, and her face and body STILL look childlike and underdeveloped. Shes 21 now.
Usually the 5th week you will see the gestational sac but maybe no fetal pole. By week 6-7 you should see the fetal pole and if you're lucky a heartbeat. By week 8 you should get a heartbeat. So if you are only 5 weeks it sounds like your development is very good seeing both a fetal pole and hb. Did he mention what the heartrate was?? I am not sure what the "likely" fetal pole means because if there is a heartbeat then there is definitely a fetal pole there!!
The fetal brain may create these cysts as a normal part of development. They are temporary and usually are gone by the 32nd week of pregnancy.
There are alot safer ways to relieve stress. It's not worth the risk of giving ur baby fetal alcohol syndrome!
alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples
From wikipedia (for what that's worth): Ribavirin is also a teratogen in some animals species and thus poses a theoretical reproductive risk in humans, remaining a hazard as long as the drug is present, which can be as long as 6 months after a course of the drug has ended.
It has nothing to do with the menstrual cycle. It has to do with how the presence of ribavirin in the body can impact the development of the baby.
Breathing in the Womb
Babies do not actually breathe in the womb---at least, not in the usual sense. Fetal lungs are not fully functional, and are not even able to fully expand, until after birth. During the later stages of gestation, the fetus may "practice" breathing by inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid. The fetal lungs do not process the amniotic fluid, the way fully formed lungs process air, but experts believe this "breathing" is important to fetal lung development.
My doctor told me no zero alcohol.
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