Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD) is 100% Preventable
The CDC has updated the FASD portion of their website. Check it out at:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/index.html
Watch 'The Story of Iyal' here:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/videos/index.html
There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol. CDC urges pregnant women not to drink alcohol any time during pregnancy.
Women also should not drink alcohol if they are planning to become pregnant or are sexually active and do not use effective birth control. This is because a woman could become pregnant and not know for several weeks or more. In the United States half of all pregnancies are unplanned.
FASDs are 100% preventable. If a woman doesn’t drink alcohol while she is pregnant, her child cannot have an FASD.
Remember, the International Awareness Day for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is September 9,2009. Read about it here:
http://aaddpolitical.blogspot.com/2009/08/nofas-national-organization-on-fetal.html
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