Old 10-04-2011, 06:19 AM
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Felixa
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My doctor knows everything, I was sent to a fetal specialist. They ran tests on her for several factors, thank God everything came back normal. I soke with a genetic counselor who went over all the possible factors and effects. She said a typic FAS baby is one born to an alcoholic mother who drinks more then one drink a day throughout her ENTIRE pregnancy. No research has proven that women who unknowingly drank while pregnant had a greater risk of having a baby with FAS. So many women do horrible and harmful things throughout their whole pregnancy and their babies by chance come out perfectly fine, even in future adolocent studies. Many factors contribute as well, most alcoholics have health problems, malnourished, vitamin defficiencies etc. I have been on prenatal vitamins since I had my second daughter. I have been very active, walking 8 miles a week and eat very healthy. I am what you wouldnt consider a health candidate for alcoholic. Blood work and other tests have thankfully show I am in perfect health and fitness condition, I have been ordered to stop drinking obviously. All 3 of the specialists strongly believe the baby will be just fine, and if any very minor FAS effects as so severeal hundreds of yrs women have unknowingly done things throughout the first trimester of pregnancy and some well into the second. I literally walked into the OB/GYN and said I am an alcoholic and I just found out Im pregnant HELP. and they did. I really was looking for other mothers to speak with. I dfound two on here who willinlgy admitted they continued to drink through their whole pregnancy and didnt stop. Im here because I wont be that person I AM DONE!
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