Effects of Drinking Alcohol Before and During Pregnancy
Pregnancy Safety
Obie Editorial Team
What effect can drinking alcohol before and during pregnancy have?
Consuming alcohol before and during pregnancy increases the risk of:
Heavy drinkers are two to four times more likely to have a miscarriage between the fourth and sixth months of pregnancy than are nondrinkers. A recent Danish study found that women who drank five or more drinks a week were three times more likely to have a stillborn baby than women who had fewer than one drink a week.
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