Although differences in how much and when pregnant women drink can contribute to the variation in how fetal alcohol syndrome ...

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and the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly recommend that women avoid alcohol entirely while pregnant or trying to ...

It was expected that women drinking at low levels before conception would have an easier time reducing alcohol consumption than women who were heavy drinkers before becoming pregnant.

Tonight, Insight talks to pregnant women, parents, doctors and victims of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder to learn if any level of drinking is safe during pregnancy, and what the consequences are.