Is It Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Or Is It Autism?
Then there is Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)? Or is it some other such acronyms?
FASD does not have to happen if all women, with the support of the father, are avoiding alcohol when pregnant or planning to become pregnant. There is no safe time during pregnancy to drink and there is no safe amount to drink during pregnancy. This has been known by experts in this country since around 1973.
Men do not have babies, so why would they have to stop drinking? If it is not a problem for the man to stop drinking, then he should be supportive of the woman carrying his child. My husband was an alcoholic and drug addict and would not have been able to quit drinking at that time.
When our children were in their teens, their father died from his addiction.
It is necessary to understand the damage to the brain to know what the behaviors are related to. With a diagnosis, the clinician wants to know if the mother drank for the diagnosis. It is necessary to have a mother drinking during pregnancy to establish the diagnosis.
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