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A study of 4719 Australian women shows, nearly 80%, the risk is higher in women who drink too much in the first 3 months of pregnancy, although then it stops.
BJOG journal study found no evidence of problem drinking in women with low levels during pregnancy.
Topic alcohol and pregnancy is still a controversy, this is because there are not advised to drink alcohol at all, while some other experts believe that drinking alcohol in small amounts will not interfere with infant development.
A recent study shows that drinking too much alcohol in the first trimester of pregnancy, causing the worst impacts. Because 40% of pregnancies are unplanned, it caused the women are not aware of her pregnancy during the first few weeks.
Dr. Colleen O'Leary, from the University of Western Australia, as well as the study leader said, women who drink alcohol too much exists at the highest risk of premature delivery.
"Women should be advised that drinking excessive amounts of alcohol will increase the risk to the baby and do not drink alcohol during pregnancy is the safest option."
Professor Philip Steer, editor of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, emphasized that this study is a warning to women. "When considering the number of unplanned pregnancies, there is a possibility that while aware of her pregnancy, everything has been delayed and the fetus had been destroyed."
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