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Studies conducted in Boston, Atlanta and Scandinavia indicate that at least some of the injuries to the fetus may be corrected in the womb if a mother gives up alcohol before her third trimester. Says Sterling Clarren, professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine: "It's pretty clear if a woman stops drinking in her second trimester, the size and the healthiness of the baby will improve, but there is no evidence that its intelligence will improve." Moreover, even the improvement in appearance may be deceptive. "The babies definitely are bigger and look healthier," says...
...that every woman who had a drink and miscarried or had a baby with a problem did so because of alcohol. But women are going to assume it was the one drink they took while pregnant." Even so, most experts acknowledge that the warning is justified. Says Dr. Sterling Clarren of the University of Washington School of Medicine: "Women who drink small amounts of alcohol during pregnancy take a risk which is probably small, but it is not zero...
...Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism warned pregnant women that consuming more than three ounces of pure alcohol-or perhaps as little as one ounce (two drinks)-a day could increase the risk of their giving birth to a deformed or retarded child. Added University of Washington's Dr. Sterling Clarren: "You wouldn't give a newborn baby a glass of Scotch-and you shouldn't give one to a fetus, either...
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