Alcohol use in pregnancy

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
• Description:
  Women who are pregnant or who may be pregnant should not drink alcohol. This includes women who are trying to get pregnant and women who are at risk of becoming pregnant because they do not use effective contraception (birth control).
  
  Alcohol in the mother's blood passes to the baby through the umbilical cord. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, and a range of lifelong physical, behavioral, and intellectual disabilities. These disabilities are known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Alcohol Drinking/adverse Effects Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/prevention & Control Fetus/drug Effects Health Promotion Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2bb40c7b26ae0156dff389bb16b1384b301b0151bbfed3305bd62c294b9a5115
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34107/cdc_34107_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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