effects of drinking alcohol when pregnant
A woman who drinks alcohol while she is pregnant may harm her developing baby (fetus). Alcohol can pass from the mother's blood into the baby's blood. It can damage and affect the growth of the baby's cells. Brain and spinal cord cells are most likely to have damage.
1 Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol when pregnant may lead to miscarriage. 2  Heavy drinkers (those who drink more than 2 alcoholic beverages a day) are at greater risk of giving birth to a child with fetal alcohol syndrome.  The more you drink, the more you raise your baby's risk for harm.