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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which causes mental and physical defects to a baby born to a mother who drinks during pregnancy. The risk of brain damage exists during each trimester, since the fetal brain develops throughout the entire pregnancy.
B/c parts of whatever the mother eats, drinks or inhales is passed on to the unborn baby. And alcohol(and some other drugs) can do permanent damage to the baby fairly fast.
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME(FAS) only occurs if a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy. But not every child who's mother drank during there pregnancy gets born with FAS. However, by not drinking during pregnancy, woman can ensure that their babies will NOT have FAS or any other negative effects.
You probably misheard - it's called fetal alcohol syndrome, which is what happens to the baby when the mother drinks during pregnancy. Google it for more info.
brain damage
A mother who took diethylstilbestrol (DES) during pregnancy.
If the mother drinks enough of it - yes.
No. It is a condition that occurs in newborns as a result of exposure to large amount of alcohol in utero (while still in the womb). It happens when pregnant women drink during their pregnancy. It is not genetic and you cannot inherit it.
If a mother drinks heavily during pregnancy, the foetus may be born alcohol dependent. Remember - everything a pregnant woman consumes will be passed on to her unborn child ! That includes everything she eats, drinks, smokes or injects !
There are a few diseases that can cause brain damage in infants. Infants who get multiple, uncontrollable seizures, who's mother drank to excess during pregnancy and those with cancer are some examples.
That is the enlargement of the mother's abdomen during pregnancy.
Yes, women can have pregnancy symptoms during an ectopic pregnancy. The hormones produced by the mother and the embryo are the same.