Percentage of Pregnant or Breast-feeding Women Who Drink Alcohol High

A new Australian study brings out the fact that even awareness of the potential dangers to the infant does not deter one in three pregnant or breast-feeding women from drinking alcohol.

The research from the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation revealed that although mothers-to-be are advised to cut out alcohol altogether to cut the risk of birth defects, many seem to be ignoring the warnings.

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The survey conducted for AER by Galaxy Research has shown that about 90 per cent of Australians believe alcohol should be avoided while a woman is pregnant or breastfeeding.

But, despite widespread knowledge of the dangers, 30 per cent of women admit to drinking when they are expecting or nursing a new baby, the poll of 1014 respondents has shown.

And about one in 10 Australians thinks it's acceptable to drink in moderation while pregnant or breastfeeding, the Herald Sun reports.

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AER deputy chair Scott Wilson said that there was no proven safe level of drinking for mothers-to-be.

"The whole issue about foetal alcohol syndrome is it's 100 per cent preventable - don't consume alcohol while pregnant. If you chose to have one or two while you're pregnant, you are, to a certain extent, playing Russian roulette," the Courier Mail quoted him as saying.

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Percentage of Pregnant or Breast-feeding Women Who Drink Alcohol High - Australian Study

A new Australian study brings out the fact that even awareness of the potential dangers to the infant does not deter one in three pregnant or breast-feeding women from drinking alcohol.