Advice remains to avoid alcohol in pregnancy
Date published: 17 June 2013
The study ‘Prenatal alcohol exposure and childhood balance ability: findings from a UK birth cohort’ is published in the BMJ Open today (Monday, 17 June 2013).
Janet Fyle, professional policy advisor at the Royal College of Midwives, said: “We recognise that this is useful research.
"However, there is also a large amount of evidence suggesting that the cumulative effects of alcohol consumption during pregnancy can harm the developing fetus.
“Our advice continues to be that for women who are trying to conceive or those that are pregnant it is best to avoid alcohol.”
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