Expectant women have been compounded with the issue of consuming wine during pregnancy for a long time now. Many people, especially those who are from regions where wine is considered as a healthy part of dining, consider occasional consumption as safe. On the extreme side, excessive use of alcohol has been known to cause severe development and cognitive conditions in children. The most common is the fetal alcohol syndrome. Most medical practitioners recommend that the best protection for the unborn baby is to completely abstain from alcohol or wine during pregnancy.
However, a study done in Britain and printed in a journal known as international journal of epidemiology brings up some new insight. The study finds out that not only is it safe for expectant women to drink one or two glasses of wine during pregnancy in a week, but their children tended to perform better 3 years following their birth. The comparison was done with children who were birthed by women who were not alcohol drinkers.
During the period of pregnancy, the expectant mothers completed the questionnaires concerning the issue of alcohol consumption as well as other different topics. The researchers went back to the same households after about three years and carried out some tests on the babies who were born including behavioral and cognitive analysis. For the most recent study, Kelly accompanied by her team divided the outcomes from the children depending on the drinking patterns of the mothers.
They found out that moderate drinking appeared not to affect the cognitive or behavioral capacities of the children. In some cases children who were birthed by light drinkers were less predisposed to problems compared to those who were born to non drinkers. However, those children who were birthed by mothers who were heavy drinkers had a higher likelihood of developing problems later on compared to those who were born to non-drinking mothers.
The team discovered that those children who were birthed by mothers who were light drinkers (between one and two wine glasses a week) had between thirty and forty percent probability of being hyperactive or having bad conduct in comparison to those mothers who did not take any alcohol while pregnant. Children from those mothers who took a bit of alcohol had a higher score when it came to vocabulary assessment and they could also distinguish more letters, numbers, colors and shapes compared to different children in other categories. The outcome was constant even when the socioeconomic aspects as well as other lifestyle preferences (like the presence of a smoker within a household) were considered.
Light drinkers who are defined as people that drink between three and six alcohol units (3-6 wine glasses, 3-6 liquor shots or between 1.5 and 3 beer and pints in a week), had babies who had enhanced performance on similar assessments as children given birth by non drinkers. Mother who consumed above seven units per week had a higher probability of exhibiting a huge range of issues mainly bad behavior as well as increased emotional instability. Research shows that the woman who is socially advantaged woman who drinks moderately could offer a greater account of the outcomes rather than dietary contributions from beverages with alcohol. The mothers who moderately drink wine during pregnancy could be more laid back which induces enhanced cognitive and behavioral results in children.
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