| Drinkable alcohol is produced from vegetables, | | | | carrying. The alcohol will travel through her |
| grains and fruits by the process of fermentation. | | | | bloodstream and enters the baby's body. For |
| As the food is fermented, it produces ethanol, | | | | some, life begins at conception, while for others |
| that is, alcohol. This beverage, while legal in many | | | | the term fetus is used. |
| countries, but with age restrictions, is an addictive | | | | A person who drinks during pregnancy can cause |
| substance. | | | | the baby to be born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum |
| This intoxicating drink can cause someone to | | | | Disorder (FASD). FASD is a combination of |
| loose control over his or her entire body. Solid | | | | several symptoms that a baby may be born with. |
| food however, will help to slow this liquid from | | | | This includes but not limited to the inability of |
| reaching the bloodstream and eventually travelling | | | | organs to work in the right way, physical growth |
| to other parts of the body which includes the | | | | challenges, vision and speech difficulty and |
| brain. When it reaches the brain, this is where the | | | | difficulty dealing with emotional situations in a |
| lack of control over the body takes place. | | | | reasonable manner. |
| When alcohol enters the body, it usually leaves it | | | | Presently, there is no known studies that suggest |
| by sweat and urine, through the working of the | | | | that there is a quantity of this liquid that a woman |
| liver. However, overtime, if the liver has to deal | | | | can drink during pregnancy and it will not affect |
| with uncontrolled among of this liquid, it may | | | | the growth of the baby. Since this is the case, it |
| eventually cause damage to the liver. | | | | is usually recommended that a woman do not |
| With the fact that no part of the body is | | | | drink during this time. However, it is also stated |
| protected from the effects of this beverage, the | | | | that alcohol affects the bodies of every woman |
| same thing applies to the baby that a woman is | | | | differently. |