Pregnant women should avoid alcohol. - New warning.

'No alcohol' warning for pregnant women

Extract:

"Women will be told not to drink while pregnant or even when trying for a baby in controversial government guidelines which will mean warning labels being put on bottles of wine, spirits and beer.

The plea for total abstinence follows growing fears over the rise among binge drinking among young women and concern that maternal drinking can cause possible brain damage in the womb. The new warnings are being fiercely resisted by the drinks industry on the grounds it contradicts the Department of Health's own official health advice to expectant mothers, which allows up to two units a day - the equivalent of a single glass of wine - once or twice a week."

Of particular concern is the prevention of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, which sometimes results from drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

Pregnant women should also be strongly urged to cut down on salt and salty food while they are pregnant. This would benefit both their own health and that of the baby-to-be. See http://www.wildeaboutsteroids.co.uk/pregnant_mothers.html (Extract: If you eat as little salt/sodium as possible you will avoid unhealthy weight gain and also protect yourself from high blood pressure and will lower the risk of pre-eclampsia. You will suffer less tiredness during the pregnancy.") and also see http://www.wildeaboutsteroids.co.uk/sodium_foods.html