{"id":186482,"date":"2018-09-09T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=186482"},"modified":"2018-09-09T09:42:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T07:42:54","slug":"alcohol-unsafe-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2018\/09\/09\/alcohol-unsafe-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol unsafe during pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you drink during pregnancy, you place your baby at risk of foetal alcohol syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Today, September 9, is Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Foetal alcohol syndrome causes brain damage and growth problems. The problems caused vary from child to child, but defects caused by foetal alcohol syndrome are irreversible.<\/p>\n<p>Signs and symptoms may include any mix of physical defects, intellectual or cognitive disabilities, and problems functioning and coping with daily life.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical defects may include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distinctive facial features, including wide-set eyes, an exceptionally thin upper lip, a short, upturned nose, and a smooth skin surface between the nose and upper lip.<\/li>\n<li>Deformities of joints, limbs and fingers.<\/li>\n<li>Slow physical growth before and after birth.<\/li>\n<li>Vision difficulties or hearing problems.<\/li>\n<li>Small head circumference and brain size.<\/li>\n<li>Heart defects and problems with kidneys and bones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Problems with the brain and central nervous system may include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poor coordination or balance.<\/li>\n<li>Intellectual disability, learning disorders and delayed development.<\/li>\n<li>Poor memory.<\/li>\n<li>Trouble with attention and with processing information.<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty with reasoning and problem-solving.<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty identifying consequences of choices.<\/li>\n<li>Poor judgment skills.<\/li>\n<li>Jitteriness or hyperactivity.<\/li>\n<li>Rapidly changing moods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Problems in functioning, coping and interacting with others may include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Difficulty in school.<\/li>\n<li>Trouble getting along with others.<\/li>\n<li>Poor social skills.<\/li>\n<li>Trouble adapting to change or switching from one task to another.<\/li>\n<li>Problems with behaviour and impulse control.<\/li>\n<li>Poor concept of time.<\/li>\n<li>Problems staying on task.<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty planning or working toward a goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='9018d7f0b298eebd2c82609e04698cf6'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no amount of alcohol that&#8217;s known to be safe to consume during pregnancy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":186483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Carmen Norton","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[1253,15855,21041,8387],"class_list":["post-186482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-babies","tag-foetal-alcohol-syndrome","tag-healthy-pregnancy","tag-pregnancy"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["babies","foetal alcohol syndrome","healthy pregnancy","Pregnancy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}