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Fetal alcohol syndrome is a cluster of birth defect, including abnormal facial characteristics, slow physical growth, and intellectual disabilities, that may occur in the child of a woman who drinks alcohol while pregnant ( innovation to the lifespan 2Nd edition textbook). Babies cannot handle the contents of alcohol can kill the cells of an unborn baby. When drinking alcohol it will be going through you're stomach and can possibly feed through to the fetus. Mom's everyday drink alcohol and do not realize that what they are doing is killing their baby. FAS is one of many serious syndrome's babies can get when the mother can do the absolute wrong thing to her body.

For one the liver can handle so much and then the fetus is feeding off of what we as future moms eat. People with FAS have multiple issues in life. All which include their vision, hearing, memory, attention span, and abilities to learn and communicate(healthline.com). Vision, hearing, the attention span, and the ability to learn can permanently hurt the child for the rest of their life. Pregnant moms want to live the life of a young adult who parties and does not care about the world, but in reality, and alcohol will even hurt their body.

Babies have a unquiet brain and even emotional intelligence when born. The developing fetus doesn't process alcohol the same way as an adult does (healthline.com). When the alcohol is more concentrated in the fetus which is where the fetus can be harmed, and it will prevent enough nutrition and oxygen from getting to the fetus’s vital organs (healthline.com). It is important that parent's who are pregnant should think about the fetus instead of what tastes good such as alcohol should stay away from it. FAS is no joke to a babies life or the parents.

The way you can diagnose a baby once it is born is by doing a physical exam and chest x-ray safe for babies, and a heart test. Then the doctor must determine that they have abnormal facial features, slower than normal growth, and central nervous system problems (healthline.com). Also, the nervous system problems could be physical or behavioral (healthline.com). Babies are the most beautiful thing in the world.

Fetal alcohol syndrome is one of the most fatal or brutal punishments to a baby and the rest of their life. Babies are not strong enough to fight the contents of alcohol, only food, and drinking no harsh chemicals.Parents make mistakes when pregnant, but life is what it is with consequences to come and like FAS and other syndromes or rewards to enjoy a healthy baby. Babies with syndromes will have a life but not the one they should have. Long road ahead of babies who suffer but can always be successful with a lot of work and dedication.

Drinking while being pregnant should be illegal. It is an injustice to the baby and the mother's life when alcohol is consumed in the body.

https://www.healthline.com/health/fetal-alcohol-syndrome#diagnosis4

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