Question by C. Mckay: Did you binge drink when you were pregnant? (perhaps before you knew)?
Many women unintentionally drink before they know they are pregnant. I am carrying out a pilot study to determine whether a larger study would be viable, into the effects of early prenatal binge drinking (during pregnancy) on post natal outcomes, in the abscence of a regular drinking habit.
These questions are non offensive and purely clinical. It is recognised that the majority of children are fine from minimal alcohol exposure, but that in a minority of cases the outcomes are less favourable.
Please could you answer a few questions? Or send me an email. Anonymity is perfectly fine so please be honest.
You don’t have to answer all the questions, you can write a small paragraph if you want, but please be precise in the details! Any information you can disclose would be useful. Thank you!
How many times did you binge drink during early pregnancy (0-8 weeks)?
Did you binge drink at any time between 8-36 weeks and if so, how many times and in which trimester?
What week/weeks did you binge drink?
Did you take other drugs or medications known to be harmful (including all recreational drugs):
Did you smoke?:
What gender is your child?
How old is your child now?
Does you child exhibit any of the following behavioural traits: Hyperactivity, easily distractible, high risk-taking, agression, inhibition,
or other?
How is your child achieving academically?
Gifted
High achiever
Average
Slightly Below average (perhaps skilled in other ways)
Does your child have difficulty in any of the following areas: decision making, mathematics, vocabulary, recalling details, visualing things, mental arithematic, puzzles, word games.
Does your child excel in any of these areas?
If older, has your child attended College/University?
Was your child slow to meet developmental markers i.e learning to talk or walk?
Was your child early to learn?
Does your child have a diagnosed condition? (such as FAS or ARND Aspergers or Epilepsy).
Does your child have any physical ‘defects’ – cleft palate, cleft lip, FAS facial characteristics (flat groove between nose and upper lip, narrow droopy eyes, thin/barely visible upper lip, short flattened nose), limb malformations.
cleo.mckay@gmail.com
A binge drinking episode is definied as 4+ drinks over 1 or 2 hours
Best answer:
Answer by niclala
twice
no
first and second week
no drugs
smoked on both nights when i drank-bout 10 cigs
boy
14 weeks
to early to tell behaviour
to early academically
he doesnt have any of the charactoristics you mention
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I didnt but I am a man
How many times did you binge drink during early pregnancy (0-8 weeks)?Before i knew i was pregnant i drank twice and my baby was fine
Did you binge drink at any time between 8-36 weeks and if so, how many times and in which trimester? no it was only on the first two weeks after becomming pregnant
What week/weeks did you binge drink? the first and second
Did you take other drugs or medications known to be harmful (including all recreational drugs):no
Did you smoke?:not after i found out i was pregnant
What gender is your child?3 boys but only the third was there any chance i drank alcohol
How old is your child now?11,9,and 4
Does you child exhibit any of the following behavioural traits: Hyperactivity, easily distractible, high risk-taking, agression, inhibition,
or other?no not any different than my other children
How is your child achieving academically?hes only 4 but he loves preschool he knows all of his abc and can count to 40
Does your child have difficulty in any of the following areas: decision making, mathematics, vocabulary, recalling details, visualing things, mental arithematic, puzzles, word games.no not that ive noticed
Does your child excel in any of these areas?he remembers everything and speaks very well for only being 4
If older, has your child attended College/University?na
Was your child slow to meet developmental markers i.e learning to talk or walk?no he was actually earlier than the other 2
Was your child early to learn?yes very much so
Does your child have a diagnosed condition? (such as FAS or ARND Aspergers or Epilepsy).no
Does your child have any physical ‘defects’ – cleft palate, cleft lip, FAS facial characteristics (flat groove between nose and upper lip, narrow droopy eyes, thin/barely visible upper lip, short flattened nose), limb malformations.no not at all
any more questions you can email me at brandy_mthws@yahoo.com
With my first I didn’t know I was pregnant in the early days, I found out I was pregnant at 8 weeks and had been having 1/2 to a bottle of wine almost every night or spirits and alco-pops at our local pub.
I didn’t smoke, but I sat in a smokey pub right up to this point to do my drinking, and it was a village pub, rather like someones front room.
My son is perfect physically, but is very loud and does not concentrate well, if I am honest, I have always wondered if this is a contributing factor. He is doing well at school, and is 6 this year, but, he is poor at writing and will spend hours drawing, but is loathed to practice reading or writing with me.
One of my best friends talks about how she got totally wasted on the New Year’s Eve right before she found out she was pregnant.
Her daughter is now 22, was Phi Beta Kappa in college and is currently in a PhD program for pyschology. I don’t think that one episode did much damage, but she was smart enough to not drink again once she found out she was pregnant.
I drank once when I was pregnant (I did not know I was pregnant). I had quite a bit of vodka and was really sick.
I was about 4 weeks pregnant, still in my first trimester.
I did not do drugs.
I did smoke until I found out I was pregnant and then I quit.
Right now my son is 10.
He has behavioral traits (hyperactivity, etc.) but these are due to him having slight tourette’s syndrome genetically passed down (his father has tourette’s also). Academically my child is gifted. This spring they would like to test his IQ and place him in the gifted program through his school. He always has straight A’s without trying.
He excels in reading, math problem solving, puzzles and word games.
He excels at playing drums and is great with the guitar but he doesn’t care for the guitar as much.
My child was right on target developmentally (crawling, walking, etc.) His first word was Hi at four months and he kept talking from there. He was always excelled in learning and any thought process from very little on.
My son expresses the want to attend College (which we will encourage)
He has no physical defects.
I hope this helps! Any other q’s let me know!