A new study has revealed that drinking one or two glasses of wine per week during pregnancy can have a dramatic impact on a child’s IQ.
Researchers in Oxford and Bristol universities analysed the IQ scores of 4,000 children at the same time recording the average alcohol intake of their mothers.
The study found that even moderate drinking during pregnancy affects a child’s IQ.
Dr Ron Gray who lead the research said that children who are exposed to alcohol in the womb are more likely to have a lower IQ, poorer health and even die younger.
“It is for individual women to decide whether or not to drink during pregnancy, we just want to provide the evidence,” Dr Gray told BBC.
Moderate drinking while pregnant can affect a child’s IQ later in life.
“But I would recommend avoiding alcohol. Why take the risk?”
Dr Clair Tower, consultant in obstetrics and fetal maternal medicine, at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester said that abstinence is the safest way to keep your baby healthy in the womb.
“Current advice is that the safest course of action is abstinence during pregnancy.
“The finding of this study would concur that this is undoubtedly the safest advice,” she finished.
