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runs cross-country
works part-time
dated Daniel for 2 years
doesn’t know she’s five weeks pregnant
meet Tara.
…and her baby already has Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
doesn’t know she’s five weeks pregnant
plays soccer
dated Tara for 2 years
plans to have his own business someday
doesn’t know he’s about to become a dad
meet Daniel.
…and his baby already has Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
doesn’t know he’s about to become a dad
82% of teenage
pregnancies are
unplanned
what causes fetal alcohol spectrum disorders?
fetal alcohol
spectrum
disorders are
caused when a woman drinks
while she’s pregnant
fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder is an INVISIBLE
brain disability…
…and it’s 100% preventable.
what are some reasons that a woman might drink
while she’s pregnant?
i drank because:
i didn’t
know i
was
pregnanta little bit
won’t hurt the baby, right?
everybody around
me drinks
people told me it was ok
my mom drank
when she was
pregnant with me
and i’m ok
i can’t
stop
drinking
no woman drinks because she wants to hurt
her baby.
what does it mean to have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders?
What Does Your Brain Do For You?
Makes a free-throw or stops a soccer goal
Knows how to organize all the
steps for a project
Balances work and school schedules
Looks ahead to predict
consequences of decisions
Remembers the words of a song that you haven’t
heard in years
Decides when it’s appropriate to be sarcastic, and when it isn’t
Reminds you that there are different rules for different situations
Lets you consider all options
Reads body languages and cues that aren’t spoken
Alcohol During Pregnancy Can Create a
Lifelong Brain That:
....has trouble moving
information from onesituation to another
...thinks in adisorganized
way
...has difficulty with
time and money
...forgets informatio
n
...thinks like thebrain of someone
much younger
...can’t read the emotions or body language of other people
…uses poor judgment
…responds slowly
...can’t link causeand effect
babies with fasd grow into
kids, teenagers, adults with
fasd…
…and it’s 100% preventable.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRQ0iGJ0zXI
how much alcohol does it take to hurt the baby’s brain?
an unborn baby’s blood alcohol concentration will be the same as mom’s,
but for a longer period of time
an eight-week old unborn baby is about the size of
araspberry
how much alcohol do you think is safe?
every single baby reacts differently to alcohol.
no one can predict how each baby will be
affected.
according to research, there
is no known safe amount of alcohol for the
cells in an unborn baby’s
developing brain. not a drop of
anything.not beer. not
wine.
is there a safe time for a pregnant woman to drink alcohol?
alcohol affects
whatever is growing at the time
alcohol can harm:brain
kidneysheartbonesfaceearseyesbrainbrain brainbrainbrainbrainbrainbrain
according to research, there
is no known safe time for a
pregnant woman to drink alcohol.
every single day
the brain growsof the
pregnancy
the good news:
it’s never, ever too late to stop drinking during
a pregnancy.
can a teenager be addicted to alcohol?
anyone can
become addicted
to alcohol
meet Alicia.at age 16, she has
physical cravings for alcohol and goes through withdrawal if she doesn’t drinkshe never thought she’d get addicted – she only drank with her friends on the weekends
she didn’t know that she had two strong biological risk factors for addiction:family
historyhigh
tolerance
meet Megan.even though she just found out she’s
pregnant, she’s too scared and embarrassed to tell anybody that she can’t stop drinking
she wants to have a healthy
baby and is trying to stop
on her own but her body feels like it will die
without alcohol
the good news:
there is help out there.
what if the baby’s father drinks alcohol?
alcohol damages the sperm, which can cause physical, mental and behavioral
problems in children
what about tobacco during pregnancy?
smoking during pregnancy cuts
off oxygen to the baby, making it harder for cells
to grow. it’s a big deal.
she didn’t know that alcohol could affect her baby before she even
knew she was pregnant.
remember Tara?
what if he had said: “hey,
listen, what if we
accidentally got pregnant? we shouldn’t be drinking.”
what if her sister had said: “Tara, if you got pregnant, your drinking could hurt your baby even though you didn’t
mean for it to happen.”
what if her best friend had said: “no one expects to get pregnant, but it happens.
don’t make decisions now
that you’ll regret forever.”
what if her teachers had
said: “alcohol is the most damaging
substance to a developing
baby’s brain. your decisions matter today.”
remember Tara?
she didn’t know that alcohol could affect her baby before she even
knew she was pregnant…
remember Tara?
…because no one ever told her.
who will you tell?
“These Nine
Months: The
Realities of Alcohol
and Pregnancy
”http://vimeo.com/28009148
For more information,
visit:www.kyfasd
.org