Filed under: Newborns, Pregnancy & birth, Health & safety, Development, Behaving badly, Alcohol & drugsThere are few greater causes for celebration than a brand new baby, but one Polish mother started her celebrating a bit early, showing at the delivery room with a blood alcohol level of 0.12, which would be the equivalent of drinking an entire bottle of wine.
At birth, the baby's blood alcohol level was 0.29, a level she should not even be close to attaining until well into her college years. The drunk mother could face up to five years in prison because of the celebration (or self-medication, whichever the case might be) for child endangerment.
I've known several people who drank before they even knew they were pregnant and the guilt over possibly harming the development of fetus they didn't realize was there was crushing. I can't imagine purposely getting drunk knowing full well that the baby is partaking everything you are.
Doctors say so far the baby appears fine and I hope for the child's sake she suffers no ill effects from her mother's poor judgment. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EST at http://www.parentdish.com/2008/06/11/bab...gal-limit/
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