I believe that what the mother does before she is pregnant is her business. If a woman drinks, smokes, or does any other type of bodily harm to herself with substances, even though it is wrong, it is her body and she can do what she pleases with it. But when that same woman becomes pregnant, her focus should be that developing creature in her belly. The woman should discontinue the use of all teratogens because she is now responsible for two lives. …show more content…
She and I are fun loving people. We tend to go to social events were music and drinking may be involved. Regardless of how much fun we are having, I would never let her drink if she was pregnant. Drinking while pregnant can cause a disorder known as fetal alcohol syndrome in the fetus. Children born to mothers who drink tend to be smaller in height and weight, with smaller brains, heart defects, and their faces are very oddly shaped. They tend to have flat noses and other defects such as hearing loss and a lot of space in between their nose and mouth (Church, Eldis, Blakley, & Bawle, 1997; Ornoy,