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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

One in three pregnant women drink: study




May 13, 2008


More than one third of pregnant women drink despite most knowing the harmful effects alcohol can have on unborn children, a study has found.

A paper, to be presented at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians annual congress in Adelaide on Tuesday, outlines the results of a telephone survey of 1,103 Australian women aged between 18 and 45.

Thirty-four per cent of the women surveyed consumed alcohol during their last pregnancy and 32 per cent said they would drink if planning, and during, a future pregnancy.

Some 93 per cent of survey respondents knew alcohol could affect unborn children and 81 per cent agreed pregnant women should not drink alcohol.
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