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During the first two months of pregnancy, the developing baby appears to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of alcohol and it is best to avoid alcohol completely at this time. In particular, avoid binge drinking, where you take a large amount of alcohol over a relatively short period, as the effects of this on the fetus are not yet clear. But if you are usually a light drinker and generally healthy, there appears to be very little chance that if you had too much to drink once early in your pregnancy that it will have harmed your baby.

The only way to be absolutely certain that alcohol does not affect your developing baby is to give it up altogether once you know that you are pregnant and throughout the rest of your pregnancy. Indeed, many women find that they lose the taste for alcohol in pregnancy. This may be the body’s natural way of avoiding a potentially toxic substance. However, if you do enjoy the occasional glass of wine, it’s worth knowing that there is no confirmed scientific evidence to prove conclusively that drinking under two glasses of wine a day during pregnancy causes a problem.