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« When you drink, so does your baby « When you smoke your baby smokes too « When you drink, alcohol goes into your breast milk « Alcohol and other drugs can harm or affect your baby « Your child might grow up with trouble learning « Drinking can cause FASD: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder « FASD is a disability for life The Health Risks to you and your baby How often do you have a standard drink containing alcohol? Never (0)...... Monthly (1) ....... Weekly (2) ...... Some days each week (3) ...... Most days each week (4) How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking? 1or 2 (0) ......... 3 or 4 (1).................... 5 or 6 (2) .......................... 7-9 (3) more than 10 (4) How often do you have six (6) or more standard drinks on one occassion? Never (0)... Less than monthly (1) ...Monthly (2) ...Some days a week (3).... Most days each week (4) Yarning about alcohol, your baby and your health High risk = Score more than 8 in total 8-12 points 4-7 points 1-3 points TOTAL SCORE: Add the number for each question to get your total score 12 SCORE: 1-12 points risk to baby No Safe Amount of Alcohol for Baby YOU Family and friends Who keeps us strong? Audit-C Baby’s brain is developing fast inside you Alcohol, tobacco and drugs can stop it growing properly Damage to heart and bones Baby too small and weak Face wrong shape, looks different Slow to grow Slow to learn Big worries for baby’s whole life Troubled behaviour 0 points no risk to baby It’s risky to drink grog or use drugs when pregnant or breastfeeding Grandmother Mother Aunty Husband Partner Boyfriend AOD Worker AHP Midwife Baby Children Does this worry you about your drinking and your baby? If you said YES to any of these, you may have worries with alcohol Is ALCOHOL a worry? Do you or your family think you have a worry? Do you think you use too much alcohol? Are you worried about your alcohol use? Does your family worry about your alcohol use? Do you feel stressed out without alcohol? Do you wish you could stop? YES NO Who can help YOU to make the change High/Severe Risk Medium Risk Low Risk If you want to know more about FASD speak to your midwife, AHP, AOD Worker, nurse or doctor at clinic.

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Page 1: YOU - National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum ...€¦ · When you drink, so does your baby « When you smoke your baby smokes too « When you drink, alcohol goes into your

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