Maternal alcohol intakes before and during pregnancy: Impact on the mother and infant outcome to 18 months.

To investigate maternal alcohol intakes before and during pregnancy, their impact on mothers and infants to 18 months. Prospective study of 504 New Zealand volunteers visited in months 4 and 7 of pregnancy, measurements taken, lifestyle details recorded including alcohol intake before and during pregnancy. Eighteen months after birth, 370 infants were measured, and infant development recorded. Nineteen per cent of mothers never drank, 53% stopped when they knew they were pregnant, 29% continued to drink. Twenty-two per cent of drinkers binge drank (over 50 g alcohol per session) before pregnancy and 10% during pregnancy. Daily drinking was associated with increased obesity in mothers. Alcohol consumption before or during pregnancy was not associated with infant motor development, had a slight negative effect on growth, and a significant association with vocal ability to 18 months. Energy intake appeared to partially moderate this effect. Maternal alcohol consumption exceeding 50 g per session both before and during pregnancy was associated with decreasing vocal ability in the 18-month old infant. © The Author(s) 2020.

Citation

Barry William McDonald, Patricia Ellyett Watson. Maternal alcohol intakes before and during pregnancy: Impact on the mother and infant outcome to 18 months. Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT. 2020 Apr;37(2):153-171

PMID: 32934599

search → result