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Conception while intoxicated. Drinking alcohol before conception: how much can you drink? Drunk conception - the role of women

According to most, conception and alcohol are incompatible. However, anonymous surveys show that every third pregnancy occurs when one of the partners is intoxicated (rarely both). Such statistics suggest that alcohol does not harm the unborn baby in any way. But why is it forbidden to drink alcohol during pregnancy? If you understand the process of fertilization from the very beginning, everything becomes clear.

Society has a negative attitude towards alcohol in early pregnancy. But it is generally accepted that there is no negative effect of alcohol on the conception of a child in men. Therefore, future fathers drink without fear when planning a pregnancy. But intoxication as a result of drinking ethanol (and even worse - drug use) significantly affects spermatozoa, changing their activity and quality.

At conception, two genetic sets merge - male and female. To think that only the expectant mother should prepare for pregnancy is irresponsible. Only one sperm is needed for this, but it must be the best.

A man should not drink before conception for the simple reason that alcohol equalizes the chances of healthy and strong cells with pathological ones. Approximately a quarter of spermatozoa in today's young people have various kinds of disorders. In the competition for an egg, the strongest, healthiest and fastest wins - this is what happens in people who lead a sober lifestyle. If the future dad misses a few drinks before conception, then alcohol and sperm will enter into an interrelation. Strong and healthy cells will be on a par with pathological ones. As a result, the chances of success for them will even out.

Men think that beer does not affect the conception of a child. In reality, this low-alcohol drink is a natural source of estrogen. Therefore, in the representatives of the stronger sex, who are addicted to it, the body changes its structure according to the female type. The influence of beer on the conception of a child in men is obvious: testosterone levels decrease in the body, hyperestrogenism is formed, sexual desire is suppressed and the quality of seminal fluid deteriorates.

If these arguments are not enough for patients, then doctors recommend that you verify everything yourself. The effect of alcohol on the spermogram can be checked as follows: take an analysis and evaluate the result, then refrain from alcohol for at least 3 months and repeat the procedure. Comparative characteristics will shock.

The impact of alcohol on women's health

Women have even worse prognosis. Ethanol affects ovulation. From the moment of birth, the girl has a certain amount. If a woman consumes alcohol during her life, then it destroys the genetic set of future gametes. Egg cells lose their quality, their shell is destroyed, breakage occurs. Even if the girl does not plan to become pregnant now, the negative effects of alcohol may appear in the future.

Alcohol and ovulation with subsequent conception are incompatible concepts. Regular consumption of alcohol (even if it is drinking beer 3-4 times a week) causes ovarian exhaustion. Influencing beer phytoestrogens cause hormone-dependent diseases - endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts. Stronger drinks affect the brain, heart and liver, disrupting blood circulation. Drunk conception causes detachments, hematomas, miscarriages and incomplete self-abortions.

Tracking the effect of alcohol on a woman's eggs, by analogy with examining the quality of male seminal fluid, is an unrealistic task. But in patients who abuse alcohol, menopause occurs earlier, tumors of benign and malignant origin are more often formed, and life expectancy is reduced.

How much not to drink before conception when planning a pregnancy

Couples planning a child are in doubt about how long they should not drink alcohol before conception. If we are talking about frequent consumption and large doses of alcohol, then it is desirable to exclude such situations completely, and not only in preparation for pregnancy. A healthy lifestyle when planning is half the way to the birth of children without congenital pathologies.

It is clear that most adults cannot completely get rid of alcohol. Holidays, birthdays, corporate parties - one way or another, alcohol is present and consumed. Therefore, it is important for a couple to observe a clear time range during which alcohol should not be consumed when planning a pregnancy. It is recommended that a man not drink before conception for at least 3-4 months. During this period, a complete cycle of spermatogenesis occurs. Only with the rejection of all bad habits can we assume that a man is ready to conceive.

A woman has the same terms - 3-4 months. It is important to completely eliminate alcohol with the onset of the menstrual cycle in which conception is planned. The maturation of the egg starts from the first days of menstruation and ends with ovulation after about 2-3 weeks.

As you can see, a man has to prepare more for planning a pregnancy than his partner. This once again proves that the responsibility lies not only with the woman.

Consequences of drunken conception

Drunk conception is dangerous with consequences that can occur directly during pregnancy or after the birth of the baby. Sometimes parents forget that alcohol was drunk on the day of fertilization, trying to find the causes of problems in another. However, beer can also affect the conception of a child, not to mention stronger drinks. Without finding an explanation for the problem, parents take the situation for granted. In fact, the conception in a state of intoxication is to blame.

Fetal alcohol syndrome (drunk conception syndrome) is accompanied by psychophysical disorders of varying intensity that can occur at different stages of a child's growth. If conception took place after alcohol, then it can lead to the following consequences:

  • intrauterine growth retardation, characterized by insufficient body weight and small stature;
  • pathological deviations in appearance (cleft lip, cleft palate, deep set auricles, eye socket defects;
  • cardiovascular diseases, defects;
  • liver dysfunction (alcohol during conception affects not only the hematopoietic organ of the parents);
  • deformities (splicing of fingers together, short foot, deformed chest).

Every couple hopes that alcohol during conception will not affect the health of their unborn baby. Indeed, most parents have a lucky break. However, statistics show that 10 babies out of 1000 newborns face serious consequences of alcohol consumption by their parents at the time of conception.

There are many cases of unplanned pregnancy and alcohol intoxication. Under the influence of alcohol, responsibility and self-control are lost.

I drank alcohol without knowing I was pregnant

Alcohol in the first month of pregnancy can have an irreparable effect on the unborn child. There are many cases when a woman did not know about pregnancy and drank before the delay. How serious the consequences of carelessness will be depends not only on the quantity, but also on the quality of alcohol.

It is believed that alcohol in the first days after conception or in the first week after conception will not harm the embryo. During this period, the woman has not yet learned about the new position, since the fetal egg is moving towards its goal within 5-10 days after fertilization. If the expectant mother drank alcohol in the form of a glass of wine or a glass of beer, then nothing threatens her and her baby. The development of the child during this period does not yet depend on the woman, because the blood circulation between them has not yet been established.

If alcohol in the first week of pregnancy was consumed in large quantities and mostly strong, then a miscarriage or its threat is not excluded. As you know, ethanol penetrates into all biological fluids. During pregnancy and without it, alcohol is found in the pelvic organs. Large doses of strong drinks cause intoxication of the fetal egg, even if it has not yet been implanted. Therefore, expectant mothers should completely exclude alcohol during pregnancy.

Alcoholic drinks for IVF

In the in vitro fertilization protocol, it is not recommended to drink alcohol, including beer, wine, champagne. The body of a woman, under the influence of hormones, works hard to produce high-quality oocytes in sufficient quantities. In addition, the drugs used in the protocol (Gonal F, Puregon, Clomid, Menopur, Pregnyl and others) have a toxic effect on the liver. If you additionally take alcohol, then problems with this organ in the future cannot be avoided.

The concepts of IVF and alcohol are incompatible. Infertility requires a responsible approach to treatment. Theoretically, after the puncture of the follicles before the transfer of embryos, you can drink alcohol. During this period, the germ cells are outside the woman's body. However, no one can guarantee that alcohol will not affect the result of in vitro fertilization.

There is hardly a person who has not heard about the negative impact of alcohol on the conception of a child. However, it is so difficult for some to give up the habit of alcohol that they literally require specialists to name the dose of alcohol that is safe for conception.

It does not do without covert advertising of intoxicating drinks manufacturers: from time to time, explicitly ordered “research results of reputable scientists” appear in the media, indicating that certain types of alcohol (beer, wine) allegedly stimulate the reproductive function. In order to understand the dangers of drinking alcohol immediately before or after conception, let's look at how they affect the reproductive system.

Is it possible to drink alcohol before conception

The fact that alcohol drunk by a mother can lead to the birth of a sick child, people knew in ancient times. Therefore, many peoples even banned beer for women under 30 years old. Society treated men much more condescendingly. Only excessive drinking was condemned.

Only in the 20th century were studies carried out that clearly showed that father's alcoholism is almost more dangerous for the health of children than mother's drunkenness. It turned out that 70% of chronic alcoholics had drinking fathers, and only 10% had mothers. Even more impressive was the statistics collected in one of the psychiatric clinics in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. It turned out that one in five demented children had a father who was a drunkard.

The effect of alcohol on the reproductive function of men

For the body, ethanol is a poison, but, in addition, it is also an excellent solvent. Once in the stomach, alcohol is very quickly absorbed into the blood. Its concentration can be especially high in seminal fluid. Moreover, alcohol is excreted from the reproductive system for the longest time, that is, the consequences of drinking affect within a few days.

The seminal fluid, into which ethanol enters, turns into an aggressive environment. If the semen of a healthy sober man contains only 25% of pathological spermatozoa (with defects), then in a drunk man this figure can exceed 50%. Under normal conditions, pathological spermatozoa rarely participate in conception: they are inactive and most often not viable. But in seminal fluid containing ethanol, the movement of healthy spermatozoa slows down. As a result, the risk that the egg is fertilized by a sperm with damaged DNA increases significantly.

It is known that it takes about three months for the maturation of spermatozoa (spermatogenesis). And at any time, ethanol can negatively affect their DNA. Accordingly, a man who wants to conceive a healthy child must abstain from alcohol for at least three months.

It should also be borne in mind that under the influence of alcohol, zinc is intensively excreted from the body. The lack of this trace element in the blood leads to a decrease in potency. Therefore, a drinking person is much less likely to conceive a child than someone who leads a healthy lifestyle.

The effect of alcohol on a woman's reproductive function

When a girl is born, her ovaries already contain about 500,000 follicles. This is a lifetime supply. During the reproductive period, only 400–500 of them will mature.

Absorbing into the blood and getting into the female reproductive system, ethanol destroys the DNA of the eggs. Some of them die. If a woman does not abuse alcohol, then ovulation occurs on time, and the supply of follicles is such that the loss of even a few thousand will not damage the reproductive function.

However, there are cases when an egg with damaged DNA not only survives, but is also fertilized. Then a sick child can be born. For example, the reason for the birth of Siamese twins is precisely damage to the DNA of the egg. No one knows which egg will mature for fertilization. But the more a woman drinks, the worse the condition of her follicles and the higher the likelihood of conceiving a child with mental or physical disabilities.

So it does not really matter when a girl abused alcohol: in early adolescence or on the day of conception. Therefore, for any woman of childbearing age, moderation in the use of even low-alcohol alcoholic beverages is a necessary condition for the birth of a healthy baby.

But all of the above does not mean that it is permissible for a woman to drink alcohol immediately before sexual intercourse (some especially desperate ladies may assume that it will not get any worse). Indeed, doctors say that if the expectant mother is drunk at the time of conception, this will not affect the state of the fertilized egg.

Another thing is scary: under the influence of ethanol, the secretion of secretory fluid in the fallopian (fallopian) tubes increases, due to which they can become blocked. It takes a few days for a fertilized egg to travel through the fallopian tube to the uterus and settle there. Due to blockage of the fallopian tube, the egg begins to develop in it, never reaching the uterus. Thus, drinking alcohol immediately before or after conception increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy.

Is it possible to drink alcohol after conception

Sometimes a woman who discovers that she is pregnant recalls with horror that she drank a glass of wine a few days after conception. You should not be especially afraid: at least five days pass from conception to fixing the embryo in the uterus (implantation). During this period, alcohol in the mother's body will not harm the unborn child.

But when the embryo is fixed in the uterus and begins to develop, it becomes very sensitive to both ethanol and its decay products (acetaldehyde). Even small doses of alcohol can cause vasospasm of the placenta and umbilical cord.

The embryo simply suffocates due to lack of oxygen, and oxygen starvation provokes disturbances in the development of the fetus. Very often, children of drinking mothers are born prematurely, with diseases of the central nervous system, anomalies of various organs.

Doctors believe that if the expectant mother feels well, then for the entire period of pregnancy she is allowed to drink a glass of dry wine once or twice. However, it must be remembered that excessive alcohol consumption at any stage of pregnancy can lead to miscarriage.

Alcohol and the conception of a healthy child are incompatible. Therefore, when planning a pregnancy, future parents should completely abandon alcohol, and also undergo a preliminary medical examination.

The influence of alcohol on conception is so great that it should be abandoned even during pregnancy planning. Unfortunately, most people begin to think about the consequences only after a few weeks after a fun drunken party, a pregnancy test shows a positive result.

Consequences of conceiving a child while intoxicated

When a person is in a state of intoxication, all the cells of his body contain alcohol molecules. They get there thanks to metabolic processes that are continuously occurring in any living organism. With the fusion of the egg and sperm, saturated with alcohol, there is an accumulation of degenerative qualities. This negatively affects the developing embryo. The consequence of "drunken conception" can be serious health problems in the unborn child.

Despite the fact that conception is a fusion of maternal and paternal germ cells, it is the “drunk” sperm that has a great influence on conception. Scientists have proven that alcohol penetrates the seminal fluid most quickly, which causes a pathological effect on spermatozoa.

Reproductive function of men and alcohol

In a man with good physical health without bad habits, a quarter of the spermatozoa has pathological abnormalities. This phenomenon is considered normal. But such spermatozoa rarely get a chance to participate in fertilization compared to healthy germ cells. But when a man consumes alcoholic beverages, conception can occur both with a healthy cell and with a pathological one: their chances will be approximately the same. This means that the risk of fertilization of the egg by a pathological sperm is doubled.

As a rule, a child, whose conception occurred with a man in a state of intoxication, has a variety of genetic abnormalities. Scientists have found that the alcohol content in seminal fluid is identical to the content of alcohol in the blood. It is this fact that causes a violation of the chromosomal composition of germ cells.

Moreover, with the systematic use of alcoholic beverages, male spermatozoa lose their activity by 18-22%. Often this becomes the cause of male infertility: sperm are simply not able to get to the egg for fertilization to occur. Especially dangerous is the use of alcohol during adolescence, when puberty begins, since alcoholic beverages reduce hormonal activity in men.

Reproductive function of women and alcohol


How does alcohol affect female sex cells? A woman releases one or more eggs every month. Their maturation is influenced by many factors, one of which is the use of alcoholic beverages. However, this rarely affects conception. Especially when the use of alcohol fell on the period between conception and the beginning of the last menstruation.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about male reproductive function. Alcohol, taken even a few months before the day when conception occurred, can have a big impact on the health of the unborn baby. But it is most dangerous for a man to drink alcohol on the day of conception: this can tell on the mental and physical development of the baby.

How alcohol affects the fetus

After fertilization of the egg, an embryo is formed, which goes to the uterus and attaches to its wall. At this time, the future baby is the most sensitive to the impact of negative factors on him from the outside. Even with a small deviation from the norm, a miscarriage can occur. If a miscarriage does not occur, then the likelihood of developmental abnormalities is high.

In nature, it is so arranged that the first two weeks after conception determine whether the embryo is healthy and viable. If the cells of the embryo are damaged by nicotine, alcohol, infection or potent drugs, then spontaneous rejection occurs - early miscarriage. Usually a woman does not notice him, since an early miscarriage is similar to a missed period.

If the conception occurred in a state of alcoholic intoxication of a woman and a man, and the embryo turned out to be viable, then the unborn baby has a high risk of being born with deviations in health. Alcohol affects the process of cell division of the embryo, the formation and subsequent development of the organs and their systems of the unborn child. A woman and a man do not think about the consequences of "drunken conception" until a child is born with developmental defects, to which the brain is most susceptible. With inhibited cell division, the size of the brain of the future baby often does not reach the norm.

If conception occurred while intoxicated, then the risk increases dramatically that:

  • The baby will be born underweight;
  • The baby will be born with a small stature;
  • The child will have brain pathology;
  • The fetus will receive insufficient nutrition in the womb due to the development of hypoxia against the background of spasms of the vessels of the umbilical cord and placenta;
  • The genetic material, or DNA, will be altered, usually resulting in deformed children;
  • The child will have pathologies of the central nervous system. This leads to the birth of children with behavioral and intellectual disabilities;
  • The baby will be born with developed fetal alcohol syndrome;
  • Anomalies will appear in the structure of the body and face, in the physical and mental development of the child.

"Drunken" conception is dangerous because deviations in the development of the child, which appeared even in the womb, are rarely treatable. They are almost always irreversible. Do you want to give birth to a child with developmental anomalies and deformities? Certainly not. In this case, it is better to plan pregnancy in advance, refusing to drink alcohol 6 months before the expected date of conception.

“Skip a glass with friends”, “a couple of liters of beer for a fish”, “a bottle of dry for a meeting”. All this in large quantities is harmful for men who drink like that. And not only for them. The family, work and the future of unborn children suffer. Fetal pathologies equally arise from the use of alcohol by the expectant mother and potential father. Quite a lot of men are convinced that alcohol libations do not affect potency and do not affect the health of the unborn child. The effect of alcohol on conception is terrible, even if the future father is sober at the time of intercourse, but some time ago he drank often and a lot.

Alcohol and conception

The human body is unique and it clings to a healthy life with all its might. The womb of the future mother gets rid of the "spoiled" genetic material (meaning drunken fertilization). A miscarriage or its threat is the response of a healthy organism to an “unhealthy cell”.

The trouble is that medicine is too cruel, and over the past decades, in some cases, it has saved humanity from natural selection that has existed for centuries. Gynecologists are fighting for pregnancy. And increasingly, the weakened female body “stuffed” with chemistry does not recognize the diseased cell and gives it life.

The future embryo can be unhealthy not only with a drunken conception, but even if one of the parents often allows himself to go over too much. The sperm of a drinking man cannot be called healthy. It differs in quality and composition, not to mention the fact that alcohol affects potency in the most negative way.

The egg and alcohol

The stock of eggs is deposited in the female body long before birth. Every month a certain number of them are ready for fertilization. Alcohol destroys the structure of the cell. Moreover, the process does not depend on the amount of alcohol consumed or the female cycle.

It is important to stop drinking alcohol a few months before the planned conception. This will allow women's health to recover itself and prepare for its main mission. But given the increase in the number of diseases that no one could and did not know about 200 years ago, no specialist will give a guarantee that a former alcoholic will be able to give birth to a healthy child. Although, time and the right lifestyle can change the general condition of the body, both in women and men.

For the health of future children, the egg of women and the sperm of men are equally responsible. If the mother does not drink, and the father constantly allows himself to drink, his sperm can become dominant and the child will be conceived with pathology.

sperm and alcohol

The functions of spermatozoa, as well as their structure and quality, are very dependent on alcohol. At a minimum, ethanol makes them inactive, and therefore unable to fertilize an egg. Potency depends on alcohol very much. Its decrease even at a young age is directly proportional to the amount of alcohol consumed and the general lifestyle.

The fine organization of the reproductive system, including potency, can be stressed from the constant intake of drinks based on alcohol. In this case, the effect on sperm will be as negative as possible. The worst option is from the constant intake of alcohol, a change in the structure of the cell. This leads to congenital malformations.

Spermatozoa of men are updated quarterly. 3-4 months before the intended conception, it is necessary to stop drinking alcohol. Then the probability of getting a healthy embryo increases. The potency of men and their frequent use of alcohol are interrelated.

The loss of male sexual power comes from the constant intake of alcohol, even in small doses. A 10-year libation with any alcohol-containing drink provokes a decrease in sperm motility by more than 20%. The spermogram of a healthy man may contain a quarter of spermatozoa with various anomalies. In a drinking person, this figure can exceed half of the total.

Cells produced by the human reproductive system are the first to be hit by alcohol. The affected male spermatozoon is incapable of a full-fledged conception; even a daily evening liter of beer reduces potency. Even if it happens, the probability of fetal pathology approaches 100%. The impact of alcohol consumption on the conception of a child is enormous. Nutrition, lifestyle, smoking, proper rest do not leave an imprint on the health of the cell, like alcohol.

Pregnancy and alcohol

Everything that a mother breathes, eats and drinks, her child receives in the womb. Not so long ago, experts considered it useful for a future mother to use red wine as a means of increasing hemoglobin and improving appetite. And only years later it was proved that children whose mothers drank only 3-5 grams of alcohol daily during pregnancy acquired fetal alcohol syndrome. The effect of alcohol on pregnancy can be fatal.

In the first trimester of pregnancy, all human systems are formed. The structure of the spine, lungs, liver and stomach are laid. Even small doses of alcohol can lead to failures in any of the departments of a small creature. In other words, a conceived healthy embryo is able to become sick if the mother drinks daily, even a little, during the first three months of pregnancy.

Harmful effect of alcohol on pregnancy and in the next 6 months of pregnancy. Without tempting fate, it is better for a future mother to reduce alcohol intake to 1-2 for all 9 months of gestation. And only in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Naturally, a single dose of alcohol should be minimal.

For the health of the baby, it is important to observe many factors: nutrition, peace, clean air, sleep. Even low-alcohol drinks are not able to stand in a number of useful components of pregnancy. They can only do harm. The effect of alcohol on the fetus can cross out the life of at least three people: mother, father and unborn child. So it's not worth the risk of a glass of wine.

There are no such cases when the effect of alcohol on the conception of a child was positive. On the contrary, alcohol destroys everything: relationships between people, women's health, male potency, love and life of an unborn baby. The pathologies of the baby can be so serious that even time will not be able to correct the mistakes of the parents.

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Bad habits have become so firmly rooted in our consciousness that we no longer imagine feasts where a glass of champagne or wine would not be raised in honor of the birthday man, we go to the bathhouse with beer, on vacation in hot countries we drink light cocktails based on an alcoholic drink . We do not see any problems in the small use of alcohol, this is not alcoholism! Meanwhile, constant, albeit in small quantities, taking “on the chest” is fraught with many dangers for men's and women's health. One of these risks is the negative effect of ethanol on future offspring.

Alcohol and conception

Uncontrolled alcohol consumption negatively affects all organs and systems of both the female and male body. There is an opinion that since a woman is carrying a child, then it is she who is responsible for the intellectual and physical health of the future child. This is not entirely true. Yes, indeed, the use of alcohol by a woman during pregnancy dramatically reduces the chances of the unborn baby for a healthy and fulfilling life, but do not forget that both spouses take an active part in the process of conception. And the health of the baby directly depends on how healthy and high-quality the male spermatozoa were.

Studies have shown that regular alcohol consumption does not change the organs for the better - the liver enlarges, hormonal disorders occur, the state of the cardiovascular system changes irreversibly.

All these changes are fixed at the cellular level and change human DNA. Accordingly, the future baby may have a tendency to drink alcohol already at the gene level.

Often women who want to have a child wonder if it is possible to conceive offspring from a drinking father. The answer is obvious: it may be possible to conceive, although not without difficulty, but it is impossible to predict how full-fledged this child will be. Let's figure out why this happens.

The effect of alcohol on the male reproductive system

Alcohol promotes relaxation, stress relief and increased libido. This cannot but please a man. But there is also a reverse side of the coin - drinking alcohol in large doses does not have the best effect on the quantity and quality of male germ cells.

Getting into the seminal fluid with blood flow, ethyl alcohol has a depressing effect on spermatozoa - they become less mobile, anomalies appear in their structure (there is no tail or head). If there are too many immobile spermatozoa in the semen, then conception cannot occur.

With long-term use of even small doses of alcohol, the number of germ cells decreases by 20%, while the quality of the drink itself does not matter. A small amount of spermatozoa in the ejaculate reduces the chances of an outwardly healthy man for early fatherhood.

The maturation period of spermatozoa is 70-75 days. A regular drinking man simply does not allow his body to produce healthy sex cells. Spermatozoa are initially doomed to deviations. And if we take into account the fact that even a healthy non-drinking man has about 30% of pathological cells in the sperm, then what can a drinker expect? That's right - either the complete absence of living "tadpoles", or their anomalies. Such pathological conditions are unlikely to allow a drinking man to conceive a child.

As you know, the sperm carries a genetic set of 23 chromosomes. How the uncontrolled use of alcohol will affect the chromosomes is unknown. Just one "broken" gene, and a child can be born with a genetic deformity.

Not only the quality of germ cells suffers. Alcohol directly affects the potency of men. With a small amount of alcohol drunk, a man develops an erection, sexual intercourse becomes longer, respectively, pleasure increases. Over time, such libations have a detrimental effect on sexual life: an erection decreases, the time of sexual intercourse decreases, and premature ejaculation occurs. Gradually, sexual life becomes possible only in the presence of alcohol in the blood. In patients with alcoholism with long periods of binges, an erection may not occur at all.

Alcohol and women's health

Alcohol has a more destructive effect on the female reproductive sphere. If a man's germ cells are regularly renewed, then a woman's supply of eggs is laid even at the stage of intrauterine development. Neither the quantity nor the quality of gametes during a woman's life is subject to change. The ovaries reliably protect the germ cells from damage, but cannot protect against such a powerful solvent as ethyl alcohol. Penetrating through the membrane of the ovaries, alcohol exposes the egg to certain mutations. And it is this damaged gamete that can sooner or later be fertilized. The consequences, as we all understand, are sad.

Given all of the above, should a couple planning to have a child in the near future drink a glass or two of alcohol? Clearly not worth it. To conceive healthy offspring, a man needs at least three months to refrain from drinking alcohol, and it is advisable for a woman not to drink at all.
In the video, the effect of alcohol on women's and men's reproductive health:

"Drunken" conception

Conception in a drunken stupor is a fairly common occurrence. Can it affect pregnancy? As mentioned above, alcohol erases the boundaries of what is permitted and under its influence spontaneous sexual relations often occur, ending in a woman's pregnancy. The fusion of male and female germ cells in this case can be fatal for both the fetus and the woman herself - she may develop such a pathological condition as an ectopic pregnancy.

Scientists have proven that conception under the influence of alcohol is fraught with malformations in the baby, sometimes incompatible with life. In the first weeks of pregnancy, a woman's body acts according to the principle: all or nothing.

Therefore, a fetus with serious anomalies will be rejected by the body, and a spontaneous miscarriage will occur. Frequent drinking by a woman before conception can eventually lead to the fact that she will not be able to endure any of the nascent pregnancies at all.

And this is the best possible outcome, like “drank at the time of conception” or “we got pregnant after the party”! The use of strong alcohol in the first trimester of pregnancy, when all the organs and systems of the unborn baby are laid, is fraught with development in the child.

Such children have a whole bunch of deformities and disorders in the work of internal organs:

  • mutilated face;
  • delayed mental and physical development;
  • poor hearing;
  • vision problems;
  • deformity of the chest, underdevelopment of the upper or lower extremities.

Possible consequences of drinking alcohol during conception:

conclusions

Unfortunately, it is impossible to determine in advance how much alcohol can cause negative consequences for the unborn child. A child with disabilities can be born to a woman who drinks moderately, and a relatively healthy baby will be born to a binge alcoholic. Therefore, the ideal option for conceiving healthy offspring would be a complete rejection of alcohol. How much not to drink before family planning? If it is impossible to give up alcohol, it would be good to abstain for at least 3-5 months in order to restore health.

In the case when a woman, not knowing about the existing pregnancy, drank alcohol, you should not be scared and take a referral for an abortion. A few occasional drinks are unlikely to cause much harm to an unborn baby.

Still, serious problems in the fetus are more likely with the systematic use of ethanol. Therefore, as soon as a woman finds out about her pregnancy, you should immediately stop drinking and start leading a healthy lifestyle in order to increase the chances of your child being born completely healthy.