Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Spectrum Disorders / FAS FASD Video
Over 375000 newborn babies have been exposed to drugs in utero. The film promotes zero tolerance for alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and drugs for all pregnant women. This film describes the effects of exposure to alcohol and drugs on the fetus during pregnancy. The purpose is to promote awareness of the problem among teenagers who are at risk for both unplanned pregnancy and substance use. Medical experts offer information and mothers of drug-exposed babies share their stories. A foursome of engaging young people present an in-depth exploration of the growing problem of prenatal alcohol and other drug abuse. Produced in the stylish, fast-paced format popular with today’s teens, this gripping film take a serious, no-holds-barred look at what happens when pregnant women use alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. The film includes an examination of prenatal drug and alcohol abuse, fetal alcohol syndrome, nicotine’s effect on unborn babies, risks for AIDS, SIDS and FAS, drug effects at various stages of pregnancy, how drugs affect unborn babies and other relation social and emotional problems. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and a spectrum of associated disorders, sometimes called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), is a permanent birth defect caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. The term fetal alcohol effects (FAE) or alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND) is applied to children whose mothers are known to have drunk heavily during pregnancy and …
June 11th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
@lissy278
that is encoraging to me since I have fetal alcohol syndrome too and have a baby on the way…
June 11th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
oh my god
June 11th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
@9746478 – thank you for your comments!
June 11th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
A good warning !!!!!!Excellent
June 11th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
some women should be fixed. problem solved.
June 11th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
the beginning is creepy
June 11th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
crack and cocane r the same rite? anyway this is sooooooooooooooooo true
June 11th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
The suffering I’ve endured and put others through is immense. My mother (a smoker and boozer back then) never admitted to anything. Perhaps the miscarriage, and two children dead from malformed hearts, after delivery, on separate occasions might be a clue. But the family must protect it’s secrets. As well my dad’s favorite quote when he was ‘entertaining’ was to say ‘it was believed that the placenta protected the fetus from the effects of alcohol.’ Perhaps the guilt needed salved.
June 11th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
I have been trying to put the pieces of my addled brain together for 38 years. Doctors have diagnosed me with just about everything under the sun…that they could prescribe a pill for. After extreme maltreatment it got to where I was getting regular electroshock treatments. Now with a dietary and a holistic approach I am much better, but will never make it in this world, my dreams are forever just that, dreams.
June 11th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
i was born with partial fas and i have ADHD and mild Bipolar Disorder my brother has Dyslexia, and Bipolar and Partial FAS and then one of my sisters has Bipolar and w.e else and my other sister has ADD
my 2 sisters are in foster homes we had the one with bipolar with us for 8 years we couldn’t handle her no more so she went to a group home and then they put her in foster care.
me and my brother we’re both adopted and we r glad. but we have are days that we wish we didn’t live with the ‘rents
June 11th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
I LIVE WITH THIS EVERY DAY! I have cerebral palsy, seizures & my childhood was a nightmare. I was bullied horribly thru school. Its so unfair. I did not do anything to deserve this. My twin was not so lucky. He died. our birth mother drank during the first trimester, & it damaged us. Micky died & I live with the effects. She is a recovering alkie now, but Micky & I can never recover.
June 11th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
ya people don’t drink when your pregnant because we don’t deserve it..we want to end our life because we don’t want to cause grief to the world..understand kind regards..plz be seroius when your pregnant i don’t even know if i have a future anyways enough of this
June 11th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Kia 0ra All
I am nurturing a 3yr old who is born of his parents side effects… You often wonder whether he is ADD/ADHD/ODD etc… However, he is effected from alcohol & drugs.
Parents live addictions, only because they inherit the teachings of their parents & family influences. They’re not worried about their unborn child/ren. They are heavily overdosed with the spirit of death polluting their unborn child/ren.
Pray against the principalities, not the flesh.
June 11th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
The makers of tobacco and alcohol sell their product everyday to make a living. They know the effects tobacco can have-i.e. CANCER, emphysema. Alcohol-i.e. Liver failure, liver cancer, hepatitis, drunk driving.
When a woman gets pregnant, she should stop drinking and smoking immediately so she does not put her child’s health at risk. It’s as plain and simple as that.
June 11th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
lissy278, congratulations on your new expected baby! I am sure things will go well with you and your new child! May God bless you and your family! It may be that God has called you to help educate other young mothers. Regards…
June 11th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
I have to tell ppl the affects doing drugs and achole can have on a baby and how it affects there life like i said befor if it was not for my foster mum and dad and the suport they game me i would not b here its so sad to see how some babies r and all that ppl wake up and relise what we r doing is wrong
June 11th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
thanx for ur comments i am preg agagin i am 9 weks and feeling good o just wish mum’s to b and youge teenages would relise what they r doing i am thinking about doing a talk to the youge mum’s groupe about the affects drugs and and drinking can have on the bub and all that
June 11th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
i cant watch this video
comment me back Hx
June 11th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
wow lissy278, I can imagine how good a parent you are to say that on the web, I really admire you I can imagine how nice a person you are!!
God bless you and your lovely daughter!
June 11th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
I will pray for you and other ‘s that have this lissy278.I have be working with these babies for over alot of years and they do bring me joy.I quess I alway’s look at the postive side of things because of my own life.God bless.
June 11th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
I’m sorry your mom was so selfish as to drink while she was pregnant with you. I had a friend years ago, that had FAS, and he had some noticeable facial deformities, was slow mentally, and could not function without assistance in society. People took advantage of him a lot, and we tried to protect him as much as we could. It just breaks my heart that people still do things like this.
It should be put to a stop.
June 11th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
cindeemorgan, you are welcome!
June 11th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
lissy278, hello — we are sorry to hear about your past — but thank you very much for sharing your experiences — it will help others. May God Bless you and your family! Regards…
June 12th, 2010 at 12:01 am
Hi i was Born with FAS and my mum drank while preg as well as doing drugs i dont have the full facial defcts like most FAS babies i have all the health probs from it and a bit of the facial but yeah i am now 26 and i have a child my self who has not got FAS or anything she is perfect in every way if it was not for my foster family i would not b here today
June 12th, 2010 at 12:45 am
I’m adopted too. God made you lucky enough to even live! It could have been alot worse! Do you know how bad the starving African children have it? They can take it, and yet they’re only children!