Question by Stephanie: what would you write in a letter to your child if he/she Fetal Alcohol Syndrome????? ((for a Biology project))?
im doing a biology extra credit project.
its on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
heres the link to the project:
http://teacherweb.com/CA/MurrietaValleyHighSchool/MrsPardue/h3.aspx
it’s required to write a letter to your “unborn child”
& my brain is fried. i wrote as much as i could think of…
heres what i wrote:
To my baby;
As of this point, I am two months pregnant. Your father and I had genetic tests done on you to see if you are healthy and well. I just got home from a doctor’s appointment, and they gave me some bad news. My doctor said you will be born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a disorder caused by alcohol coming into your body while you were in the womb. The alcohol went into your body because I had drunken it. I don’t know how old you will be when you will be when you read this letter, so I am not sure how much you will understand. I did not know that you would be affected if I had a few drinks. I did not think that your body would also drink the alcohol if I did.
any help???????????????
I DO NOT NEED HELP WITH INFORMATION ON FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME!!! I NEED HELP WRITING A LETTER TO MY “UNBORN CHILD”
PLEASE NO INFORMATION ON FAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM NOT PREGNANT!!!!!!!
IM IN HIGH SCHOOL!
THIS IS JUST FOR MY BIOLOGY CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!
Best answer:
Answer by Jo
Yeah. Are you sure fetal alcohol syndrome is diagnosed two months into the pregnancy? That doesn’t sound right. And from what I’m reading it looks like it’s diagnosed after the baby is born.
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
Stephanie, I think you need to start over. Don’t you think you should be honest with your “unborn child?”.
Quote: Should Pregnant Women Drink At All? The Research Evidence
Is there a safe or acceptable level of alcohol consumption for pregnant women?
A large study examined 400,000 women in the U.S., all of whom had consumed alcohol during pregnancy. Not a single case of fetal alcohol syndrome occurred and no adverse effects on children were found when consumption was under 8.5 drinks per week.
A review of research studies found that fetal alcohol syndrome only occurs among alcoholics. The evidence is clear that there is no apparent risk to a child when the pregnant woman consumes no more than one drink per day.
Edit:
Quote: “I did not know that you would be affected if I had a FEW drinks.” (caps mine).
Little girl. Obviously you DO need information on FAS; The wording and tone of your “letter” indicates that either you do not understand that A FEW drinks do not cause fetal alcohol syndrome, or that you are denying responsibility for doing this to your “child” by telling it that you only had a “few” drinks. Either way, your teacher would not give you the grade you would be expecting, even if a sober, non alcoholic adult finished it for you (which I strongly suspect is the biggest reason you haven’t had any takers) because you’re MISSING THE POINT. No one with any grasp of the problem and honesty WOULD finish this for you, because you apparently either “don’t get it” or you’re in some sort of denial on the whole concept of pregnant women drinking. Your letter shows a “me first, baby second” attitude. A “Well I’m sorry but it’s not really my fault because I didn’t know any better and anyway I ‘just had a few’ ” attitude.
Just to make sure you understand; You are downplaying the seriousness of over-drinking by what you wrote. You are minimizing the responsibility. You aren’t talking about Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy here. You’re talking about accepting responsibility (or not) for grave and tragic disregard for another life. That’s why you need to start completely over, and begin with a complete admission of guilt over your alcoholism to your “unborn baby”. Then you can get on with writing your paper along the lines of what you’re going to do and what is available for you to do to make up for this terrible thing you’ve done.
FYI, Biology is an incredibly important subject, if only to teach respect and foster concern for life. But it’s especially important for any student thinking of entering the field of medicine.
“Above all, do no harm”