[saalweachter]

I'm not informed on this topic but I'd like to point out that "14 drinks per week" is "two glasses of wine per day", which sounds like a lot less. You're not getting smashed or even buzzed on a couple of glasses of wine with dinner.

[rayiner]

10+% of women self-report as binge drinking during the first trimester, and the FAS rate is only about 0.05-0.2%: http://fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/documents/WYNK_Numbers.pdf.

[tptacek]

What does fetal alcohol syndrome have to do with intoxication?

[pbhjpbhj]

From the UK drinkaware campaign website (government campaign), http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/check-the-facts/health-effects-o...:

>"The government advises that people should not regularly drink more than the daily unit guidelines of [...] and 2-3 units of alcohol for women (equivalent to a 13% ABV 175 ml glass of wine). ‘Regularly’ means drinking every day or most days of the week."

[175ml is about ¾ cup (USA) and the units above are about equivalent to a single pint of 4% beer]

FWIW If I have 2 glasses of wine I'll be "buzzed" because I don't drink every day. Take a month off from drinking, try two normal glasses (ie not pub measures) and you'll notice.