• Question: will i ever hear of you on the news ( r u famouse like einstien) why cant pregnant women drink alcohol why do pregnant women get cravings x

    Asked by puddleduck to Tim on 22 Jun 2011.
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      Tim Fosker answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      Hi @puddleduck

      Three questions in one – wow!

      You may hear of me on the news. I have been on the BBC news a couple of times measuring children’s brain activity, not talking though. I was once interviewed as well, but the footage wasn’t aired. I’m definitely not famous like Einstein otherwise you would have heard of be before going on “I’m a scientist”.

      Pregnant women shouldn’t drink alcohol (or only drink very little) because it can harm their unborn baby. There is a good wiki page on the effects of this; it is called Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_alcohol_syndrome

      I’m not sure why pregnant women get cravings, people often say that it is because they require something in their diet that they are not getting enough of, but I don’t know if this is true. I’m sure there is lots of research on this if you search for it though.

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