“Alcohol use during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal death, miscarriage, and stillbirth,” says Deborah A. Appello, MS. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can be really harmful to the baby. The amount of alcohol present in a woman's blood is also present in the baby's blood. Alcohol can harm your child's development. That is why alcohol is much more harmful to the baby than to the woman during pregnancy. Alcohol can cause your baby to have serious health conditions, called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The most serious of these is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Fetal alcohol syndrome can seriously harm your baby's development, both mentally and physically. Alcohol can cause these defects in the child such as birth defects, vision and hearing problems, intellectual disabilities, learning and behavior problems. Alcohol can affect women's reproductive systems and damage fertility. Even small amounts can affect a woman's menstrual cycle and reduce her chances of conceiving. Alcohol can reduce a man's testosterone levels, leading to loss of libido. It can also damage the quality, structure and movement of sperm by preventing the liver from properly metabolizing vitamin A, which is necessary for sperm development” (Alcohol and Reproduction). wounded and dead. The major