What is a Standard Drink?

(Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, 2025) It can be hard to know what a “standard drink” means.  The measurement of a standard drink v...

What is the Partner’s Role in Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)?

When women use substances like alcohol, the people around them, including their partners, can largely influence their behavior. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder...

Drinking and Pregnancy – what can happen when they mix?

Drinking alcohol while pregnant can result in FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) 4% of babies in Alberta are born with FASDCanada FASD Research Network,...

Practice safe sex

●  Drink responsibly and avoid alcohol if you’re sexually active and not using birth control consistently ●  Keep learning abo...

Challenges of FASD

AttentionLanguage Adaptive Behaviors(life skills)Reasoning Memory Executive Functioning Regulations of Body Functions Sensory Issues This list is...

Exposed to alcohol?

When a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy, it affects the normal growth and development of the baby. Alcohol is a teratogen, affecting the size of t...

Myth or fact?

Myth/ Alcohol can affect throughout all stages of pregnancy. Possible discussion why has the focus been the first trimester.It can be either.  ...

Drinking and pregnancy?

FASD FACTS It is not curable Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause the baby to be born with permanent brain damage; the effects are life-lon...

What does a healthy pregnancy look like?

Avoid alcohol, drugs and smoking Get plenty of sleepTake care of your oral health, see your dentistExercise RegularlyTake a prenatal vitamin (Prenatal's cont...

What is abortion?

Abortions can be completed medically or surgically depending on how many weeks pregnant the individual is. For those females who experience an abor...