HealthInfo Waitaha Canterbury
Even small amounts of alcohol can harm your pēpi (baby). This is because alcohol can affect your baby's developing brain. Although this doesn't always happen (which explains why some pregnant women have the odd drink without apparent harm to their pēpi), it's impossible to know when your pēpi will be harmed and when it will not.
Therefore, it's safest not to take the risk of drinking any alcohol while you're pregnant.
HealthInfo recommends the following pages
Do not know? Do not drink is a campaign encouraging women to stop drinking alcohol if there is any chance they could be pregnant. This page has a video, a brochure and some posters.
Information on the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed December 2021.
Review key: HIPRC-41255