h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

hi zoomer,

A well-written and informative piece (imho). There was one thing here:

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Should there be an 'and' after 'deficits'? Also I wondered if the title should include the meaning of FASD.

I am surprised that there is 'no known safe level of alcohol consumption' during pregnancy. One of my friends used to swear by a nightly glass of to relax her when she was pregnant and her baby was born totally healthy. My mother is an alcoholic and presumably drank quite a bit during her pregnancies. And while some of us *may* show some symptoms of ARND, these symptoms seem rather general and could also be related to other causes.

Happily it seems to be a growing trend these days to give up all alcohol during pregnancy.


az

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excellent work zoomer, very factual and concisely written. Well done - I hope it gets into the edited guide quickly.

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hi sweetie,

I did pop over there but they are all using big words and stuff so I don't feel like I have anything to add.

az

And I was hoping I wasn't getting too technical! I think if it's to wordy or whatever that is my fault because the whole point was me trying to explain that which I had read and understood myself. Oh, well...

Oh, and the the extra *and* isn't extra because the *impaired* is a modifier for the remaining words. There! That's some big words fer ya!