Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Video Analysis

The video I watched was about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and how other illicit drugs affect babies. There was various women in this video that spoke about their experiences, on thing I observed is how many of them had no idea that they were pregnant. In addition, one individual realized she as pregnant when she was seven months into the pregnancy, she was experiment with multiple drugs, from cocaine to heroin. She never saw her child, the baby was immediately taken away and placed under intensive care unit. What surprised me the most was the fact that she was “unaware” of her pregnancy. My best guess is that this individual was too high to notice any of her surroundings. Moreover, the video then introduces a very common, legal yet very dangerous drug, alcohol of course. …show more content…
In the video two pictures were presented, one of a healthy baby and one with fetal alcohol syndrome the main difference was the size, the FAS brain was smooth whereas the healthy baby brain had the grooves, bumps and holes. The grooves on the brain represent brain cells therefore, an FAS brain lacks them greatly and once the damage is done it cannot mend, the brain cells have been killed and cannot replaced again. In addition a baby with FAS will have distinct features like smaller eyes and eyelids that droop, along with thinner lips and an upturned short nose. One statement that is made clear in the video is that there is no safe amount of alcohol, this is stated because there are still people that believe that only hard liquor is dangerous, however even a small glass of wine is just as detrimental. In addition, one thing all the women expressed was the guilt of knowing the damage they caused. They have to continue living knowing that they could have had a healthy child, capable of moving and learning instead the baby was lost or born with