Three Shocks and We're Out

Another week, another report about the effects of drinking in pregnancy. Shock number one: the children born to women who drink one or glasses a week aren't pigeon-toed mouth breathers. Shock number Two: it never occurs to any of these researchers that most people lie about their alcohol intake. Do the (very few) women who neck three double-vodkas a day through their first trimester actually own up? Or - Shock Three - do they only admit to having had the odd one? Conclusion: no-one knows anything. But, in an age without common sense, an endless rolling tide of 'guidance' is apparently all we have.