If you’re pregnant, Australian guidelines say you should avoid alcohol completely during pregnancy and an increasingly large body of research is mounting to prove that this is the best approach.

The most recent research emerged out of the US, where alcohol exposure has been linked to poor sleep.

Researchers used lab mice and injected them with alcohol. They noticed that mice injected with alcohol a week after birth, the equivalent to 3 months of alcohol exposure in the womb, did not get as much slow wave sleep as the other mice.

Slow wave sleep is restorative and turns events into long lasting  memories. The alcohol exposed mice were also hyperactive and had memory problems.

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