Fɔ yu pikin in sef: Lɛ wi lan bɔt rɔm we yu gɛt bɛlɛ (Alcohol Use in Pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders)

Adu! Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan tɔpik we impɔtant to bɔku mama dɛn, ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin mek dɛn fred smɔl ɛn bɔku kwɛstyɔn dɛn. Dat min se fɔ drink rɔm we yu gɛt bɛlɛ. Yu go dɔn gɛt kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk ‘I fayn fɔ drink smɔl ɛvride?’, ‘A drink we a nɔ no, wetin a de du naw?’. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɔl dis klia wan ɛn simpul wan.

Wetin mek fɔ drink rɔm denja we uman gɛt bɛlɛ?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, if yu drink rɔm we yu gɛt bɛlɛ, da rɔm de go go insay yu blɔd ɛn pas dairekt tru di plasɛnta to yu pikin. Tink bɔt am lɛk se yu pikin de drink ɛnitin we yu de drink. Bɔt di prɔblɛm na dat, pan ɔl we yu bɔdi ebul fɔ tek rɔm, yu pikin in bɔdi we stil de divɛlɔp, mɔ in liva, nɔ ebul fɔ bia wit am atɔl. So dis kin rili ambɔg di pikin.

dis kin mek di pikin gεt sik dεm we dεn kכl Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) . Dis nכto wan kכndishכn, bכt na grup כf kכndishכn dεm we de kam togεda na difrεn lεvεl dεm. Di wan we bad pas ɔl na di Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) . Bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink se ‘fɔ drink smɔl nɔ bad’. Bɔt di tru tin na dat, nɔ ‘sef’ rɔm nɔ de we uman gɛt bɛlɛ. Ivin if yu drink smɔl, dat kin put di pikin pan denja.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin to di pikin?

Naw lɛ wi si wetin dis rɔm kin du to di pikin. Dis rili siriɔs pas aw yu tink.

• Prɔblɛm dɛn na di bɔdi: di pikin in fes chenj (fɔ ɛgzampul, di ɔpa lip we de drɔp, di say we de bitwin di yay dɛn we de smɔl), at prɔblɛm, kidni prɔblɛm, we i nɔ de si ɛn yɛri fayn, ɛn prɔblɛm wit in bon ɛn jɔyn dɛn kin apin. sכmtεm di pikin kin gεt rεdכks growth rεt bak, we min se dεn kin bכn di pikin wit lכw wet we dεn bכn am.
• Di tin dɛn we kin apin to di bren ɛn di nervɔs sistɛm: Dis na di wan we denja pas ɔl. Rɔk kin pwɛl di pikin in bren we de gro. Dis kin mek i nɔ ebul fɔ tink gud wan, i nɔ kin ebul fɔ lan, i kin mek i nɔ ebul fɔ mɛmba tin, ɛn i nɔ kin ebul fɔ pe atɛnshɔn.
• Prɔblɛm dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt pan di we aw dɛn de biev ɛn di we aw dɛn de liv wit ɔda pipul dɛn: Sɔm pikin dɛn kin sho se dɛn de du tin pasmak, dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol dɛn maynd fayn, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ spɛn tɛm wit ɔda pipul dɛn. Dɛn prɔblɛm ya kin kɔntinyu te i big.
• Ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn: Apat frɔm dat, if pɔsin drink rɔm we i gɛt bɛlɛ, i kin mek i gɛt mɔ bɛlɛ, i kin bɔn pikin we dɔn day, ɛn i kin gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) afta dɛn bɔn di pikin.

Kam tink bɔt am, nɔbɔdi nɔ go want sɔntin lɛk dis fɔ apin to di smɔl wan we wi de wet fɔ, nɔto so? Na dat mek wi nid fɔ bisin bɔt dis so.

Yu tink se i fayn fɔ drink smɔl wan wan tɛm?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin aks. ‘A nɔ de drink bɔku, i fayn fɔ drink smɔl glas wayn ɔ bia wan wan tɛm?’ i aks am. Fɔ tru, dis na tin we rili risky fɔ du.

Jɔs tink bɔt dat, ilɛksɛf yu drink rɔm smɔl, i izi fɔ pas tru di plasɛnta to yu pikin. Di prɔblɛm na dat, pan ɔl we yu bɔdi kin brok ɛn pul dis rɔm, yu pikin in smɔl bɔdi, mɔ in liva nɔ kin ebul. So di rɔm kin de na yu pikin in bɔdi fɔ lɔng tɛm pas aw i kin de na yu yon. Insay dis tɛm, di rɔm kin pwɛl yu pikin in bren we de divɛlɔp ɛn ɔda pat dɛn.

Binge drinking na we yu drink pas 4 drink wan tɛm. Dis kin rili denja we uman gɛt bɛlɛ. Bɔt dat nɔ min se if yu it smɔl ɔ smɔl, i nɔ bad. Nɔ, i nɔ de. No ‘safe limit’ nɔ de fɔ drink rɔm we uman gɛt bɛlɛ. So di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ lɛf fɔ drink ɔltogɛda.

"No 'sef amount' de fɔ drink we yu gɛt bɛlɛ. Ivin smɔl smɔl i kin ambɔg yu pikin."

Wetin a go du if a drink bifo a kam fɔ no se a gɛt bɛlɛ?

Dis na sɔntin we bɔku mama dɛn kin gɛt. I kin bi se i dɔn tek sɔm wiks we yu kam fɔ no se yu gɛt bɛlɛ. Sɔntɛm yu bin dɔn drink sɔm rɔm da tɛm de we yu nɔ bin no. Nɔ wɔri tumɔs bɔt am. Infakt, if yu bin drink smɔl drink wan ɔ tu tɛm bifo yu kam fɔ no se yu gɛt bɛlɛ, nɔ wɔri tumɔs bɔt am. Bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin gɛt big impak.

Bɔt, di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ nɔ drink ɔda drɔp rɔm frɔm di tɛm we yu kam fɔ no se yu gɛt bɛlɛ te yu bɛlɛ dɔn. Na di bɛst tin we yu go du fɔ yusɛf ɛn yu pikin.

If yu gɛt ɛni dawt ɔ wɔri bɔt dis, mek shɔ se yu tɔk to yu dɔktɔ. I kin gi yu di advays we yu nid.

Wetin a go du if a gɛt prɔblɛm wit rɔm?

Okay, naw mek wi tok abaut somtin we sensitiv likl. Sɔntɛm yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit di we aw yu de drink. Dat min se yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ kɔntrol di we aw yu de drink, ɔ yu de drink pas aw yu tink. Ɔ, yu tink se, ‘A kin gɛt prɔblɛm wit drink.’

We dis kayn tin apin, duya nɔ shem ɔ fred fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis. Dis rili impɔtant. We di dɔktɔ no di ditel dɛn bɔt ɔmɔs rɔm yu bin drink we yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn we yu bin drink am, i kin gɛt rough aidia bɔt di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin to di pikin ɛn du di tɛst dɛn we i nid.

Dɔn bak, yu dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ lɛf fɔ drink. Mɛmba se yu de du dis fɔ yusɛf ɛn fɔ di inosɛnt pikin we de na yu bɛlɛ. Fɔ aks fɔ ɛp nɔto sayn fɔ wikɛd, na sayn fɔ trɛnk.

Usay wi go ebul fɔ gɛt ɛp

Fɔ lɛf fɔ drink rɔm kin at fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn. Bɔt nɔto yu wangren de. We ɛn ples dɛn de fɔ gɛt ɛp.

• Yu dɔktɔ: Di fɔs pɔsin we yu fɔ tɔk to na yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ ɔbstetrician/gynecologist. Dɛn kin gi yu di gayd we yu nid, ɛn dɛn kin ivin rifer yu to wan fayn advays savis.
• Grup dɛm fɔ advays ɛn sɔpɔt: Spɛshal advaysa dɛn de wae kin ɛp yu fɔ stɔp fɔ drink ɛn dil wit de saykilɔjik prɔblɛm dɛm wae gɛt fɔ du wit am. Yu kin gɛt bɔku kɔmfɔt ɛn ɛnkɔrejmɛnt bak tru sɔpɔt grup dɛn usay pipul dɛn we de gɛt di sem prɔblɛm kin kam togɛda.
• Nashɔnal lɛvul institiushɔn dɛn: Sɔm kɔntri dɛn gɛt nashɔnal lɛvul institiushɔn dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt rɔm ɛn drɔgs. (Fɔ ɛgzampul, institiushɔn dɛn de lɛk di National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) na Amɛrika.) Yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ bak bɔt ples dɛn we de gi infɔmeshɔn ɛn savis dɛn bɔt dis na Sri Lanka.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na, nɔ wet fɔ lɔng tɛm fɔ aks fɔ ɛp. Tek dɛn step dɛn de fɔ mek yu ɛn yu pikin gɛt wɛlbɔdi tumara bambay.

Wetin na di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm dis stori?

Okay, so, frɔm ɔl wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, na sɔm tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba:

• Nɔ ‘sef’ amɔnt nɔ de fɔ drink rɔm we uman gɛt bɛlɛ. Ivin smɔl tin kin ambɔg di pikin.
• Frɔm di tɛm we yu kam fɔ no se yu gɛt bɛlɛ, di bɛst ɛn sef tin fɔ du na fɔ lɛf fɔ drink rɔm kpatakpata.
• Rɔk kin mek di pikin gɛt siriɔs wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn we go de na in layf, lɛk Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) .
• Ivin if yu bin de drink rɔm bifo yu kam fɔ no se yu gɛt bɛlɛ, nɔ wɔri tumɔs bɔt am, ɛn stɔp am kpatakpata naw.
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ kɔntrol di we aw yu de drink rɔm, nɔ shem ɛn go to dɔktɔ ɔ pɔsin we sabi advays yu fɔ ɛp yu. I go rili ɛp yu ɛn yu pikin.

Yu pikin in wɛlbɔdi fiuja de na yu an. If yu si se dis joyn at fɔ go tru yu wan, nɔ shek fɔ aks fɔ ɛp. Bebi we gɛt wɛlbɔdi frɔm mama we gɛt wɛlbɔdi!

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