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A patient says she drank during her last pregnancy and nothing happened to her child and does not see the point in abstaining from drinking in her current pregnancy. What do I say?

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A patient says she drank during her last pregnancy and nothing happened to her child and does not see the point in abstaining from drinking in her current pregnancy. What do I say?

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Remind the patient that every pregnancy is different. Some pregnant women can consume just one or two drinks and affect their baby more than another woman who drank frequently. Just because a woman has one healthy baby does not ensure that her other children will be as fortunate.