How guidelines on drink have changed

PREGNANT women were once allowed one or two small glasses of wine once or twice a week, under Department of Health advice.

But in 2016 Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies said they should abstain completely.

Doctors say mothers who drink put their babies at risk of problems such as stunted growth, premature birth, miscarriage and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Research published in January revealed that 28.5 per cent of pregnant women in the UK drink alcohol despite knowing they are expecting.