Changing the stigma: Mother shares her story of substance abuse while pregnant
KXXV
and last updated 2021-01-27 18:39:11-05
Every year, between 800 and 8,000 babies are born with fetal alcohol syndrome. It s a statistic that is 100% preventable when mothers in need find the right support.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a disorder that impacts the physical, psychological, and behavioral side of a child through adulthood, and is with them forever.
One Texan mother, Amber Church, shared her story in hopes of changing the fear many women have to seek help. When you are that deep into addiction, you don t want anything more than that, and no one likes to admit it. No one likes to say, I cared more about drugs than I cared about my child, she said.