Motherhood and Alcohol

 

I used to work in a pub with a barmaid called Pat.

She had her baby just after the war and every night her husband sneaked a bottle of Guinness in for her to drink. Hers was the only baby that sleep through the night. I met him when he was thirty and he was a well rounded individual, who drank very sensibly.

On a more serious side, I moderate a list for coeliacs. We have had I think three women get pregnant soon after going on a gluten-free diet. Is this because you’re getting all those healthy folates again and this helps conception?