The American journal on addictions

Background and objectivesWomen's use of alcohol in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal loss and birth defects. Also, alcohol use in women decreases the success of infertility treatment, such as in vitro fertilization (IV…

Clinicians may wish to use the T-ACE, a screening instrument for prenatal risk drinking, for their infertile patients. Twenty-eight T-ACE negative and 23 T-ACE positive women presenting to an academic infertility clinic completed two interv…