Are these Britain's most shameful mums?....

its so bad and selfish that people can drink and take drugs when pregnant! as they are not only damaging themselves there damaging a poor childs health and life. its so sad how innocent children suffer from the mistakes there parents made !! it needs to stop now

i agree, some mothers have no idea what they are doing to their child or blatently dont care. Some even say my midwife said it does more damage to stop smoking completely she said to cut down. No what the midwife meant was that she has no chance of convincing you to stop smoking altogether so at least cut down. You have failed as a mother to start with if you cant even look after your child and keep it healthy BEFORE its even born. If a woman cant be bothered to stop drinking , smoking, taking drugs what chance has the child got when its born and what sort of life is it going to have. druggys and alcoholics are selfish people so they can never put their children first cause if they could they would!!! If you cant put your children first then dont have them!!

it really disgusted me, those more children! and i cant believe that one of them is expecting another child! if you cant take care and be a parent to the ones you already have why have another??

Its a disgrace there a people out there dreaming to have children of there own who would do everything right throughout there pregnancy then you get the I don't give a dam what I do. When they look at that heart beating on the scan does that not trigger something inside to do the best you can to keep your little one safe and healthy I guess they have no heart I am a mother to 4boys I had so many parties, bdays, events while I was pregnant but I never touched a drop I even got engaged whilst pregnant but was happy to toast it with a glass of coke and ice these ladys shouldn't be allowed to fall pregnant at all

I could not agree with you guys more. Many years ago I ripped into a pregnant woman who was drinking and smoking cannabis. Her argument was "It was her body and baby and could do what she wanted" I asked her how many cigs and cans of booze would she give to the baby once it was born. She looked at me as if I was a evil and said "None you moron, I'd never do that" My reply was "Why not, you're giving it plenty of alcohol, nicotine and drugs now, why stop when it's born" She promptly burst into tears and put the cig out and poured the beer away.

I quite agree that people should be discouraged from drinking too much, but I think we should be able to do things in moderation. I don't think it's a particularly good thing for a parent or child if the parent has to sublimate every desire for the sake of a child. It should be remembered that in the not too distant past most people used to smoke and drink in moderation and I don't remember any children suffering for it. It seems to me we live in a nanny state where we can't drink, smoke, eat or even throw snowballs because of health and safety. What a life! i do sympathise with your point about a child getting alcoholic poisoning and weighing only 4lbs at birth (thats awful)but it just seems that poor pregnant women can't have any fun. Live a little!