If mom can be as fit and well as possible at the time of conception, it reduces the risk of a birth defect.

Experience from high-income countries shows that overall mortality and disability from birth defects could be reduced by up to 70 percent if the recommendations in this report were broadly implemented.

They may try to argue that while there was some risk at 18 months, it was minimal and the real problem came at three years. That would push the bar back further just in time to defend themselves from claims by long-term users.

I was fully, fully aware of being on the edge the whole time. I was definitely taking a risk. Those are the kind of runs that are fun for me.

She probably would have gone back out there tonight. But why risk it at this point in time? To put her back out there would have been a big gamble.

We still have time to stop European Union states from building national barriers. If not, we risk the impact of August 1914.