Smoking During Pregnancy

2024 Author: Rachel Wainwright | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 07:39

Pregnancy is a wonderful time, full of not only expectations, anticipation of happiness, pride, but also responsibility. Many expectant mothers deliberately harm their baby, not wanting to quit smoking - believing that the cessation of intoxication of the body can cause even more harm to the body. Yes, or simply not intending to test their own willpower. However, there is no need to prove the danger of such a bad habit as smoking - you just need to read the composition of the cigarette on any of the packs.

Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide, which causes a lack of oxygen in all tissues of the mother's body, and therefore her baby. Tar, nicotine, benzopyrene, radioactive substances, together with carbon monoxide, cause vasospasm in the unborn person, poisoning the developing organism. Smoking during pregnancy causes the fetus to choke and cough while still in the womb, experiencing severe oxygen deprivation.

Smoking during pregnancy can provoke premature birth, miscarriage, delayed child development, weight loss, heartbeat disorders, as well as many other ailments - tangible and threatening. Also, children whose mothers "dabbled" with a cigarette during pregnancy at the age of 4-5 years old may develop mental disorders: poor memorization of information, nursery rhymes, songs. They often get sick and develop worse than their peers. An overly excitable nervous system in a child can also be the result of the mother's smoking "in position".

So, the doctors' verdict is unambiguous: quit smoking! It is believed that if a woman smoked before pregnancy, then it is impossible to abruptly stop smoking, since the body of the expectant mother will experience severe stress, and this will negatively affect the health of the baby. However, a daily dose of nicotine can do much more harm to a child. When planning a baby, give up smoking a few months before conception - this way you eliminate harmful effects on the fetus. If you have already conceived, quit cigarettes immediately - because no one can tell how smoking during pregnancy will affect your baby.

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