Pregnancy and smoking

Why is it dangerous to smoke during pregnancy?

The fetus will get everything that the mother takes. Gets oxygen and nutrients through the placenta and umbilical cord. If the mother smokes, the fetus is exposed to toxins (poisonous substances) present in the smoke of snuff.

During pregnancy, the pregnant woman is creating a new life and she's just deciding whether to smoke or leave the snuff . However, you have to think very seriously that this decision will not only affect her and those around you, it can seriously compromise the health of their unborn child that depends entirely on what the mother does. The first passive smoking is his own son.

Pregnancy or desire to get pregnant is a great time to quit smoking, both for the sake of the mother and the health of the unborn child.

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What changes produces snuff in the body?

Smoking cigarettes of the oxygen in the blood is replaced by carbon monoxide. If the mother continues to smoke, blood and fetus will have an oxygen level below normal.

The particles snuff smoke contains many toxic substances that alter the blood's ability to perform its function in a proper and normal. This can affect the placenta, why your future child is fed.

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What can cause damage to the fetus snuff?

Babies born to smoking mothers:

Moreover, pregnant women who smoke increase the risk of miscarrying . In the later stages of pregnancy, pregnant women who smoke have a higher risk of placental abruption. This can cause premature birth, fetal asphyxia by lack of oxygen and even death in utero.

This implies an increased risk of complications during childbirth and pregnancy for both the mother and her unborn child.

• They are more likely to be born prematurely and underweight. This implies greater risk of future complications and hospital stays.
• Typically they weigh an average of 200 grams. below the average of the children of nonsmoking mothers with similar characteristics.
• They have twice the risk of sudden death of the infant. There seems to be a direct link between the cases of sudden death and parental smoking (both father and mother). Toxic substances contained in snuff, besides being in the air that we breathe, the clothes we accompany our hands in the air or let go with our breathing.
• Sick more often than children with nonsmoking parents. Go to the doctor and have to be hospitalized more frequently than children of nonsmoking parents. This also implies a greater number of days lost schooling .
• In his early years of life suffer more diseases as inflammations of the middle ear , cough and persistent bronchitis . The number of children with asthma is higher among smokers parents.
• They are more likely to become smokers as adults. Note that very young children are the best imitators that exist in the behavior of adults.

How to leave snuff?

It's never too late to quit. Life is no longer with each cigarette smoked. Every cigarette is an aid to removed the fetus. The damage caused by the snuff can recover, provided it is not too late.

Currently therapies nicotine replacement (NRT) with gum and patches in pregnant women is not recommended. However, the US Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research supports the use of NRT during pregnancy in cases of smokers who are unable to quit. It has yet to be conclusive.

The proven experience shows that the advice given by skilled health personnel able to duplicate snuff cessation by pregnant women.

Leaving the snuff is the most important thing a mother can take for their health and that of her unborn child. Pregnant women can get support and help to quit smoking through the midwife, gynecologist or family doctor.

Think only on the particular day, "Today we are not going to smoke nor my unborn child." Remember that smoking cessation necessarily involves not only the fact of not smoking, but also have to avoid smoking or stay indoors where smoking. Exercise your rights and those of her unborn child.