Smoking and Pregnancy
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Video Description:Smoking during pregnancy affects fetal development - and pregnancy smoking is bad for mom too. If you're a smoker, it might be time to put those cigarettes aside - if not for yourself, then for your baby.
Transcript:Up to 13 percent of women still smoke during their pregnancies. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, all of which enter the blood stream and head straight for your baby. Two of these in particular—carbon monoxide and nicotine—narrow the blood vessels in the umbilical cord. Since this is the baby’s source of oxygen, when this happens it becomes much harder for him to “breathe.” Oxygen deprivation in the womb can lead to stillbirth, premature delivery, low birth weight, learning disorders and a lower IQ. If you’re a non-smoker, but your partner lights up, your baby is still subjected to serious risks. In fact, the CDC says that women exposed to secondhand smoke have a 20 percent greater chance of delivering underweight babies than women who aren’t exposed. Even women who spend a great deal of time around wood fires may experience similar negative effects due to inhalation of carbon monoxide. This risk, however, is smaller than the risk of smoking, and not something to be worried about if it occurs in moderation. If you’re pregnant and can’t stop smoking, talk to your doctor about quitting. If you can do so by week 14, you’re about as likely as anyone to have a healthy baby!
Category:Pregnancy Health/Pregnancy Precautions
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Comments
b.jackson 5 days ago
yes, i am in the same boat that you are in, just look at it like this if you don't won't no stillborn,lowbirth, stop then i just learned that today and as of right now i have 4 or 5 smokes left after these is gone im going cold turkey. every time you smoke you make it hard for for your baby to breath, so take heed to what i just said because we have to think of are unborn baby's and not are self's this is to GODchild and to laogrl106
laogrl06 3 weeks ago
im going thriugh the same problem
godschild 6 months ago
Im tyring to stop smoking but its very hard what do i do?? how do i quit??
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