How smoking puts your pregnancy in risk
Smoking is bad
for health. But for those who are used to it, can’t leave it easily. Nowadays,
many women do smoking. But if she is pregnant, smoking can be harmful to her
& the unborn. According to experts, Smoking stands at the top of various
dangerous situation during pregnancy.
Why smoking
during pregnancy is a lot more dangerous?
A single
cigarette contains about 4,000 harmful chemicals. Among them, the most
dangerous are cyanide, lead, nicotine, carbon monoxide and more than 60 cancer
causing materials. When a mother smokes, the components can be mixed with her
blood. Mother’s blood is the only means of oxygen and nutrients for the unborn
baby, which is getting poisonous by smoking. Nicotine and carbon monoxide is
responsible for almost all kinds of difficulties.
If the mother
is a smoker, the most commonly seen problems are giving birth of premature,
underweight or even dead baby. Cigarette contains nicotine and carbon monoxide
which reduces the oxygen supply to the unborn. Nicotine compressed blood
vessels and umbilical cord. In addition, the blood cells which was supposed to
carry oxygen, they carry carbon monoxide. As a result, the unborn baby disrupts
to breathing and dies.
Let
us know Damages of smoking for the unborn:
1. Shape and Weight of the Child: A study shows that the weight of
your child reduce by half a pound if you smoke 1 pack cigarette. And if you
take 2 packets, your baby lose 1 pound or more.
2. Child’s Body and Lungs: If your baby is underweight,
lungs will not work properly. Even your baby may have breathing problem. Baby
may get affected by asthma and infant disease syndrome if you smoke during
pregnancy.
3. Heart Problem: Study shows, the possibility of
being affected by heart disease of a child increase by 20- 70% if the mother is
a smoker. In this type of problem, blood circulation gets interrupted from
heart to lungs and upper opening of the heart.
4. Inefficient Brain: Your baby has to carry the bad
effects of you smoking for life time. Because they may have inefficient brain,
behavioral problem, learning inability and poor IQ.
What to Do:
Mentioned all
are undoubtedly threatening to your child. But if you quit smoking, it will be
the best gift to your baby.
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