5 Smoking Facts Pregnant Mothers Should Know
68Smoking has been known to affect the unborn children of pregnant mothers. It is popular knowledge that women who are with child should not smoke. However, the reasons for this have not been explained well. Also, not a lot of studies have been done on the effects of cigarette smoking on unborn children. Here are some smoking facts pregnant women should consider before lighting a cigarette.
1.) Cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause health problems to the born child.
One of the reasons why pregnant women should not smoke during pregnancy is that it can cause premature birth. It also has a direct link to children's susceptibility to respiratory diseases. Also, it has been observed that babies of mothers who smoked during pregnancy are lighter than the babies of non-smokers. It was also proven that the the heart rate of infants of mothers who smoked during pregnancy have a heart rate that is 30% higher than those with non-smoking mothers. These are the primary smoking facts pregnant women must consider before lighting a cigarette.
2.) Cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause ADHD.
Apparently, the effects of cigarette smoking on children during pregnancy are not limited to a child's physical qualities. It can also affect a child's mental health. According to a medical study, mothers who smoked an average of 14 cigarettes during pregnancy tend to give birth to "hyperkinetic" children. This effect is dosage-dependent, meaning mothers who smoke an average of 6 cigarettes have a higher chance of giving birth to normal children. The researchers speculated that this was caused by the pile up of carbon monoxide in the fetal blood stream that lead to a significant decrease in the oxygen brought to the developing infant. As a matter of fact, the infant is exposed to a higher level of carboxyhemoglobin, the substance that depletes the oxygen in the body and has caused deaths to people who have inhaled too much carbon monoxide. As a matter of fact, this has been used as a method of suicide by some people.
3.) Cigarette smoking during can affect a child's future academic performance.
Although it may seem like something that is impossible at the moment, pregnant mothers have to take note of this smoking fact. Cigarette smoking during pregnancy can affect the child's academic performance in the future. In this study, over 9,000 children were given some tests to evaluate their math ability and reading ability. According to the results of the study, children of mothers who smoked 10 or more cigarettes a day during pregnancy had lower scores in these tests as compared to children whose mothers didn't smoke any cigarettes while they were pregnant.
4.) Cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause behavior problems.
Another smoking fact to think about is that severe child behavior problems is one of the effects of cigarette smoking. In a study conducted in California, it was shown how the number of cigarettes a pregnant mother smokes each day can affect the behavior of her child when he or she becomes older. The children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy tend to exhibit disobedience and have a higher tendency to have conflicts with others as compared to children of non-smokers.
5.) Cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause complications during birth.
Not only does smoking during pregnancy cause problems in the unborn child's physical or mental health, it can also cause some complications during the birth of the baby as well as the development of the fetus. Pregnant smokers have a huge risk of having an ectopic pregnancy wherein the embryo becomes implanted in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus. It can also double the risk of placental complications which can also endanger the mother during birth.
With these smoking facts to consider, mothers should start thinking about stopping smoking for a while. Perhaps, the nine months of cigarette-free lifestyle will even help them quit smoking for good.
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I used to smoke and my child didnt make it because i smoked. i finally have stopped smoking but its hard to get over that its my fualt i didnt have a baby. So now im on a mission to let everyone know that it is just heartbreaking to know that you killed your baby. So if you smoke and your pregent you should try very hard to stop but i know its very addictive!!!!!!!!!!1
Im doing a report on smoking and if there is anything i have found out its that it just seems stupid to smoke!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i just dont understand why people do it!! I mean all these people are getting cancer and dying but i dont understand why they started in the first place!!!! I know peer presure plays a big roll but why care what other people think. People also do it to be cool but it doesnt look cool to smoke it looks nasty and makes you smell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think this website is good to awear people of the dangers of smoking when pregnant. it could stop thousands of women from smoking when pregnant ! GOOD ON YOU !
I THINK THIS WEBSITE WILL HELP THOUSANDS OF UNBORN CHILDREN FROM HAVING DIFFICYLTIES WHEN THEY ARE BORN BECAUSE OF MOTHERS SMOKING WILL UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF SMOKING WHEN PREGNANT
! KEEP IT UP !
i think it is great that there letting pregnant women know about the dangers of smoking when pregnant
I wish my wife would quite smoking - she 5 months along - and a nurse..
your wifes retarded
PUT PICTURES OF A PREGNANT MOTHER WHO IS SMOKING...
what about one cigarette a day?
in my experience most women dont beleive this stuff they have a cant see it cant hurt it attitude
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I am really sick of you people..I have asked my DOCTOR, SOMEONE WHO HAS AN EDUCATION AND A DEGREE ABOUT SMOKING, When I was showing him some of these posts he rolled his eyes. THE ONLY PROVEN FACT IS IT MAKES THE BABY SMALLER AND THAT IS EVEN DEBATABLE..GET YOUR FUCKING FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE RUNNING YOUR MOUTHS. WHAT THE HELL did they do back in the day????? dumb ass's.
So I guess you are one of the people that smoked while they were pregnant, is that why you are so angry with your comment? Too many parent's today are so ridiculously selfish that when they make a decision to carry a child they can't get over themselves enough to stop smoking? Regardless what data there is or isn't according to your "doctor" it is a proven medical fact that smoking is fatal to humans, so with that knowledge how are you able to even justify taking the risk with your unborn baby....that's interesting to me. Would you take crack while you were pregnant, would you inhale pesticides if there wasn't medical data from your "doctor" to show that it was bad for your unborn child? I have two children, I was a smoker and as soon as I decided to get pregnant I stopped smoking, so I can have an opinion on others who don't.....THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR IT, NO JUSTIFICATION THAT YOU CAN TRY TO PACIFY YOURSELF WITH TO MAKE IT OKAY, PERIOD.
I really think instead of all you guys swearing at taking you prenatal emotions out on the pregnant mothers who are struggling to quit smoking ..... rather give advise!!!! I am 4w2d and I am a smoker I went from 20cig a day to 3 a day..... it is never easy to quit!!! Rather help and motivate than criticize.
today my sister told me she was driving to her pregnant friends house to take her a pack of cigarettes. i couldnt believe my ears, i smoked for 10 years before i got pregnant and without a second thought i put them down when the stick said "your pregnant". i dont believe its criticizing, i think its caring. there are people out here that are truely sickened by you weak woman out there that cant get it together and quit being a selfish ninny. be a respectful proud mother. we are given the gift to create new life so lets not complicate it before it ever begins. oh and p.s totally agree with monicas comment, i think you nailed it on the head girl...they smoked while pregnant or they wouldnt be so defensive...
I have found out Im 5 weeks, and i smoked a pack a day and now i have cut back to 1-3 a day...I bought the nasty cigs i dont smoke and that helped but my spouse is more determined for me to just quit and i think that makes me hide and want to smoke just one more. Im so scared of what it could do to the baby, but a 7 year habit is just that an adictive habit...Im tryin but i just need the will power and encouragment!
im 5 weeks and still smoking in secret from my partner - i feel so ashamed! I was smoking before I found out and then somehow carried on - we were desperate for a baby, then it happened - a massive miracle and a huge shock - I have a few left and then that is it - I couldnt forgive myself if i kill the baby!
im 5 weeks and still smoking in secret from my partner - i feel so ashamed! I was smoking before I found out and then somehow carried on - we were desperate for a baby, then it happened - a massive miracle and a huge shock - I have a few left and then that is it - I couldnt forgive myself if i kill the baby!
I cant ell you how guilty I feel. I am 11 weeks pregnant and have stoppped smoking... I cant believe how hard it was for me not too I am overloaded with stress which is my main problem and why I started over a year ago.. My son I smoked maybe 3 cigs when I was prego and my daughter I didnt smoke at all... I have never been aan avid smoker just the social smoker I guess you could say but I do know that any smokin gis bad and ive tried to quit and really its mind over matter because you can tell yourself no you can tell people not to smoke or have cigarettes around you which if you smoke is awful when your partner does and your not suppose too.. I knwo im kind of ranting but I dont want you to get me wrong smoking period is bad enough and we all know it but for every pregnant women who is smoking I want to tell you I knwo its hard dont let others get you down keep trying and if it helps research whats in cigarette smoke or here Ill tell you... THERE ARE 4000 DIFFERENT CHEMICALS IN CIGARETTES THE ONES YOU MIGHT KNIOW OF ARE AMMONIA, EMBALMING FLUID,CARBON MONOIXDE, ARSENIC WHICH IS RAT POISON,ACETONE, TAR , AND BENZENE... I KNOW ITS HARD BUT WHEN YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE GIVING TO YOUR BABY IT SHOULD BE EASY TO QUIT IT WAS FOR ME...
Its hard to quit, but if you think of the baby you can do it, I smoked prior to 3 of my pregancies and quit cold turkey when I found out I was pregnant.
everyone donot feel bad about ur addiction it is not that easy to just go cold turkey and quit, u have to just lower ursmoking until u can eventually quit. but 4 all those dirty bitches out there who got something smart to u need to mind ya fuckin buisiness
I am 5.5 weeks pregnant and just cant put my cigs down. I have desperately tried. I am now gorging in food to try to stop the cravings. Doc said to slowly cut back and eventually quit.I want to quit right now. Does anyone have any advise on quitting?
bethkiley says:
2 years ago