At the moment when a pregnant woman takes a puff, toxic substances immediately enter the amniotic fluid through the placenta. They become cloudy, at the same time there is a spasm of the cerebral vessels and oxygen starvation in the child. The result is premature and difficult childbirth, a newborn's body weight of up to 2500 g, small stature, reduced head circumference, chest, frequent health problems.
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The harm of smoking in the early stages
This is the most crucial period in the life of the fetus. In the first weeks, all vital organs are at the stage of inception. Their development depends entirely on a sufficient supply of nutrients to the placenta. But together with the necessary vitamins, microelements, tar, nicotine and other poisons come. This has an extremely negative effect on the further development of organs and systems.
- One pack of cigarettes a day provokes intrauterine fetal death and increases the risk of having an extremely low birth weight by 30%;
- A pack of cigarettes combined with alcohol increases the risk of miscarriage by 4.5 times;
- The risk of sudden infant death increases by 30%. Especially the twins;
- Excessive doses of nicotine before conception increase the risk of miscarriage by 10 times.
From the 4th week, the pancreas, intestines, genitals, vision and smell, limbs are formed. It is not surprising that it is among pregnant smokers that blind, deaf children are most often born later, and even with pathology of the development of legs and arms.
Impact of smoking in late pregnancy
Smoking in the second half of pregnancy can provoke severe toxicosis in the mother. The child develops oxygen starvation, which in the future will lead to endless bronchitis, bronchial asthma and acute respiratory diseases.
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The consequences of smoking
Placental pathology
Carcinogenic toxic substances and resins immediately penetrate the placenta, causing irreversible changes in it. This leads to abnormal development of the fetus. miscarriages, stillbirth.
Hypoxia
Oxygen starvation leads to a delay and pathology in the development of the baby's nervous and respiratory systems. In the future, this will manifest itself in a high incidence, coughs, pneumonia, and the formation of blood clots in the brain.
Addiction to nicotine
In the overwhelming majority of cases, a mother, who has not found the strength to get rid of nicotine addiction, children begin to smoke very early. Back in high school. Also, statistics confirm: the daughters of such mothers are 5 times more likely to become drug addicts.
Reproductive system problems
Sons suffer the most because nicotine inhibits sperm production. They become inactive, have an abnormal shape. Tobacco smoking causes cryptorchidism. This is when the testicles do not fall into place. It also destroys the Y chromosome. If you do not need an heir and do not want to have grandchildren, then smoke for health.
Developmental defects
There is a very high risk of giving birth to a baby with a heart defect, pathology of the nasopharynx (cleft lip, cleft palate), strabismus, mental anomaly, Down syndrome.
Huge risk of sudden infant death
Proven fact: Smoking during pregnancy provokes 19% more fetal freezing, 30% more stillbirths and 22% more sudden deaths during the perinatal period.
How smoking during pregnancy will affect the baby in the future
- One third of children develop diabetes before adulthood;
- Another third are obese from school;
- Children more often than others lag behind their classmates in their studies, it is much more difficult for them to learn to read and write;
- Hyperactivity, restlessness, often mental problems;
- Oxygen starvation provokes mental retardation;
- High risk of suicidal tendencies from an early age;
- Drug addiction and antisocial behavior is more common than in children whose mothers led a healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy;
- Girls are much more likely to become infertile, and boys are often diagnosed with sperm pathology, their immobility.
Effects of secondhand smoke on a child
Even if the expectant mother does not smoke, but is often in a smoky room, she and the baby in the womb are also in danger. Secondhand smoke can cause many health problems.
- Abnormal development of the fetus.
- Abnormalities in the structure of internal organs.
- Premature birth.
- Stillbirth.
- Underweight of the newborn.
- Delayed infant development.
- Frequent and chronic bronchitis.
- Asthmatic attacks.
- Heart disease.
- Leukemia.
- Frequent acute respiratory infections.
- Diabetes.
Show this list to your husband or those closest to you who smoke. Are they ready for similar problems in the unborn child? And after giving birth, there will be one more passive smokers. Even tightly closed balcony doors will not become a reliable barrier to smoke. One hour spent in a closed room, in which one smokes, is equal to a whole pack of self-smoked cigarettes. For this reason, think twice before going to a coffee shop where smoking is allowed.
The effect of smoking on the body of a pregnant woman
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- Toxicosis in the early and late stages;
- Complications of pregnancy and childbirth;
- Problems with the gastrointestinal tract;
- Vitamin C deficiency, which leads to metabolic disorders;
- Decreased immunity;
- Depressive states;
- Phlebeurysm;
- Dizziness;
- Migraine.
How to prepare for pregnancy if a woman smokes for a long time
Nicotine is completely eliminated from the body one year after the last cigarette you smoke. So if you want to have a healthy baby, quit smoking right now. Take a multivitamin, sign up for a gym - preparing your muscles and the whole body for gestation and childbirth is very important. It will not be superfluous to go to a balneological resort, to undergo a full course of treatment with mineral water. Pass all tests, undergo fluorography in advance. Try to eat healthy, freshly prepared foods.
Nicotine has a detrimental effect not only on the female body. Male potency also suffers from this poison. If you want to have healthy and strong offspring, quit smoking with your husband or partner. Experience has shown that it is much easier to quit smoking when a couple does it at the same time.
Unlike the female, the male body recovers much faster. It is enough for a man not to smoke for 3 months to completely get rid of nicotine in his blood.
Some tips on how to quit smoking
- Don't throw abruptly;
- In the first week, halve the number of cigarettes you smoke;
- In the second week, switch to lightest;
- Take a few puffs and put out the cigarette. This will help reduce nicotine hunger;
- In the third week, smoke only as a last resort;
- If you follow the previous tips, you will no longer want to smoke in the fourth week.
The health of the unborn child is completely in your hands. Believe me, it is much easier to give up cigarettes than to constantly wander around the hospitals and collect money on social networks for complex and expensive operations for a seriously ill baby!
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