Is it possible to smoke during pregnancy: why is smoking dangerous for a child and for bearing?

Smoking causes any organism, especially expectant mothers, great harm — this has long been proven. But still, many pregnant women, justifying their desire to smoke, try to find at least some confirmation that there is a safe way to smoke or a safe dose of tobacco.

Remember:

• There are no safe ways and doses for smoking. Even a few puffs can harm the health of mom and baby.
• Smoking should be stopped before pregnancy. If you do not have time, throw it immediately as soon as you see the stripes.
• Quitting smoking during pregnancy is not dangerous at all. The stress that the body will receive will be much less than smoking itself.

When the expectant mother puffs on a cigarette, the environment of the fetus, instead of the normal transparent, becomes smoke. The child begins to choke and cough. There is a vasospasm and oxygen starvation.

The development of the baby is most affected by the lack of oxygen if the mother continues to smoke. Very often, children are born prematurely, weighing 2500 g.

3. Shaping the heart

Smoking a woman in the first trimester of pregnancy carries the risk of having a baby with some heart pathology. Studies have shown that 70% of these children have an increased risk of congenital heart disease.

Smoking pregnant women may experience complications in the process of bearing a child, and for a newborn, the likelihood of various defects increases.

If you want to give birth to a healthy child, you need to quit smoking a year before conception. But it may happen that pregnancy is discovered suddenly when a girl smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. Then it is recommended to give up smoking very carefully. The very fact of pregnancy for the body is a great stress and you can not abruptly deprive him of nicotine, to which he is addicted.

Doctors advise quitting smoking for three weeks. At this time, the number of cigarettes smoked should be gradually reduced, the cigarette should not be smoked to the end. But if you can understand how bad nicotine is for your child, stop smoking as soon as possible.

According to experts, passive smoking causes no less harm than active smoking. An active smoker, inhaling a cigarette, inhales 20% of the harmful substances found in tobacco into the lungs. It releases all other components into the air.

If he smokes next to a pregnant woman, then within an hour she receives a full “dose” of a cigarette. As a result of research, it was found that women who were exposed to passive smoking had problems with conception or bearing. Their natural metabolic processes were disrupted, and the fetus received less oxygen. After birth, the child was underweight and hypoxic.

The consequences of passive smoking are:

• poor immunity;
• food allergy;
• weak lungs, which can lead to pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis;
• frequent illnesses in the first years of life.

As you can see, the irresponsible behavior of others can lead to sad results. When you are expecting a baby, do not smoke yourself and do not allow anyone to smoke in your presence.