If the mother smokes during pregnancy, she will hurt her, but also to the baby. A baby born to a smoking mother has: More likely to be abnormal in some way or another than the other babies; More likely to have a defective placenta; Twice as likely to be born prematurely; Three times more likely to be born with low weight (even if born at term); More likely than other babies to die during their first year of life (SIDS)
Do not make the mistake of thinking that delivering a smaller child is easier. A smaller baby implies less strength to cope with labor and childbirth, and is more likely to die at that time. And born small can affect their health even during his adult life.
In what way smoking harms your baby - Each time you pull on a cigarette, the gas that it inspires is carbon monoxide. This gas interferes with the transport of oxygen in the blood and oxygen supply to your baby is reduced.Without a good supply of oxygen, the growth of your baby may be affected.
The nicotine in cigarettes is also harmful to a teen mother ,or a mother of any age . It constricts blood vessels in the placenta, which further reduces the amount of oxygen and nutrients that reach your baby. Nicotine also has the effect of speeding up the heartbeat of your baby. Recent studies have shown that nicotine from each cigarette smoked by the mother through the baby and is concentrated in the fluid in which it floats.
While smoking cigarettes with less nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar, it is possible to slightly reduce the effects of smoking on your baby. For many women, smoking has a small leak from the pressures of life every day, and stopping is not easy. But for the sake of your baby you should encourage him to do, or at least diminish.It is never too late to stop when you are pregnant, or to reduce the number or strength of cigarettes. Your baby will feel the benefits immediately.
And of course if you, the future father, a smoker, you should also make the effort to stop, to support the mom of one hand and to minimize the passive smoke. Alcohol crosses the placenta and reaches your baby quickly, and drinking heavily during pregnancy can harm your baby.
If the mother drinks more than six units of alcohol per day during her pregnancy, the risk of harming the baby is very high. It may be born with impaired vision, hearing, and in its future ability to learn. Drinking between two and six units of alcohol a day can lead to reduced forms of these handicaps. Smoking, poor nutrition and drug use increase the risk of having a baby with these problems.