It’s well known that smoking during pregnancy is unhealthy for both mom and baby, but new research is showing that smoking during pregnancy may also put a child at risk for long term health problems.
Smoking during pregnancy affects your and your baby's health before, during, and after your baby is born. The nicotine, carbon monoxide, lead, arsenic, and numerous other poisons you inhale from a cigarette are carried through your bloodstream and go directly to your baby. Smoking while pregnant will:
- Lower the amount of oxygen available to you and your growing baby
- Increase your baby's heart rate
- Increase the chances of miscarriage and stillbirth
- Increase the risk that your baby is born prematurely and/or born with low birth weight
- Increase your baby's risk of developing respiratory problems
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