Smoking during pregnancy

Smoking during pregnancy

Statistics show that approximately 25% of women are Smoking during pregnancy. However, they do not opposed to quit Smoking, but pregnancy is a great time to implement his plan. Why then is the issue of Smoking arises so acutely when the woman still thinking about motherhood? Well, we can say that the problems can begin another phase of conception, particularly in couples in which smoke a man and a woman.

The effect of Smoking on parents

It is already known that there is a strong decrease in reproductive function in women due to the effect of nicotine, this happens due to the fact that disturbed production of hormones required for pregnancy. Also women that smoke, slowing down transport of the fertilized egg in the fallopian tubes to the uterus. As for Smoking males, their sperm count is 15% lower than non-smokers. It should be noted that Smoking not only reduces the amount of produced sperm, but also reduces mobility of spermatozoa, and often leads to a change in their shape, and there is no mention of possible problems with potency, which occurs in smokers when damage to blood vessels responsible for blood supply to the genitals.

In the early stages of pregnancy in women increases the risk of miscarriage and in later pregnancy there is a risk of premature detachment of the placenta. The child in the womb gets all the necessary of course from her mother. All the necessary nutrients and oxygen to the baby receives through the placenta and the umbilical cord. Maternal Smoking leads to the fact that the child enters the toxic substances contained in tobacco smoke, it also disrupts the correct functioning of the placenta. Smoking has effects on the body, and part of the oxygen entering the blood is replaced by carbon monoxide. If a pregnant woman smokes, her blood, and naturally, in the blood of the child at much reduced oxygen content. This can lead to the fact that the fetus will be heart palpitations, as the fetus suffers from a great lack of oxygen.

The effects of Smoking on children

What are the possible problems in children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy? These children are most likely to be born prematurely, their weight will be less on average than children born to non-Smoking mothers is 200 g. Also these children have a weak immune system, thus they get sick more often. Children whose mothers smoked 15 or more cigarettes during pregnancy in the first ninemonths of life are twice as likely to get to the hospital. These children have a much greater risk of developing asthmatic bronchitis than children whose mothers did not smoke, children of smokers reduced lung function at birth. Many times increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome child. And of course, in these children there is a strong likelihood that in adult life they will join the army of smokers.