Smoking And Pregnancy
Smoking has been a major problem for women who are pregnant because it is hard to quit when a women is pregnant so some women continue smoking with the innocent baby inside them that is inhaling all the poison she takes through her mouth. More than 4,000 babies would have survived each year in the US if pregnant women did not smoke.
Smoking has also been known to cause slow foetal growth it also increases the risk of preterm delivery. 
Image via Wikipedia Premature and low weight babies which have an increased risk of serious health problems and other problems such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation and learning problems), and even death.
Smoking while pregnant causes the baby’s weight to be very low for his health which can cause death to the baby or other health problems so women are supposed to stop smoking during their pregnancy in order to protect their unborn child.
Some pregnant women seem to be careless these days by smoking while having a baby, I know that is very hard to quit smoking while pregnant because of the symptoms that occur when quitting smoking, but you should plan before getting pregnant you should have quit smoking before getting pregnant, the child is your responsibility.
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Can Smoking Affect A Women’s Fertility?
Studies had proven that the women’s fertility can be affected even before being pregnant and they may have trouble conceiving more then other women who are non smokers.
So if a women is planning to get pregnant she should have a plan on quitting smoking before being pregnant because it is really hard to stop smoking while you are pregnant but it is possible to quit smoking while pregnant here are some ways to quit smoking while being pregnant:
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Nicotine patches:
Consult your family doctor and see if you will be able to use nicotine patches and gums (so they can supply you with nicotine instead of using the cigarette) nicotine gums can be good especially when you crave for cigarette it can help you satisfy your physical craving for cigarettes there are also many other nicotine chewing sweets to take when feeling the craving of cigarettes, it all depends on your nicotine intake that you used to take before try lowering your nicotine intake a bit in a while until you reach to zero nicotine intake that’s how it works.
Above all avoid smoking while being pregnant it is the worst thing that you can do to an unborn baby it’s your child that is going to suffer for something he didn’t do so please avoid smoking while pregnant for the sake of your child.
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September 15th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
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