All mothers-to-be, who are waiting for their babies desperately,
must take care if they are smokers. Your only priority is the
unborn baby and you must be attentive regarding his health. The
first thing you can do for your baby is to quit smoking. Several
problems can arise to your baby because of your smoking habits.
The unborn baby is at maximum danger of many kinds of diseases
because of your smoking habit. Every mother wants a healthy
baby. But, your smoking habit will never fulfill your wish and
it may harm your baby. Statistics show the considerable
increment of smoking among women in United States.
The woman who is a chain smoker, when she decides to have a baby
or when she is already expecting, should immediately quit
smoking. Quitting smoking will prove to be beneficial for you as
well as your baby. If a woman wants to quit smoking then
pregnancy is the best period to quit it. It is the time, when
your only priority is the baby and it would be easier for you to
quit it. During the early period of pregnancy, it would be tough
for you to quit smoking and you feel unwell. However, at the
same time it would be easier to quit also, as it will not taste
well to you.
Regarding baby's health, if you quit smoking before conceiving
then it would be much beneficial. During pregnancy, your body
should have no nicotine, as it will narrow down the blood
vessels. The blood vessels that are contracted because of
nicotine, also includes the placenta and the baby. It will be
better for your baby, if you even avoid any other replacement of
nicotine, such as patch or gum. All these things are a little
tough to you. But, if you make yourself mentally strong and do
certain planning, then definitely you are going to quit it. A
smoker woman if quits before conceiving then the weight of the
baby will be same as of the non-smoker woman's baby. Moreover,
if a smoker woman quits smoking during the initial phases of
pregnancy then your baby will be quite normal and you are saving
him from many severe diseases. After the birth of baby, do not
start smoking again. The baby is always closer to the mother and
indirectly you are passing all the bad effects of smoke into
him. So, never think that it is too late now to quit. Whenever
you feel that, I must quit now that is the best time to quit.
Some deadly diseases, which you are passing to your baby
directly, but unknowingly:
Abruption is caused because of nicotine that at an early period
separates fetus from placenta. This could also result in the
death of the baby.
Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels, which
are carrying food and oxygen to the baby. It also damages the
placenta, which is actually a link between mother and the baby.
Due to smoking of the mother, baby weighs less than the normal
baby does.
Your smoking habit will also degrade your child performance in
school. There is the danger of leukemia, due to mother's smoking
habit. There are also dangers of attack of pediatric asthma and
other kinds of allergies to the baby. There are also several
cases of Infant death due to smoking mother.
In spite of such a long list of bad effects on the baby, if the
mother still prefers to smoke then you must be ashamed of
yourself. Your smoking habit is killing you and your baby. So,
determine to quit smoking and bless your child with healthy and
long life.
About the author:
Tony Robinson is an ex-smoker, Webmaster and International
Author. Visit
http://www.quit-smoking-assist.com/ for his quit
smoking tips.
