| Pregnancy is a termed used for women who are | | | | damage might also leave lifelong effects on the baby |
| carrying off springs known as embryo inside their | | | | like increased cancer chances, complications in birth |
| wombs. Pregnancy usually is a very special time during | | | | weight and survival chances. If a mother is smoking |
| which a woman experiences many changes inside her | | | | while pregnant then it can lead to many complications |
| body. This experience might be very painful, but once | | | | during the delivery like infant death syndrome, low birth |
| the baby is born, a mother forgets all her suffering. | | | | weight, pneumonia and bronchitis. |
| Every parent wants a healthy and fit child and for this | | | | Smoking, be it active or second hand is never good for |
| they need the mother to follow all the precautions and | | | | any one. In adults active smoking can cause chronic |
| medications as instructed by the gynecologist. | | | | obstructive pulmonary diseases, lung and other |
| There are many harmful bacteria and elements which | | | | cancers, strokes and coronary heart disease which |
| can cause harm to both the mother and the | | | | can also be fatal sometimes. It has also be proven by |
| developing fetus, so the mother should always try to | | | | the on going studies that woman who for many years |
| avoid such harmful environments. One injurious thing | | | | have been exposed to second hand smoking or |
| from which a pregnant woman should stay away | | | | tobacco have a higher risk of giving birth to babies |
| from is second hand smoking and tobacco exposure. | | | | who have been harmed in some or the other way. |
| It has been found out that if a pregnant woman is | | | | Even if you have stopped smoking after you have |
| exposed to the second hand smoking of her | | | | become pregnant, still you and your baby can develop |
| colleagues or family members she might pass on | | | | induced mutation in them. Active Maternal smoking as |
| some chemicals to the embryo which is very | | | | well as secondary maternal smoking may result in |
| dangerous. Second hand smoking and tobacco can | | | | higher rates of genetic mutation that can be very |
| also cause genetic mutation in cord blood from the | | | | dangerous for the health of the unborn baby. |
| mother to the child. | | | | So, if you want to give birth to healthy and well |
| Some researches show that passive as well as active | | | | developed babies always stay away from active as |
| smoking can cause genetic harm to the developing | | | | well as passive smoking. |
| embryo that can easily be detected at birth. Such | | | | |