I know this is a touchy subject for some people. But I'm really concerned now for me, my unborn baby, and my toddler. I went to the dr. yesterday for a routine ultrasound and he asked me if I smoked. I said, "no. why?" He said because I had white spots on my placenta showing that I had been inhaling smoke. I told him that I am around secondhand smoke every other weekend or so. He said, "that will do it" Then he told me that even when I don't smoke and I'm around someone that's smoking, it's like I'm lighting up myself. He also told me that my baby is more likely to have a low birth weight, under developed lungs, and more of a chance of SIDS than if I had smoked myself.
I'm so scared that something is going to be wrong with my baby. I usually go to visit my mom every other weekend. She smokes. From now on and after I have the baby, I don't want to be around the smoke and I don't want my kids to be. I don't want to hurt her feelings but I've got to tell her somehow. How can I do this?
2007-08-22
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