What are all the possible birth defects smoking while pregnant causes?

Answer 1

Born Underweight.
Skin ailments.
Lung problems.
Fragile Bones.
Stomach disorders.
& sometimes mental health problems

Answer 2

A woman who smokes while she is pregnant has a greater chance of having a premature (early) birth, a small baby, or a stillborn baby. If the mother smokes while pregnant, there is also an increased risk of the baby dying during the first year of life. Some types of birth defects have been linked to the mother's smoking. Birth defects that may be increased when the mother smokes include: cleft lip, cleft palate, clubfoot, limb defects, some types of heart defects, gastroschisis (an opening in the muscles of the abdomen that allows the intestines to appear outside the body), and imperforate anus (there is no opening from the intestines to the outside of the body to allow stool or gas to be passed). Talk with your health care provider about ways to help you quit smoking if you are pregnant or can get pregnant.

Answer 3

Smoking and breathing second hand smoke have lots of consequences.
spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy,birth and delivery problems, brain damage, low birth weight, require neo intensive care after birth, SIDS, retardation, ADD, behavioral problems, cancer causing agents in infants blood, low blood pressure, higher chance that child will begin smoking as an adolescent.
Americans spend an estimated $1.4 billion on complicated births due to smoking.

My brother and his wife were smokers and had a baby that died from SIDS, the doctors said one of the most common occurances of SIDS is living with parents that smoke.

Answer 4

I know a ton of people who smoked while being prego and their babies are perfect not a problem. Yes smoking isnt healthy for you or yourbaby but there is alot more things that people do while prego that they shouldn't like drugs or drinking. To quit smoking you have to have the will and its hard to do on ur own even harder when you live with other people who smoke. I'm 19 weeks and I'm finding it so hard to quit. My friends, my familey at home and my boyfriend, my bfs dad all smoke. Props to all of you who dont smoke good job, but for the ones who do know what Im talking about. And send allt he nasty emails you want to about this message. It's my child, my life, my choice. And Ill be an AMAZING mom to my baby boy.

Answer 5

Smaller infant when born
Stillborn
congenital limb reduction
Increased nicotine receptors in baby's brain
Increased likelihood of child smoking as a teenager
Possible physical and mental long-term effects

Just a few examples

Answer 6

Smoking causes genetic damage, so almost any birth defect is a possible result.

Answer 7

A number of studies have shown that tobacco use is a significant factor in spontaneous abortions among pregnant smokers, and that it contributes to a number of other threats to the health of the fetus. Second-hand smoke appears to present an equal danger to the fetus, as one study noted that "heavy paternal smoking increased the risk of early pregnancy loss.

Answer 8

There are many insidious chemicals used in tobacco products which, when inhaled enter the blood stream of the mother and, as a matter of course, they enter the blood stream of the developing child. In the first instance, medical science has proved tobacco products contain carcinogens which should scare hell out of any pregnant woman and secondly, the child is being poisoned before it has a chance to take the first breath. It is as well as being toxic, incredibly selfish.

Answer 9

The research done thus far indicates that when you smoke while you are pregnant, you run the risk of a premature infant; a low birth weight baby; and hypertension.

Answer 10

Smoking is most commonly associated with low birth weight babies. If your pregnant and smoking, do both of you a favor and stop.