2006-12-11 07:20:44 · 9 answers · asked by hoxhaarber 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
basically, the toxins u inhale when smoking go from your lungs, into your bloodstream, and because u and the foetus share the same blood supply, the toxins will inevitably effect your baby, and not just you. the effects of smoking during pregnancy have been well researched, and are known to increase the risks of miscarriage, stillborn births, birth weight and deformities..... a lot of these things are caused by poor circulation and a diminished supply of oxygen to the foetus / womb. i smoked, but as soon as i found out i was pregnant, i gave up. i personally couldn't have lived with the guilt if my baby had suffered just because i smoked.
2006-12-11 07:36:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After six years of not smoking....I started smoking again two weeks before I found out I was pregnant...though I only smoked one and a half packs during that two weeks....I tossed them the second I got the positive test.
Do your research...there are plenty of sites just do a net search. You already know what smoking can do to adults WHY would you even want to risk harming your baby? I think anyone who smokes through pregnancy is weak and selfish. After all YOUR baby has NO choice in the matter. You created it...and now you're harming it.
Chemicals in cigarettes are IMMEDIATELY passed on to your baby through your bloodstream...as is everything else you put into your body. And every time you inhale...you're depriving the fetus of oxygen...which it only gets through the blood you give it.
Don't risk it...just quit. It's not about you anymore...for the next however many months you are pregnant...your body is not your own...like it or not. Like I said...you created life...it's your responsibility to take care of it now.
2006-12-11 15:58:27 · answer #2 · answered by heidigoseek1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, to answer your question, I need to know what problems you are talking about. There are so many problems that can be caused from smoking- low birth weight, prematuraty, delayed brain development, problems with nerves. The chemicals involved in cigarettes are toxic, even to non-smokers, but to an unborn baby it's worse.
Just think of it like this: You are in a plastic bubble, with only one line to the outside world. Someone comes along and introduces something into your environment that you didn't ask for, and that causes fast heartbeat, inability to breath correctly. How would you feel? That's how a fetus feels when nicotene and other chemicals are introduced.
Babies can be born addicted to nicotine, which can cause problems with other development. The benefits of quiting are so much better then not quiting. Do a search on the chemicals that are in cigarettes and see what you think.
2006-12-11 15:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by odd duck 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi, for one thing if you smoke shouldnt you already know what the causes to humans are. What is it with some smokers they smoke and are ignorant to what damages it causes to themselves and others and then come one Yahoo! anwsers and ask a question like this.
Well for one thing the chemicals in the cigarettes damage the babys Lungs and all the other organs, as they are no fully developed imagen the effects it has. Also it makes the baby develope smaller due to the lack of oxygen due to the chemicals in the cigarettes. There are bound to be many more effects on babys during pregnacy. If you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, it maybe worth you taking a trip to the doctors and letting them tell you the facts, and maybe get some help to. to quit.
2006-12-11 15:37:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The placenta can't filter out the chemicals in smoke, so they pass through the blood into the baby.
The baby is then affected by these chemicals, which are poisonous enough to an adult, and also does not get enough oxygen in its blood. This can result in it not growing properly, and other health problems.
The placenta is pretty good at filtering out any crap in the mother's blood that would harm the baby e.g. viruses and infections, but it can't filter out nicotine, some other chemicals found in smoke, alcohol, and most drugs.
2006-12-12 20:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by sarah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First you need to realize what problems smoking causes in general, not just during pregnancy...
2006-12-11 15:29:03 · answer #6 · answered by ksmart 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Smoking causes lung problems and cancer to adults...even to those that don't smoke but live around smokers...imagine what it does to an unborn and developing baby....your baby could be have issues when is born.
2006-12-11 15:30:53 · answer #7 · answered by Baby Ruth habla español 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you don't understand that putting toxic chemicals into your bloodstream can harm your fetus, then I have to question your ability to raise a child.
2006-12-11 15:28:25 · answer #8 · answered by Brian L 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
because the harmful chemicals that are inhaled go to the fetus.
2006-12-11 15:24:08 · answer #9 · answered by happyday to you 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋