Can anyone convience my friend here when pregnant women smokes,it'll hurt the baby?

Question

She said when she was pregnant she smoke,and her baby is healthy the baby is 9 months old now.I'm glad that it's healthy,but do you think it might have promblems later in life?

Answer 1

If she doesn't know by now, she never will.

Answer 2

If a mother smokes during the entire pregnancy, it will cost the baby ONE POUND of birth weight. If the baby is term, that may not matter, but if the baby is premature, that weight could be the difference between life and death.

If she does not believe that argument, ask her how she would like to walk around getting 25% less oxygen with each breathe. When a pregnant woman smokes, the carbon monoxide does that to the baby.

Lastly, her lack of concern for her babies in utero is an indication of what kind of mother she will be once the baby arrives. Her personal enjoyment is more important to her than her babies health.

Think about it, besides harming the fetus she now carries, she is exposing her "healthy 9 month old" to second hand smoke also.

Not my idea of a good mother. I bet she drinks too.

Answer 3

Smoking while pregnant can be harmful - it sounds like your friend was just lucky. But then again there could be problems further down the road that don't show up now.

I recently read a report that found quite conclusively that children of parents who smoke (not necessarily who smoke while pregnant) get sick more often, and as a result the parents also get sick more often. Even if it's just the sniffles or the flu, I doubt your friend wants her child to be sick any more often than normal.

You might want to look up the website for the American Lung Association and see what data they have about babies born to women who smoke.

Answer 4

If her baby is healthy, or not - unless she's planning on having more babies, there doesn't seem any reason to try and convince her that she may have harmed her baby. Scaring her into possible future problems will only make her feel bad and probably put up more defenses.

But for her sake even now, she would be better off stopping smoking, as it could be affecting both of them and others of course.

There a very comprehensive page on smoking, pregancy and children here:
http://www.quitguide.com/smoking-during-pregnancy.html

Answer 5

Smoking has been associated with a number of pregnancy complications. Smoking cigarettes appears to double a woman's risk of developing placental problems. These include placenta previa (low-lying placenta that covers part or all of the opening of the uterus) and placental abruption (in which the placenta peels away, partially or almost completely, from the uterine wall before delivery). Both can result in heavy bleeding during delivery that can endanger mother and baby, although a cesarean delivery can prevent most deaths. Placental problems contribute to the slightly increased risk of stillbirth that is associated with smoking.

Enter "smoking pregnancy" into a search engine, like http://www.url.com/. for a wealth of scary information.

Answer 6

now this story is a reason why some women should have their uterus's taken out and burried far away in the desert. some women shouldnt even be allowed to have kids.

Answer 7

for no reason people have defected babys i dont think it will make any damage..