Does anyone know a website that shows the effect of secondhand smoke on unborn babies?

Question

My whole family smokes, my husband and I do not. We don't like people to smoke around me because I am pregnant. They really get an attitude about that and give me a hard time about it. They act like I am just being, in my brother's words "paranoid and ridiculous". Anyone know a good website with facts about the harmful effects of secondhand smoke during pregnancy?

Answer 1

See if they think the Mayo Clinic is being paranoid and ridiculous.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/secondhand-smoke/CC00023/LOCID=

I'm sorry they're being this way. I love how smokers feel this sense of entitlement. Like non smokers are the ones infringing on their rights. Uh, last I checked, the air we breathe starts out clean and fresh. It just gets mucked up by smokers and other pollutants. Best of luck.

Answer 2

My grandmother and grandfather were the same way with my brothers and sisters and I, and my cousin. It definitely sucks, it took my cousin getting asthma before anyone caught a brilliant idea to stop smoking around the kids. So, the only you can do is keep the babies away. Your mom already feels like she's doing you a favor so you'll just have to deal. Explain to her how you feel through a letter maybe? sounds cheesy but try something so at least you know you tried. Your children's health is definitely more important than your moms stubborness, believe that. You wouldn't want your child coming down with asthma and having to pay hospital bills and such so take matters as they are. I mean, if i was in your neighborhood I'd definitely babysit. lol. You can try your local school district most have day care providers especially during the summer. Hope I helped.

Answer 3

Hi!, Lotus

Sure this is the worst thing to do with the baby, some of them I found.

http://www.physorg.com/news74876932.html
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/news/shsmoke.htm
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/shsmoke.htm
http://www.smokefreens.ca/page2.html
http://www.hpns.nhs.uk/healthy-living/smoking-prevention/tips-and-advice.htm

Researchers say the results of this study conflict with the three studies from which they gathered their data. Those studies largely discounted the effects of secondhand smoke on fetal development.

Each of the studies looked at the rates of mutation on the HPRT gene on the X chromosome in umbilical cord blood samples from newborns.

In the study, published in the current issue of BMC Pediatrics, researchers pooled data from all three studies and looked at the frequency of the tobacco-smoke-induced genetic mutation as well as other mutations triggered downstream by this mutation.

The reanalysis also included information on secondhand smoke exposure at home, work, or in social situations among the "nonsmokers" used as comparisons in the maternal smoking studies.

The study showed the increased rate of genetic mutations linked to secondhand smoke exposure was "virtually indistinguishable" from the rate linked to maternal smoking during pregnancy.

Answer 4

no but dont be around them, they have a problem

dr archie kalingonas (not spelt rite) did studies and he says that low vitamin c can cause SIDS

it can cause ageing and breathing problems too.

my youngest son had breathing problems, (even tho i didnt smoke, his dad did)
anyhow he was ok as long as he had a big vitamin C juice EVERY SINGLE DAY , orange or blackcurrant
or sometimes i would give him extra vitamin c tablets just to be on the safe side

Answer 5

I would tell them they are being rude and intrusive, where do they get the right to force their bad habit on you?! Pregnant or not they shouldn't smoke around people who choose not to breath it in.

Answer 6

Health Effects On the Unborn Baby

24% of pregnant women in Indiana smoke cigarettes.1 If they did not smoke, Indiana would reduce its infant mortality rate (12th highest in the country) by 9%.

Tobacco smoke reduces the delivery of oxygen to the fetus through the presence of carbon monoxide, cyanide, and aromatic hydrocarbons. Nicotine and other substances in tobacco smoke cause reduction in placental blood flow, creating further reductions in oxygen delivery as well as reductions in nutrients to the unborn baby. Nutrients include iron, amino acids, vitamins B 12 and C, folic acid and zinc.2

These factors account for an estimated 20-30% of all low birthweight babies.3 Low birthweight is associated with 40% of babies dying in the neonatal period.4

Secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy produces twice the risk of low birthweight babies.5 Smoking is the single largest modifiable risk factor in intrauterine growth retardation.6

Maternal smoking during pregnancy is also associated with genetic defects as well as an increased incidence of congenital anomalies such as cleft palate.7

Miscarriages and stillbirths are twice as prevalent in smoking mothers.8

There is also a higher incidence of life threatening pregnancy complications including hypertension, toxemia, abruptio placenta, and placenta previa.9

Smoking accounts for 14% of premature births.10

Mothers who smoke 1/2 pack of cigarettes a day during pregnancy have an increased risk of neuro-developmental impairment among their children with decreases in childhood intellectual function as measured in the first four years of life. 11

Mothers who smoke one pack a day during pregnancy have an 85% increased risk of having a child with mental retardation.12

Children of smoking mothers are twice as likely to have behavioral problems including Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).13

Smoking during pregnancy produces greater incidence of children with narrowed airways after birth predisposing them to asthma and respiratory disorders.14

Maternal smoking during pregnancy produces two times higher risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).15

Answer 7

i didnt find any photos yet but heres a website with facts

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/secondhandsmoke/a/smokeandkids.htm

Answer 8

http://nosmokingcontest.org/papers/papers05/05,ANNAPOLEN,Cori,Maternal%20Smoking%20during%20Pregnancy%20Tobacco%20Contest.htm
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/report/chapter5.pdf
Good Luck!

Answer 9

march of dimes would

http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/362_757.asp

page down about half way

also search - "march of dimes" second hand smoke -

Answer 10

GO TO GOOGLE.COM AND SEARCH SECOND HAND SMOKE PREGNANCIES!! GOOD LUCK!