FIT INFO. Cigarette smoking is a bad habit that continues to flourish
today, despite numerous warnings about the dangers of smoking have been issued.
Many people are so addicted to smoking without thinking about the consequences,
including not miss pregnant and lactating women. Especially for pregnant women
and mothers who are breastfeeding, avoid smoking habit as soon as possible. Why
should immediately stop smoking?
Dangers of Smoking When Pregnant
Smoking during pregnancy is dangerous. If the mother smoking
during pregnancy can damage the fetus conceived. Smoking caused huge losses for
women who are pregnant.
When a woman is pregnant, physical or biological changes in
the body. This change makes the mother's condition is very sensitive to
poisoning. While cigarette smoke contains more than 700 harmful chemicals that
are toxic.
A mother who smokes directly toxic to babies since they are
even still in the womb. The results showed that in women who smoke, then the
baby contained toxic substances such as nicotine and kotinin which is the
result of nicotine metabolism.
However, the most dangerous is the arrangement of the
umbilical cord in pregnant women who smoke experience a change. While this is
through the umbilical cord, a fetus receives all it needs from the mother in
order to stay alive.
A variety of harmful substances such as nicotine, carbon
monoxide, and other harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke enters the mother's
bloodstream. The mother channeled directly to the child in her womb.
Impact on Infants
What are the implications for the fetus? The following
adverse effects of smoking on the development of a baby during pregnancy if a
pregnant woman smoking a cigarette.
Gestational age 2-3 weeks
Usually the most severely affected, namely the central
nervous system of the fetus.
Gestational age 4-5 weeks
All related to the heart and blood vessels exposed to toxins
from toxic substances in cigarettes. At this time the cardiovascular system
begins to form.
Until delivery
More likely spontaneous miscarriages, gave birth to a baby
who was dead, and the death of a newborn baby. In addition, the risk of sudden
infant death syndrome tripled for babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy.
After childbirth
Other adverse effects may occur is Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). The survey shows of cases of
sudden infant death turned out to be mostly occur in the home environment with
a father or mother who smoked.
By knowing the dangers of cigarettes for a woman is pregnant
or post pregnancy, it is important for mothers to stop smoking immediately.
Cigarette smoke is much more dangerous for the baby than the mother.
In addition, all pregnant women should also be careful of
other people's smoke. If in your house there are family members who smoke, and
there are pregnant, trying to quit smoking for the sake of the baby. Your
baby's life at stake just because of a cigarette.
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