Today, May 31, World No Tobacco Day is celebrated, and therefore from "Babies and More" we want to put our little grain of sand to raise awareness about the Importance of a smokeless pregnancy. Why if you smoke, your baby does too.
And unfortunately, tobacco smoke affects 700 million children in the world, half of the child population, so this fact becomes a serious public health problem that everyone should be aware of.
Smoking in pregnancy, a serious risk
Smoking during pregnancy poses a serious risk to the baby's health, the only way to protect him is to quit smoking and avoid exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
When you smoke you inhale toxic substances such as nicotine and carbon monoxide (the same that comes out of the exhaust pipe of cars). These substances reach the placenta, that fine tissue that connects the mother with the fetus, where they prevent the nutrients and oxygen that it needs to grow and develop.
But despite knowing the serious problems involved, according to the data presented at the conference "Gynecology and Obstetrics in Smoking", 25 percent of women of childbearing age smoke, and more than half of them continue to do so during pregnancy.
In Babies and more Quitting smoking in pregnancy reduces the risk of preterm birth by up to 20 percent - It affects your developing arteries, which predisposes you to have more congenital heart problems and makes you more prone to cardiovascular disease, including stroke.
And is that tobacco is behind a large number of heart diseases and cardiovascular diseases, that is why this year the WHO has decided to focus on this specific problem, through the slogan "World No Tobacco Day 2018: Tobacco and heart disease".
Low weight at birth and increased risk of being born prematurely.
Higher frequency of pulmonary respiratory infections during the first two years of life and increased risk of asthma.
Increased probability of sudden infant death syndrome.
Tobacco during pregnancy also affects the fertility of the baby: there are studies that have evaluated the impact of tobacco on the fertility of children and indicate that in the case of children, there is a reduction in sperm concentration between 20 and 40%, while in regard to girls' fertility, will also be affected, since they will have limited ovarian function.
More risk of having future behavior problems such as hyperactivity and attention and concentration problems.
Other associated problems: increased risk of childhood cancer, increased likelihood of strabismus and cleft lip.
In Babies and more The risk of sudden death of the baby increases for every cigarette the mother smokes, according to a studyFor the smoking mother, tobacco also has important health risks and apart from the best known (such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and other problems) are also added:
Ectopic pregnancy
Premature rupture of membranes
Placental complications
Preterm Birth
Spontaneous abortion
Gestational diabetes
Remember also that even if you are not a smoker it is important that during pregnancy nobody smokes around you, because the fact of becoming Passive smoker also affects your health and that of your child.
It may not be easy to quit smoking, but your baby deserves to make the effort.
In Babies and more Vaping or smoking in pregnancy is equally harmful to the baby: they can cause lung diseases
