It is known that it is prohibited to smoke for pregnant women (even you want so much!). And the husbands of prospective mothers should remind them that smoking is harmful and the life of a baby is under the threat. What will be the first reaction when you see a smoking pregnant woman? At your heart you imagine how you go to her and say “what are you doing, why do you ruin the future child?”, But in fact you go past looked at her reproachfully. Because we all know …

You are a woman, it means that your great responsibility is procreation. According to all the mothers – the emergence of the baby is the most vivid and memorable event in their lives. If you smoke, you may deprive yourself of this. Firstly, you may find it difficult to become pregnant. And secondly, if this happens, you should keep, carry and give birth to this child. Smoking during pregnancy you are ruining yourself and your unborn child. As a result, studies have shown that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contained in …

Scientists from Bristol University found out that 9 out of 10 cases of mothers who smoke – the main reason for the sudden death of the child. Professor Peter Fleming of the Institute of Child Health at Bristol University noted that smoking causes sudden infant death, the so-called “death in the cradle”.
However, in connection with the recent introduction of restrictions on smoking in public places in the UK experts are concerned that people would often take up a cigarette at home. It was therefore decided to conduct a more thorough …

The problems have been changed over the generations, and there are different thoughts about the negative and positive influence on the condition of unborn child. Our grandmothers believed that if a pregnant woman sees a monkey, then she would give birth to a child look like a monkey, or that if she hits the stomach, there will be a sign in the shape of a hand on a child. We incline to believe in the daily dose of newspaper and television announcements, and as a result we have other concerns: …

The placenta (afterbirth) is lifeline between mother and child. When a pregnant woman smokes, the oxygen in her blood is replaced by carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that deprives the muscles, brain and body tissue of oxygen, which hampers functioning of the child’s heart. If the child has not enough oxygen, he/she will suffer from this phenomenon, which is called oxygen starvation. Hypoxia affects for a long period of time. Instant effect is that the movements of the child inside the womb slow down, and the heart …