How smoking affects pregnancy?

Wowww!!!! Instead of a comment, Edbert leaves a question to the post "Passive Smoking"!

This is his question, "What happen if you smoking while pregnant?" (What happens if moms smoke during pregnancy?")

Well, Ed. Clarissa has the answer for you.

-. You will have higher risk of having a baby with LOW BIRTH WEIGHT.

-. Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS),       also known as cot DEATH.

-. Smoking during pregnancy may effect your child's mental DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR, leading to a short attention span and hyperactivity.

In addition to Clarissa's answer,

Smoking during pregnancy affects moms and the baby's health before, during, and after the baby is born. The nicotine (the addictive substance in cigarettes), carbon monoxide, and numerous other poisons mom inhales from a cigarette are carried through the bloodstream and go directly to the baby. Smoking while pregnant will:

• Lower the amount of oxygen available to mom and the growing baby.
• Increase the baby's heart rate.
• Increase the chances of miscarriage and stillbirth.
• Increase the risk that the baby is born prematurely and/or born with low birth weight.
• Increase your baby's risk of developing respiratory (lung) problems.

The more cigarettes a mom smokes per day, the greater the baby's chances of developing these and other health problems. There is no "safe" level of smoking while pregnant.

So, How Does Secondhand Smoke Affect Pregnancy?

Secondhand smoke (also called passive smoke or environmental tobacco smoke) is the combination of smoke from a burning cigarette and smoke exhaled by a smoker.

The smoke that burns off the end of a cigarette or cigar actually contains more harmful substances (tar, carbon monoxide, nicotine, and others) than the smoke inhaled by the smoker.

If moms are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke, moms increase their and their baby's risk of developing lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, allergies, asthma, and other health problems.

Babies exposed to secondhand smoke may also develop reduced lung capacity and are at higher risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Source : http://www.webmd.com/baby/smoking-during-pregnancy