The Pregnancy Of Smoking And Fetal Development

Pregnancy is a joyful time for most families because that means the mother is bringing a new member into the world who will be welcomed into the family. A mother holding her newborn healthy baby in her arms for the first time makes her feel a sense of pride. This is because she has followed all of her doctor’s instructions and listened to his advice on how to keep herself healthy, and how to deliver a healthy baby after her nine months are up. But what if the new mom to be did not listen to the doctor’s advice? What if she decided to smoke during her pregnancy because she assumed it would not hurt the baby? What health problems or birth defects would the baby be challenged with when it was born? Women who smoke during their pregnancies on

Quitting smoking before becoming pregnant is the ideal situation. For women that are already pregnant quitting early can still give your baby a chance of healthy development. Some mothers and adults may think it is ok to start smoking after the baby is born, but secondhand smoke is still harmful to the baby’s health. Intervention programs start with your primary care physician and the nursing staff. They screen for tobacco usage in the adult’s home where the baby with life or currently living. Will give brief advice on how to stop smoking, provide counseling referrals for behavioral interventions. Also, pharmaceutical intervention in non-pregnant adults living in the same household, to reduce the risk of second-hand smoke exposer. Community

Over the years, statistics show that smoking cigarettes can cause many serious health issues. These issues compound when the smoker is expecting. Fourteen percent of U.S. mothers smoke while pregnant despite knowing the fact that smoking causes harm to both mother and child. In younger mothers, age 25 and under, that number rises significantly to 20 percent. If a woman smokes then becomes pregnant, she must decide whether or not to quit. Woman are aware that cigarettes are not good for them or their baby, but do they understand the severity of smoking while carrying their unborn child in their womb? In this paper I will evaluate how women who smoke while pregnant are at high risk for early miscarriage, preterm birth, and birth defects. Is smoking a cigarette worth risking the life of your unborn child?

Women who smoke during pregnancy are 75% more likely to have children with asthma and 39% more likely of having children with wheezing. Research shows that smoking while pregnant can change the structure of a babies DNA, which weakens the immune system. Maternal smoking is more dangerous to the lungs in the first trimester then in the second and third trimester. Babies born to smoking mothers are likely to have breathing problems at birth from the delayed lung development caused by the chemicals in

Pathophysiology: Tobacco smoke contains 1000 different compounds including carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, carcinogens. The two main compounds that cause harmful effects on a developing fetus is nicotine and carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide has a higher affinity than oxygen for hemoglobin. Which when Carbon monoxide and hemoglobin combine they form boxy hemoglobin which is unable to carry oxygen, which leads to decreased oxygen delivery to the fetus and fetal hypoxia. Nicotine has cardiovascular and central nervous system effects. Nicotine is known to cross the placental barrier causing levels in the amniotic fluid and fetus 15% higher than the mother. The effects of cigarettes can remain with the fetus the rest of their lives. Ranging from

Smoking cigarettes has been known for several years to be harmful to the individuals who choose to smoke. Putting tar into your lungs, causing cancer, heart disease and stroke are just a few reasons many Americans choose not to smoke. However, seventeen percent of people in the United States are smokers. With that seventeen percent, ten percent of women smoke during pregnancy. Not smoking during pregnancy should be a no-brainer but women still do it. Smoking during pregnancy has been known to cause retardation, low birth weight, premature birth, and infant mortality. New studies are showing that smoking is now causing chromosomal

Infants born from mothers that smoked are three times more likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a condition in which babies who appears healthy die suddenly while sleeping, as are babies whose mothers do not smoke during pregnancy. This is also a point of contention between researchers as well. "Children born to mothers who smoked while pregnant, and possibly children whose grandmothers smoked while pregnant, have a higher risk of developing childhood asthma (Child)." Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be born with birth defects such as cleft lip or palate and to have low birth weight.

There are several opinions about whether if smoking is bad or not to your baby´s development during your pregnancy time, the truth is that smoking during pregnancy is a really dangerous gamble that only the mother can take or no. Smoking is bad for your health because it increase the risk of heart disease, cancer, gum disease, and just a variety of health conditions; that´s the reason for women to stop smoking for their own health, and when you are pregnant you have the responsibility of your baby´s health too. Smoking during pregnancy can cause also a lot of problems to the baby and later we are going to talk about some of them. Based on many pieces of research made by American Pregnancy Association show that 12-20 percent of pregnant women

smoking during pregnancy affects fetal brain development and the development in all. Even though there has been an increase in the knowledge about the harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy there is still a significantly large number of pregnant woman that continue to smoke even after they know what can and will happen to their baby. Between 5% and 26% of woman in the United States continues to smoke during pregnancy. These woman are more likely to be single, young and have not had a previous pregnancy and have a low socioeconomic status

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States. According to the 2014 Surgeon General’s Report, cigarette smoking and secondhand smoking exposure contribute to more than 480,000 premature deaths annually in the United States. Smoking use is associated with different types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, strokes, diabetes, respiratory diseases, and reproductive disorders. Moreover, cigarette smoking can cause inflammation and impair the immune system (United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS), 2017). Smoking during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, placental abruption, certain congenital

One of the most common effects of smoking while pregnant is premature labor. A premature birth is any birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Premature labor is one of the leading causes of neonatal deaths. Around 15% of babies born premature die within the first month. In the article “Associations between Passive Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Preterm Birth: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies” the authors point out that smoking tobacco while pregnant is a contributing factor for premature birth (Cui, Hong 4-5). Some doctors will tell the patients not to quit smoking only to cut back as much as they can because quitting suddenly could cause too much stress on the mother’s body. This is a valid

Before succumbing to their smoking related disease, the afflicted smokers will inevitably need care for their condition, incurring tremendous costs. This can cost the population of smokers billions of dollars every year (Daynard). If the individual smoker does not have insurance or is otherwise unable to meet the enormous costs, the bill can end up passed to the taxpayers, merely passing along the expense. In addition, the dangers posed by cigarettes are not limited to smokers themselves. Every year in the United States, 400,000 babies are born whose mothers smoked while pregnant. Additionally, smoking is thought to be responsible for in excess of 20,000 miscarriages and possibly seven times that number (Proctor 5). The babies that survive to term are at risk for a host of health issues, including low birth weight, increased danger of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, as well as possible delays in mental and behavioral development and increased possibility of birth defects such as cleft palate (Ashwin). Though the fetus does not actually inhale the smoke, the substances and poisons entering the mothers body cannot help but affect the unborn.

Smoking is an addictive practice which entails inhaling and exhaling smoke from burning tobacco leaves. In the last 15 years extensive research and shocking statistics have demonstrated the adverse effects smoking can have on pregnant mothers and their babies. Currently, "smoking cigarettes is the No. 1 cause of adverse outcomes for babies” (WebMed.com, 2013). Banning cigarettes may seem the most effective way of stopping pregnant mothers from smoking; however, doing this would deprive pregnant women of their freedom and rights. This raises the question: “Should pregnant smokers be banned from buying and smoking cigarettes during their pregnancy?”

Smoking during pregnancy is one of the most common causes of birth defects in babies. If a mother is smoking during her pregnancy the fetus is also experiencing the effects smoking can cause. On average twenty percent of women smoke during their pregnancies causing 1,000 baby deaths each year in the United States (“Smoking During Pregnancy”). Smoking during pregnancy accounts for thirty percent of babies born underweight, fourteen percent of premature labors, and ten percent of all infant deaths (“Smoking During Pregnancy”). The placenta connects from the uterus to the developing fetus, giving the baby the nutrients and oxygen it needs to grow. When a mother inhales the poisonous gases from the cigarette, they travel into the mother’s blood stream and through the placenta into the fetus. While this

Smoking starts causing harm, even to the unborn. A mother is a baby`s only form of life support through the umbilical cord. So,