What Do You Know About Smoking During Pregnancy?
This quiz will help you learn how smoking affects your baby.
1. Most babies of people who smoke weigh the same as babies of
people who don't smoke.
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Pregnant people
who smoke are more than 3 times more likely to have a baby who weighs too little at
birth than people who don't smoke. People exposed to secondhand smoke while pregnant
are
also more likely to have lower-birth-weight babies. Babies born too small or too early
can have more health problems. They are also more likely to need special care after
birth. Low-birth-weight babies who are born to people who smoke are at higher risk
for
illness and death.
2. Smoking raises the risk of having a premature or stillborn baby.
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The average
length of pregnancy is 40 weeks. A preterm baby is born before 37 weeks. Cigarette
smoke
has thousands of chemicals in it. Many of these chemicals are toxic. Nicotine and
carbon monoxide are two of the chemicals that may harm the developing baby. These
chemicals can keep food and oxygen from reaching the developing baby.
3. Parents who don’t smoke after their babies are born can
protect the children from getting asthma and chronic ear infections.
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Children of
parents who smoke may lag behind in school. They may also be smaller than children
whose
parents don't smoke. That’s because babies born to people who smoke during pregnancy
and
who are exposed to secondhand smoke after birth can have weaker lungs. Secondhand
smoke
is smoke from a burning cigarette. It can also be smoke that a smoker breathes out.
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baby’s lungs and airways are small. Breathing smoke-filled air makes it hard for the
baby to breathe. It can cause lung problems such as pneumonia and bronchitis.
4. Babies born to people who smoke during pregnancy are up to 3
times more likely to die from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome).
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SIDS is the
unexplained death of an infant. Babies born to a parents who smoked during and after
pregnancy have an increased risk for SIDS.
5. Pregnant people should stay away from secondhand smoke.
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Studies suggest
that regular exposure to secondhand smoke may slow down the growth of the fetus. This
makes it more likely for the person to have a low-birth-weight baby. Thirdhand smoke
is
also harmful. This is the smoke that sticks to objects like walls and curtains.
Thirdhand smoke contains chemicals that are harmful to pregnant people, babies, and
children.
6. People who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have
babies with birth defects.
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Babies born to people who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have these birth defects:
- Clubfoot
- Opening in the lip (cleft lip)
- Opening in the roof of the mouth (cleft palate)
7. Smoking doesn't raise a person's risk of having an ectopic
pregnancy.
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Smoking increases the risk for an ectopic pregnancy. This is when the embryo becomes
implanted in a fallopian tube or another place outside the uterus.
8. Parents shouldn't smoke while they are breastfeeding.
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Nicotine can be passed on to a baby through breastmilk.
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