What to do if you smoke during pregnancy

Smoking itself is a behavior that is harmful to health. Excessive smoking can lead to lung cancer. During pregnancy, you should stay away from smokers to avoid the adverse effects of secondhand smoke on the fetus. What should you do if you smoke during pregnancy? This situation has a great impact on the fetus, which may cause miscarriage or premature birth, or the fetus may become deformed or suffer from congenital heart disease. The impact on the fetus is particularly significant and affects the fetus's life.

1. Adverse effects of smoking during pregnancy

Pregnant women who inhale or live or work in a smoky environment may suffer from miscarriage, premature birth, developmental abnormalities, and even deformities such as congenital heart disease, cleft lip, cleft palate, anencephaly, etc. The incidence of gestational hypertension in smoking pregnant women is also higher than that in non-smoking pregnant women.

Guidance: Smoking after pregnancy or passive smoking can delay fetal development and may also cause miscarriage, premature birth, and stillbirth. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for relevant examinations in time to understand the condition of the fetus.

2. Solutions for smoking during pregnancy

Before pregnancy, if both or one of the couple smokes frequently, it will affect the healthy development of sperm and eggs, and even lead to abnormalities in sperm and eggs; after pregnancy, the fetus in the pregnant woman's body is very likely to have intrauterine developmental malformations and slow growth; after the baby is born, he or she will have poor memory or memory disorders, which will affect the baby's normal development and future learning.

Guidance:

Therefore, couples planning to have a baby, in order to give birth to a healthy baby and for the safety of your family and yourself, please start quitting smoking at least 6 months before planning to have a baby.

3. Precautions on smoking during pregnancy

You should know that the first three months of pregnancy is an important time for the fetal neurological development. During this period, you should quit smoking and drinking, stay away from radiation, and take appropriate folic acid supplements. These are important conditions to ensure neurological development. When nicotine in tobacco enters the fetus through the placenta, it is easy to cause damage to the liver because the fetal liver is not fully developed. Drinking alcohol can cause fetal alcohol syndrome in the fetus. Central nervous system dysfunction after birth, heart structure defects, low intelligence, etc. Therefore, in order to ensure the health of the fetus, both husband and wife should not smoke, drink, or pay attention to diet before and after pregnancy.