Are there any pregnant women who got pregnant from smoking?

In order to give birth to a healthy child, people nowadays not only need to calculate the ovulation period in advance, but also do a series of preparations for pregnancy, such as quitting smoking and drinking, taking folic acid tablets, physical examinations, etc. Especially when it comes to smoking and drinking, many people are very careful. Are there any pregnant women who smoke and drink? What are the actual harms of smoking for women?

Are there any pregnant women who smoke and give birth?

Smoking during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, and pregnant women who smoke are prone to pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome; it can cause fetal intrauterine growth retardation, and the birth weight of newborns is lower than that of fetuses of the same age; smoking is associated with a variety of birth defects, such as neural tube defects, clubfoot, cleft lip and palate, cryptorchidism, and transposition of great blood vessels; smoking can increase the incidence of fetal intrauterine distress and neonatal asphyxia. Although smoking has many harmful effects on pregnancy, the baby will not necessarily be deformed. For the health of the baby, it is best to quit smoking and drinking, and do prenatal checkups on time.

The dangers of smoking for women

1. Cause menstrual disorders: The tar in cigarettes can reduce the excretion of estrogen, causing menstrual disorders, delaying girls’ menarche, irregular menstruation, and early onset of menopausal syndrome.

2. Can cause aging: The skin of women who smoke is usually drier, rougher, less elastic, more wrinkled, older in appearance, and gray in color. In particular, the wrinkles at the inner corners of the eyes, lips and corners of the mouth increase significantly, making the face look older than the actual age.

3. Reduced fertility: Smoking women are 2.7 times more likely to suffer from infertility than non-smoking women; if both husband and wife smoke, the possibility of infertility can be 5.3 times higher than that of non-smoking couples. Women who smoke are more likely to have miscarriage, premature birth or ectopic pregnancy.

4. It can harm future generations: Pregnant women who smoke will always have fetal growth retardation, incomplete development and low birth weight babies.

5. Prone to cardiovascular disease: Women who smoke 1-4 cigarettes a day are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke as non-smoking women, and those who smoke more than 5 cigarettes a day are more than 5 times more likely to suffer a stroke.