Smoking during pregnancy

Smoking is very harmful to the human body, especially the tar and nicotine contained in cigarettes can easily cause lung cancer. Women should quit smoking when they are pregnant. If they do not quit smoking, it may cause fetal malformation and miscarriage. Especially in the first three months of pregnancy, this is the critical period for the fetus to transform into a human form and it is even more necessary to quit smoking. But what are the effects of smoking in the first month of pregnancy?

Does smoking during pregnancy have any effect on the fetus?

The first three months of pregnancy is a critical period for fetal development. Cigarettes contain many harmful substances, including nicotine, carbon monoxide, and tar. Nicotine enters the blood of pregnant women with the smoke, causing blood vessels in the uterus to constrict, resulting in reduced oxygen intake and nutritional deficiencies in the fetus, which can cause fetal maldevelopment or even deformities. When pregnant women inhale carbon monoxide in smoke, hemoglobin combines with carbon monoxide, the oxygen content in the blood decreases, which will also affect the growth and development of the fetus.

What are the hazards of smoking during pregnancy to the fetus

(1) Heavy smoking during pregnancy can cause fetal malformation, such as congenital heart disease, anencephaly, cleft palate, etc.

(2) The incidence of pregnancy poisoning in pregnant women increases, which in turn affects the development and life safety of the fetus.

(3) It may easily cause miscarriage, premature birth, or stillbirth.

(4) Heavy smoking during pregnancy will result in poor quality of the child born, which will be characterized by light weight, small height and chest circumference, and relatively low intelligence. It is worth mentioning that the harm of cigarettes to the fetus is not only caused by the pregnant woman smoking, but more because the husband smokes heavily, causing the pregnant wife to inhale cigarette smoke. Therefore, pregnant women should try to avoid smoky environments and quit smoking now.

Does smoking one month into pregnancy have any effect on the fetus? Smoking one month into pregnancy has an effect on the fetus, so female friends who usually smoke should try to quit smoking after pregnancy, otherwise it will affect the fetus, which will not be worth the loss. In addition, expectant fathers should also pay attention to quitting smoking during pregnancy to prevent secondhand smoke from harming the fetus.