Experts stated that smoking during pregnancy is considered more dangerous than even hypertension and diabetes, because they have a chance to be cured, but there is no way to protect the baby from the dangers of smoking.
How Does Smoking Affect the Baby?
Experts, emphasizing that cigarette smoke contains more than four thousand chemicals, including lead, cyanide and nearly 60 cancer-causing chemicals, said, "These chemicals that pass into your blood when you smoke, also pass into your baby's circulation. Nicotine and carbon monoxide, It is held responsible for all the bad things that happen to the baby by making it difficult for the baby to get oxygen.
Acetone used in cigarettes, nail polish removal, ammonia used in toilet cleaning, rat poison arsenic, diesel exhaust fumes benzopyrene, petroleum exhaust fumes carbon monoxide, pesticides DDT and dieldrin, formaldehyde used in preserving corpses, a substance used in gas chambers. Substances such as poisonous hydrogen cyanide, rocket fuel methanol, and titanium, a metal used in aircraft construction, draw attention.
Smoking is also held responsible for stillbirths, premature births, and congenital structural anomalies, especially the heart. Each cigarette smoked during pregnancy returns to your unborn baby and you as an increased risk. Babies of these mothers have less developed lungs and are more likely to develop asthma and lung problems in the future. Smoking during pregnancy also affects the baby's brain and actually harms the baby for life.
Such as learning difficulties, behavioral problems and lower intelligence levels. Studies show that there is a correct relationship between the number of cigarettes smoked per day and the risk. So the more you smoke, the higher your risk of encountering the above problems. However, reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke in a day does not reduce the risk to zero unless you quit completely. There is no safe number of smoking cigarettes.
It is not possible to say that 3-5 cigarettes a day will not do any harm, but when you smoke less, the risk you will naturally face will be less. Ideally, before getting pregnant Saying goodbye to smoking.
Statistics Tell!
It is also more difficult to get pregnant in couples who smoke, as a pregnant woman has to quit smoking at least 3 months before getting pregnant. Smoking reduces pregnancy by 40 percent. Smoking also causes male infertility and impairs the quality of the fertilized embryo. He stated that more than one of them smoked and these pregnant women were also exposed to harmful effects as passive smokers. not smoking during or after pregnancy. Even if cigarettes cannot be stopped, it is beneficial to keep the number of cigarettes as minimum as possible. He even states that smoking is very harmful even during breastfeeding.
Getting Support Is Up To You
Do not try to quit smoking alone. Overcoming nicotine addiction is not easy. You should discuss this with your doctor and seek support from your partner and family. It would also be helpful to talk to pregnant women who quit smoking. In order to quit smoking, smoking cessation polyclinics established by the Ministry of Health can be applied. In these polyclinics, it is possible to quit smoking under the control of a free doctor. The 'ALO 171' smoking cessation hotline is free of charge. You can get counseling over the phone and you can be directed to the nearest free smoking cessation clinic to see your doctor. There are also many options such as equipment. Products called nicotine therapy during pregnancy reduce the feeling of nicotine withdrawal and these products do not contain harmful poisons. Of course, one's will, belief and determination are important in quitting smoking.
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