If your health isn't enough to make youquit smoking, then the health of your baby should be.Smokingduringpregnancyaffects you and yourbaby's healthbefore, during, and after your baby is born. The nicotine (the addictive substance in cigarettes), carbon monoxide, and numerous other poisons you...
For decades, researchers have known that heavy drinking during pregnancy can cause birth defects. But the potential effects of small amounts of alcohol on adeveloping babyare not well understood. Whatever the risks, many moms-to-be are choosing not to totally give up alcohol. A recent CDC stu...
Drinking alcohol while pregnant can have serious effects on a developing baby.Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)are a collection of conditions that may develop in a baby whose mother consumed alcohol during pregnancy. These conditions can include learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and phy...
Background Evidence about the effects of low levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been inconclusive, and national guidelines vary from advising abstention to consuming no more than 32 g per week, the equivalent of 1–2 UK units, once or twice a week (in the UK). We aimed to...
But over the years, there has been an increasing trend of women using drugs and alcohol and smoke while pregnant. During pregnancy, everything that the expectant mother takes into her body almost always reaches the baby in her womb.
Alcohol can be toxic to the developing baby, not only in the first three months of pregnancy when important organs are developing, but at any time, as brain development continues throughout pregnancy. Damage can also occur early in pregnancy before a woman might know she is pregnant. Although...
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Heavy drinking during pregnancy may cause damage to a developing fetus known as fetal alcoholic syndrome (FAS). Alcohol passes the placenta and may damage the internal organs of the unborn baby, especially the brain and heart. Symptoms and signs of FAS may include[...
Despite the low levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in this sample, this variable was found to be associated with reductions in the birthweight and the neurobehavioural status of the baby, and cigarette consumption was associated with reduced birthweight, neurobehavioural status and some ...
Smoking during pregnancy can have lifelong effects on your baby's brain. Children of pregnant smokers are at higher risk of learning disorders and behavioral problems, and may have lower IQs. How to quit smoking while pregnant The sooner you quit smoking, the better. Just one day after you ...
Marijuana During Pregnancy Using weed in any form when you're pregnant is unsafe for your growing baby. It raises their risk of: Premature birth Low birth weight Abnormal brain development Being hospitalized after birth Death within one year of birth ...