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Smoking during pregnancy can result in lower birth weight as well as deformities in the fetus. [18] [19] Smoking nearly doubles the risk of low birthweight babies. In 2004, 11.9% of babies born to smokers had low birthweight as compared to only 7.2% of babies born to nonsmokers.
Nicotine and numerous other drugs travel through the mom's blood stream and directly to the child which can increase the baby's heart rate, lead to birth defects, premature birth and even miscarriage.
Smoking during pregnancy is dangerous to the unborn baby and may cause pre-term birth, birth defects such as cleft lip or cleft palate, or miscarriage. [ 93 ] [ 80 ] Tobacco is the most commonly used substance among pregnant women, at 25%.
It's been known that smoking while pregnant can harm babies, and now researchers in England believe they've been able to show the effects using ultrasound scans. Researchers at Lancaster and ...
Birth defects may result from genetic or chromosomal disorders, exposure to certain medications or chemicals, or certain infections during pregnancy. [4] Risk factors include folate deficiency, drinking alcohol or smoking during pregnancy, poorly controlled diabetes, and a mother over the age of 35 years old.
Alcoholic drinks in the U.S. already carry warnings on packaging, including that drinking alcohol while pregnant can cause birth defects and impair judgment when operating machinery. These appear ...
As such, they are a type of birth defect. [1] The cause is unknown in most cases. [1] Risk factors include smoking during pregnancy, diabetes, obesity, an older mother, and certain medications (such as some used to treat seizures). [1] [2] Cleft lip and cleft palate can often be diagnosed during pregnancy with an ultrasound exam. [1]
These results are the same that we would obtain from a test group composed of babies from mothers who smoked during their pregnancy as researcher Linda Pagani revealed in a previous study.