Drugs And Pregnancy: Drugs Affect On The Baby

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who use drugs like alcohol, tobacco, or
cocaine may have long term health problems. (2)

Pregnancy and Smoking

Cigarette smoking is associated with severe adverse conditions in
newborns, including low birth weight. Infants whose parents smoke are
unusually susceptible to pneumonia and bronchitis during their first year.
(1)
For women trying to become pregnant, smoking may impair fertility.
For pregnant women, smoking increases the risk of ectopic (tubal) pregnancy,
miscarriage, and stillbirth. (1)
Babies born to women who smoke during pregnancy may suffer from
growth retardation in the womb and typically lower in birth weight than are
babies born to non-smoking women. As a group, they also perform worse on
tests in both infancy and childhood. Babies whose mothers smoked during
pregnancy are at a higher risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) than
are babies of non-smokers. (1)
If the mother smokes during pregnancy, it can cause, in ...

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pregnant
woman. Pregnant women who consume more than one or two drinks per day are
twice as likely as non-drinkers to have low birthweight babies and are at
an increased risk for miscarrying during the second trimester of pregnancy.
(3)
The alcohol in a pregnant mother's bloodstream is carried into the
baby's bloodstream. Because the baby is still developing, your consuming
alcohol can lead to a miscarriage or birth defects. (4)
Any alcohol consumed by a nursing mother quickly enters her breast
milk. (1)
Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE)- is a milder version of birth defects
found in some babies of women who drank less during pregnancy. (4)
Fetal Alcohol ...

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