[SheLion]

But hey,,,,if smoking around your children in your eyes is perfectly safe, fine,,,it's a free country. I never said any different.

I'm no longer 'smoking around kids.'  My daughter is grown, married with a babe of her own.

So, since you control the thread, why don't you just spellout all the other offensive things you don't want to hear an alternative view on. God forbid someone steps on your rabid, "the placenta filters everything" toes (funny how babies are born with drugs and chemicals in their bloodstream based on what their moms have ingested and inhaled)....oh but that's just "pansy" science, right?

It's not my thread to control.   I didn't post this thread.  And for your information, all I did was smoke.  I never ingested hard core drugs when I was pregnant, nor did I ever ingest hard core drugs in my life.

Thanks for the warm welcome but I've been here for awhile.

Two weeks. :)

[austinaero]

I didn't attack your personally....your responses act like I am attacking you,,,why is that?

[TxPhysicist]

Ok - I just had to jump in here (partly so I could get my welcome to FR from you, also, but here is what I am seeing, in reviewing the research: Smoking robs the developing baby of oxygen. Besides restricting blood flow to the womb, maternal cigarette smoking decreases the amount of oxygen available to the baby from the blood. The level of carbon monoxide in the blood of pregnant women who smoke is 600 – 700 percent higher than in those who don't smoke. Carbon monoxide is an oxygen blocker, meaning it prevents blood cells from carrying a full load of oxygen. Lack of oxygen can affect the development of every organ in the baby's body. Now, in general, it is NOT recommended that fetal size be tailored by ingesting various substances to adjust it based on maternal preference - just my $0.02. And yes, I'm male - hope that doesn't disqualify me from the discussion.