To: SheLion
But facts are facts!
Yup facts ARE facts
Smoking and Reproductive Outcomes
Women smokers, like men smokers, are at increased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and pulmonary disease, but women smokers also experience unique risks related to menstrual and reproductive function.
Women who smoke have increased risk conception delay and for primary and secondary infertility.
Women who smoke may have a modest increase in risks for ectopic pregnancy and spontaneous abortion.
Smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased risk for premature rupture of membranes, abruptio placentae (placenta separation from the uterus), and placenta previal (abnormal location of the placenta, which can cause massive hemorrhaging during delivery; smoking is also associated with a modest increase in risk for preterm delivery.
Infants born to women who smoke during pregnancy have a lower average birth weight and are more likely to be small for gestational age than infants born to women who do not smoke. Low birth weight is associated with increased risk for neonatal, perinatal, and infant morbidity and mortality. The longer the mother smokes during pregnancy, the greater the effect on the infants birth weight.
The risk for perinatal mortality, both stillbirths and neonatal deaths, and the risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) are higher for the offspring of women who smoke during pregnancy.
Women who smoke are less likely to breast-feed their infants than are women who do not.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_forwomen/factsheet_outcomes.htm
Smoke if you want to, but DON'T pretend it's healthy for mom or baby.
12 posted on
05/08/2005 6:37:35 AM PDT by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: Kozak
Spoil sport!!!!!!<////>
;9)
21 posted on
05/08/2005 7:28:40 AM PDT by
Ditter
To: Kozak
Infants born to women who smoke during pregnancy have a lower average birth weight and are more likely to be small for gestational age than infants born to women who do not smoke. Low birth weight is associated with increased risk for neonatal, perinatal, and infant morbidity and mortality. The longer the mother smokes during pregnancy, the greater the effect on the infants birth weight. Oh really? My daughter weighed in at 8 12 pounds and was 21.5 inches long. And I smoked before, during and after my pregnancy. Strange, eh?
Plus I took aspirin and I had a social drink now and then. Sure blows a hole in YOUR theory!!!
And oh yes! I breast fed my baby for 6 months. No problems!
24 posted on
05/08/2005 7:52:07 AM PDT by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
To: Kozak
All the facts that you posted may,or may not,be true.
The statistical differences may be miniscule between smokers and non-smokers.
Wait a few years and everything will change---it always does.
Yaaawwwnnn!!
88 posted on
05/08/2005 1:52:22 PM PDT by
Mears
(Keep the government out of my face!)
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