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It is common knowledge that drinking alcoholic beverages or those that are high in caffeine, smoking, and taking herbal remedies are frowned upon while pregnant or nursing. These substances can have a negative impact on your baby’s growth and development.

Asthma is one of the more difficult health problems to control during
pregnancy. Doctors need to control exacerbations, but they also want to
reduce the amount of medication taken by pregnant women and thus the
fetus.

Recent research reveals using snuff to stop smoking cravings during pregnancy may be worse than smoking. Children born to mothers who used snuff were more likely to suffer difficulty breathing than those born to mothers who continued smoking.

SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, refers to death occurring in infants with no known cause.According to this study on the effect of smoking on SIDS rates, parents who choose to smoke increase the risk of their infants dying from SIDS three times.

More and more studies are being released connecting fetal habits with lifelong side effects in children. According to researchers, nicotine increases fetal blood pressure, which could lead to increased risk for heart disease and high blood pressure later in life.

Doctors are constantly reminding pregnant women of the risk factors associated with smoking during pregnancy such as lower birth weight and increased risk of miscarriage. But despite the warnings, there have been no proven physical birth defects associated with smoking, until now.

Researchers presented a study at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine yearly meet-up, The Pregnancy Meeting, regarding the possible benefits of using alcohol-free mouthwash to reduce preterm labor.

A new study reveals that women working directly with pesticides and plasticizers may have less chance of getting pregnant.

Obstetricians often talk to pregnant women about the potential health threats associated with smoking while pregnant.

A study out of Orebro University in Sweden has linked smoking to increased risk of fetal coordination and motor skill problems. Researchers narrowed down the results noting boys tend to be more affected than girls.

Smoking during pregnancy or while trying to get pregnant has never been a good choice, but now researchers and doctors have a great reason to convince parents

Pregnancy causes natural stress on the body with hormonal changes and physical changes occurring from the first days after conception. Social stressors can also pose a problem when women choose to continue unhealthy behaviors after finding out they are pregnant. The top three social behaviors that may increase stress on a pregnant body are alcohol, drug use, and smoking.

The first feces babies pass is called meconium. Researchers have revealed tobacco metabolites passed out of the body via meconium can measure the amount of cigarette smoke or tobacco smoke mom consumed or came in contact with during pregnancy.

Newborns may be more stressed if mother chooses to smoke during the pregnancy, researchers are reporting this month.

Providing women who are having unprotected sex with a home pregnancy test could have a substantial impact on the health of potential newborns.

Does smoke pass through the breast milk to the baby when breastfeeing? Smoke does not pass through the breast milk to baby, but the nicotine and other chemicals in the cigarette smoke do pass to the baby through breastmilk.

Smoking can cause more than low birth weight. Pregnant mothers who smoke
are at an increased risk of miscarriage and premature birth.

It is never too late to stop smoking. The fetus will benefit from mom stopping to smoke at any time during the pregnancy.

Smoking does harm the fetus. Women who smoke during pregnancy have a
higher rate of premature birth, miscarriage and low birth weight.