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Smoking and Pregnancy

 

Are you pregnant or planning to be?  You have a special reason to quit smoking - your baby.  If you quit now, you can improve your health and protect your baby.  So do it for yourself.  Do it for your baby.

 

You Can Do It!

**Many women quit smoking before they become

pregnant or while they are pregnant. 

 

**You can be one of them.

 

If You Quit, Your Baby Does Too!

**When you smoke the cigarette chemicals

reach your baby.  They keep your baby from

getting the food and oxygen it needs to grow.

 

**It's best to quite before you are pregnant.  But

quitting anytime while you are pregnant will help.

 

You'll Have a Healthier Pregnancy!

**Women who smoke have a higher risk of

bleeding and miscarriage (pregnancy loss). 

 

**Their babies may also be born too soon.

 

**If you quit, your baby is more likely

to be born at the right time.

 

You Pregnancy May Be Easier!

**Quitting will help you to breathe

more easily and cough less.

 

**You will have more energy (to carry

your baby's extra weight)!

 

**Food will taste better.  So you

may enjoy a healthier diet.

 

Your Baby Will Be a Healthier Weight!

**Babies born to mothers who smoked

during pregnancy weigh less than other babies.

 

**Smaller babies get sick more often.  They are

more likely to die during their first year.

 

**If you quit, your baby is more likely

to be a healthier weight.

 

Your Baby's Risk of SIDS Will Be Lower!

**Smoking during pregnancy triples

your baby's risk of SIDS (sudden infant

death syndrome).  If you quit, your

baby has a lower risk of SIDS.

 

**Your baby is also less likely to

be stillborn (born with no signs of life).

 

Your Breast Milk Will Be Free of Cigarette Chemicals!

**The chemicals in cigarettes

also enter your breast milk.

 

**Nicotine can cause restlessness,

vomiting, and diarrhea.

 

**Smoking increases your

baby's risk of SIDS.

 

**Smoking may also reduce your

supply of breast milk. 

 

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