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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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