Smoking While Pregnant Research Paper
Katherine Williams
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What can happen to a baby if the mother drinks alcohol while she is pregnant? What can happen is if the mother smokes cigarettes while she is pregnant? Research and report on the dangers of smoking and drinking by pregnant women in reference to their unborn children.
Cigarette smoke reaches the fetus through the placenta which is the tissue that connects the mother and fetus. Among other important functions, the placenta provides nutrients to the fetus. When nicotine and carbon monoxide, the toxins in cigarette smoke and second-hand smoke, enter the body and they reach the placenta resulting in deprivation it of oxygen and nutrients. When an expecting mother inhales tobacco smoke from a cigarette, some of the chemicals …show more content…
Smoking damages the fetal lungs, which develop early and are exposed longer than other organs to tobacco toxins, as there is a direct link to a child’s susceptibility to respiratory diseases. It also harms the fetal brain by interfering with the placental exchange of oxygen. Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to give birth to a low birth weight baby. This is a concern because smaller babies are more likely to be ill, to need special care, and to stay longer in hospital. They are also more likely to die at birth or within the first year. A pregnant woman who smokes runs a higher risk of placenta previa (abnormal implantation of the placenta), abruptio placenta (premature separation of the placenta), or ruptured membranes (when the amniotic sac breaks …show more content…
The term “fetal alcohol spectrum disorders” (FASDs) is used to describe the many problems associated with exposure to alcohol before birth. Each year in the United States, up to 40,000 babies are born with FASDs. The most severe of these effects is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), a combination of physical and mental birth defects FASDs effects range from mild to severe and include effects include mental retardation; learning, emotional and behavioral problems; and defects involving the heart, face and other organs. Babies with FAS are abnormally small at birth and usually do not catch up on growth as they get older. They have characteristic facial features, including small eyes, a thin upper lip and smooth skin in place of the normal groove between the nose and upper lip. Their organs, especially the heart, may not form properly. Many babies with FAS also have a brain that is small and abnormally formed. Most have some degree of mental disability. Many have poor coordination, a short attention span and emotional and behavioral
DL1
What can happen to a baby if the mother drinks alcohol while she is pregnant? What can happen is if the mother smokes cigarettes while she is pregnant? Research and report on the dangers of smoking and drinking by pregnant women in reference to their unborn children.
Cigarette smoke reaches the fetus through the placenta which is the tissue that connects the mother and fetus. Among other important functions, the placenta provides nutrients to the fetus. When nicotine and carbon monoxide, the toxins in cigarette smoke and second-hand smoke, enter the body and they reach the placenta resulting in deprivation it of oxygen and nutrients. When an expecting mother inhales tobacco smoke from a cigarette, some of the chemicals …show more content…
Smoking damages the fetal lungs, which develop early and are exposed longer than other organs to tobacco toxins, as there is a direct link to a child’s susceptibility to respiratory diseases. It also harms the fetal brain by interfering with the placental exchange of oxygen. Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to give birth to a low birth weight baby. This is a concern because smaller babies are more likely to be ill, to need special care, and to stay longer in hospital. They are also more likely to die at birth or within the first year. A pregnant woman who smokes runs a higher risk of placenta previa (abnormal implantation of the placenta), abruptio placenta (premature separation of the placenta), or ruptured membranes (when the amniotic sac breaks …show more content…
The term “fetal alcohol spectrum disorders” (FASDs) is used to describe the many problems associated with exposure to alcohol before birth. Each year in the United States, up to 40,000 babies are born with FASDs. The most severe of these effects is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), a combination of physical and mental birth defects FASDs effects range from mild to severe and include effects include mental retardation; learning, emotional and behavioral problems; and defects involving the heart, face and other organs. Babies with FAS are abnormally small at birth and usually do not catch up on growth as they get older. They have characteristic facial features, including small eyes, a thin upper lip and smooth skin in place of the normal groove between the nose and upper lip. Their organs, especially the heart, may not form properly. Many babies with FAS also have a brain that is small and abnormally formed. Most have some degree of mental disability. Many have poor coordination, a short attention span and emotional and behavioral