Do you know the impact of smoking on fertility?

Fertility must be the thing that everyone cares about most. Many times, in order to give birth to a healthy baby, we will take many measures. The first is to exercise our body, and the second is to see what to eat is better for having a baby. But do you know the impact of smoking on fertility? In fact, the harm is very great.

Smoking during pregnancy is harmful to the health of the fetus. This is because tobacco contains more than 1,200 toxic substances, including nicotine, which is well known to everyone, as well as hydrocyanic acid, ammonia, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, pyridine, aromatic compounds and tar.

First, these toxic substances can be absorbed into the mother's blood along with the smoke, reducing the blood oxygen content in the mother. At the same time, the oxygen content in the placental blood also decreases. As a result, the risk of slow growth and development due to lack of oxygen in the fetus, or babies born weighing less than 2,500 grams is twice as high as that of non-smoking women. These children are not only physically weak and shorter than average children, but also have poor intellectual development. They are at high risk of developing serious illnesses within one year after birth and have a high mortality rate. The UK National Children's Bureau recently reported that women who smoke during pregnancy can cause their children's intellectual development to slow down until the age of 19. Many studies in recent years have also shown that mothers who smoke are more likely to suffer miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth than non-smoking mothers. There is also an increased risk of congenital malformations in the babies born.

Secondly, smoking has a direct effect on the fetus, accelerating the fetal heart rate and reducing respiratory movements. Nicotine and other poisons in cigarettes can also penetrate the placenta through the blood, be transported to the fetus, and even cause damage to organs that are not yet fully functional. Smoking during pregnancy not only causes great harm to the fetus, but is also very harmful to their own health. Some people report that pregnant women who smoke are 1-2 times more likely to experience complications such as placental abruption, bleeding, and premature rupture of membranes during labor than normal pregnant women.

So don't underestimate the harm of smoking. Many times, it is because of your carelessness that your baby is affected to a certain extent. If the situation is more serious, it may cause you to be unable to give birth to a baby. It will be useless if you regret it at this time. So for yourself and your family, quit the bad habit of smoking as soon as possible.