By: Deshiryl Whitney

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By Deshiryl Whitney
What all females should know about smoking and
drinking during pregnancy!
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Smoking
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Facts about smoking cigarettes during pregnancy

• You may have a miscarriage or stillbirth.
• Your baby may be born too small or too soon.
• Babies born too small may have breathing problems
  and other health problems.
• Your baby may have learning and behavior problems
  later in childhood.
• Your baby may have asthma or other respiratory
  problems.
• Your baby may die from crib death.

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Good reasons why pregnant women and women who
may become pregnant should stop smoking

• You will have a healthier pregnancy.
• Your unborn baby will grow better because it will
  get more food and oxygen.
• Your baby is more likely to be born healthy.

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Illegal Drugs
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Why you shouldnt use cocaine during pregnancy

• This drug can cause miscarriage.
• It may trigger labor.
• It can cause death.
• Cocaine can cause a stroke.
• It can cause brain damage.
• The baby can be born premature.
• The baby can have low-birthweight.
• Cocaine can cause abruptio placentae which can
  lead to extensive bleeding and can be fatal for
  mother and baby.

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Why you shouldnt use cocaine during pregnancy

• The baby can have serious health problems.
• The baby can also can have life-long disabilities
  such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy,
  visual, hearing impairment and infant death
  syndrome (SIDS).
• Babies that are exposed to cocaine before birth
  also may have respiratory and neurological
  problems such as seizures.

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Ways women can protect their baby from dangers
of cocaine

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• Delay pregnancy
• Going to drug classes

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Why you shouldnt use marijuana during pregnancy

• Early delivery.
• Low birthweight.
• Congenital heart disease.
• Clubfoot.
• Spina Bifida.
• Leukemia.
• Visual Responses.
• Tremors.
• Startles in infants of mothers who were regular
  heavy users of marijuana.

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Why you shouldnt use marijuana during pregnancy

• Combining cigarettes and marijuana may restrict
  the growth of the baby.
• Shorter gestation period.
• Major Malformations.
• Miscarriage.

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Ways women can protect their baby from dangers
of marijuana

• Stop before you get pregnant.
• Go to drug classes.
• Stay away from people that do smoke marijuana.
• Get help.

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Alcohol
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What you need to know about drinking alcohol
during pregnancy

• Your baby could be born with mental and physical
  birth defects.
• Your baby could have fetal alcohol syndrome
  (FAS), fetal alcohol effects (FAE) and fetal
  alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
• No level of alcohol use during pregnancy has been
  proven safe.
• Alcohol passes through the placenta directly to
  the babys bloodstream.

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What you need to know about drinking alcohol
during pregnancy

• Drinking early in pregnancy can cause physical
  birth defects like heart defects.
• Drinking late in pregnancy can cause growth
  problems in your baby.
• Drinking at any stage of pregnancy can affect
  development of yours babys brain.
• Drinking alcohol increases your risk of
  miscarriage, stillbirth and having a
  low-birthweight baby.
• The effects of FAS and other alcohol-related
  conditions last a lifetime.

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Ways you can protect you and your baby

• Stop drinking alcohol such as wine, wine coolers,
  beer and liquor.
• Avoid situations or places where you usually
  drink, like parties or bars.
• Ask your friends and family to help you stay away
  from alcohol and not to offer you any drinks that
  have to deal with alcohol.
• Ask your health care provider about alcohol
  treatment programs.

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Conclusion

• As you can see you still have time to help
  yourself and understanding. These tips will help
  you recover. So, do yourself a favor. Help
  yourself and your unborn baby.

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"Thanks Mommy Daddy"