Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Risk of smoking when you are pregnant

Recently, I saw a pregnant lady outside KK Hospital bus stop smoking away with her partner. This is really appalling! We all know that breathing in second hand smoke is already harmful enough. What's more, smoking when you are carrying a baby inside you.

As a mother, when my child fall ill with a fever, I get worried enough. What if the child is born with complications? As parents, our first wish for our children is always good health. Spare a though for them too. It will be hard for them too to cope at such a small age.

Please stop smoking for the sake of your loved ones.

If you need more information about what kinds of adverse effects it has on babies, you can go to www.babycentre.com.sg and search keyword like smoking. One of the web links talking about smoking during pregnancy is

http://www.babycenter.com.sg/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/quittingsmoking/safetosmokeexpert/

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