Hypnosis

Smoking while pregnant can have many short, as well

as long term, negative effects on an unborn child. If a

woman smokes while she is pregnant she is risking

exposing the unborn child to many harmful chemicals,

such as nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, cyanide,

hydrocarbons, and vynil chloride. These

chemicals can hinder the child's life after it is born,

or determine whether some are born at all.

There are many harmful effects of smoking while

pregnant, some of which happen before the baby is even

born. One complication is an increased risk of ectopic

pregnancy. Which is when the embryo becomes implanted in

a fallopian tube or another site instead of the uterus.

Only in extremely rare cases does this result in the

birth of the child. Most of the time the fetus must be

removed surgically or with drug treatments to protect

the woman's life. Cigarette smoke also seems to double a

women's risk of developing placental co...