Smoking is a harmful habit, and even more so it is not in pregnancy, because it compromises the health of the unborn baby. Smoking in pregnancy is related to an increased risk of childhood asthma, especially in the first trimester of pregnancy.
The children of women who smoke during pregnancy, even if they have left the baby once they are born, have a higher risk of asthma in preschool age, wheezing and respiratory problems.
The results of a recent study conducted in Sweden indicate that the harmful effects of maternal smoking on the fetal respiratory system begin early in pregnancy, perhaps before the woman even realizes that she is pregnant.
Childhood asthma has increased markedly in recent years to become the most common disease in childhood, which affects between 8 and 12% of children.
Although its causes are linked to multiple factors, the mother's smoking during pregnancy seems to be a weight factor.
Therefore, as the effects of smoking in pregnancy appear to be especially harmful during the early stages of pregnancy, as a precaution you should quit, even before looking for pregnancy.
