As a midwife, I will encourage her to quit smoking by explaining to her understanding that quitting smoking will not be easier to quit, than in early pregnancy when she develop a sudden distaste fir cigarettes. I will tell her if she smoking now she can decrease her chances of miscarrying and it may also lessen the likeliness of affecting her baby’s development. I will explain the effects which can affect her and his baby and also give her the guard line/procedure which can enable her to stop smoking Effects to baby.
1) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Women who smoke during pregnancy expose their babies to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as these babies are more likely to die from the harmful effects of smoking.2) Stillbirth: Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the chances of the death of their babies during pregnancy itself.3) Low birth weight of the baby: Birth weight of the baby is an important factor for the future health of the baby. Low birth weight can lead to a great many complications. In fact, low birth weight is the main reason for pre-natal death (during the first month after the birth).
4) Colic: A baby born of a mother who used to smoke during pregnancy is more likely to have colic. Colic is often a condition of early infancy. Colic results abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distention of any of the hollow viscera, such as intestine.5) Respiratory infections: your baby is more likely to have asthma and other respiratory diseases if you expose your bay to smoking.
6) Placenta Abruption: this condition arises when the placenta pulls the walls of the uterus either before or during labour. This requires an immediate delivery usually through cesarean operation. A smoker's placenta is thinner making her more likely to have placenta abruption.7) Premature birth: Smoking during pregnancy can lead to pre mature birth due to premature rupture of membranes. A pregnant smoker's body is more likely to end her pregnancy sooner in an effort to protect the baby from harmful smoke.
Premature birth can lead to serious complications for the baby such as mental retardation and cerebralpalsy.8) Miscarriage: A woman who smokes during pregnancy can have trouble staying pregnant. It may lead to miscarriage. It can also decrease your fertility. Effects to mumSmoking contributed to anumber of cancers The mixture of nicoline and carbon monoxide increase heat rate and blood pressure Strain heart and blood vessels It causes heart attacks and stroke Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of low Ways to help the patient to stop Don't deny that smoking was pleasurable: If you deny that smoking was pleasurable then you are making it difficult for yourself to leave it.
Hence, admit to yourself that it was pleasurable but also harmful, which is why you need to give it up. Drink a lot of water: Smoking leaves a lot of residual material (chiefly nicotine) inside our body.In order to flush it out it is highly imperative to drink a lot of water. Practicing Pranayama to curb craving for cigarettes: Cigarette cravings can be minimized with the help of yoga poses such as Pranayama. In this pose you breathe in a lungful of air and then slowly exhale it. As you exhale you need to slowly close your eyes and allow your chin to drop to your chest.
Do it thrice to see your craving slowly wither away. Exercise your body: Apart from yoga poses such as Pranayama, exercising for at least half an hour is also beneficial.This would help you counter the excess stress levels which have built up inside your body. You can choose any exercise regime of any intensity.
However, make it a point to do it till you start sweating. Seek family and friend support: Leaving the habit of smoking requires a lot of will power and encouragement. Usually, having a support system in the form of family and friends come in handy. They would surely help whenever you seem to falter. Counter withdrawal symptoms: You need to be highly motivated in order to counter withdrawal symptoms, a time when "just one cigarette" craving ccasionally emerges.Take all possible type of help in this phase.
Reward yourself: If you think you have attained a predefined goal in your attempt to quit smoking then do not hesitate to indulge yourself. You can choose any means to indulge yourself in. Looking at all these deadly consequences you can well imagine the threats that a cigarette can pose to your joy of motherhood. Giving birth to a new life is the greatest bliss for a woman and if a cigarette can prove to be a hindrance then it is better to quit it
