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		"Smoking doesn't hurt unborn babies" Fiction Wrong! Facts When you inhale smoke you are putting over 4000 chemicals into your body. The Carbon Monoxide gets into your blood stream and cuts down on the oxygen reaching your baby. If your baby doesn't get enough oxygen it may be born smaller and weaker.

		" I'm already pregnant so the damage is done" Fiction Wrong! Facts Smoking is harmful throughout pregnancy. Stopping smoking will benefit your baby immediately As soon as you become smoke free the carbon monoxide and chemicals begin to clear from your body and your oxygen levels begin to return to normal.


		" My friends and family smoke but that's ok" Fiction Wrong! Facts If you spend time with other people who smoke you will be exposed to second-hand smoke. Second-hand smoke is dangerous because the harmful gases and chemicals go to you and then to the baby. After birth, babies who live in a smoky environment have a higher risk of cot death.

	Are you risking your health and that of your baby? Smoking during pregnancy can cause: You Miscarriage Bleeding Sickness Your Baby Slow Growth of the foetus Premature birth Still Birth Low Birth Weight Cot death Breathing and wheezing problems Quitting now will mean you suffer less: Morning sickness Complications