Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking During Pregnancy
During your pregnancy, everything you eat, drink, and smoke can affect you and your baby. These things reach your baby by crossing your placenta. Unfortunately your placenta cannot tell the difference between healthy and harmful substances. This means that everything you put into your body can reach your baby. Drugs, alcohol, and smoking can cause birth defects, mental retardation and general growth and development problems for your baby.
This video discusses the harm that these substances can cause to your baby if you use them during your pregnancy.
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Date Last Reviewed:
9/24/2008
Date Last Modified:
9/24/2008