Pregnancy The Top 5 Worst Things You Can Do Put Your Pregnancy At Risk

1. SMOKING.. you may have heard it all before but your baby can be born of a low birth weight called small for dates causing problems with the placenta having a diminished capacity to transport oxygen and nutrients to the unborn baby. asthma problems may develop with your baby later on.ps smoking causes cancer too for you.

2.Not seeking medical advice from midwives doctors specialists etc, avoiding going to checkups, avoiding hospital appointments until birth.....Screening tests, scans are used  not only to detemine your due date but keeps an eye on baby's growth and predicting a multiple pregnancy,abnormalitities with baby which may need surgery later on.Placenta function. your health and any problems detected as soon as possible. Some mums develop pre eclampsia late on in pregnancy which can be fatal for both you and your baby if left undetected early.Close observation is needed should you develop high blood pressure which may result i n you staying in hopsital for the remainder of your pregnancy so it is very importnat you seek medical advice as soon as you suspect you may be pregnant. 

3.Not Looking  after yourself.....Not eating properly,keeping healthy, keeping fit but not to the extreem.Doing light excercise throughout your pregnancy can help your body prepare for what it is going to do at the time or birth LABOUR. Its called labour because it is hard work so keeping your body healthy will help you prepare for the long tiring hours of contractions and pushing a baby out into the big wide world.

4.Taking Drugs, Drinking Excessive Alcohol amounts, Substance abuse....Being responsible.You will be bringing a new life into the world so the later speaks for its self. Your baby will rely on you to take of it, to feed it to keep it clean ,to love it to keep it from catching any harm. If you are so spaced out, that is showing you should not be left in charge of a baby because your baby could be in left in harms way,think of this and seek practical help from another adult you can trust to  help to come off them well in advance before your baby is born.Some Social workers will take your baby from you at birth if your baby is born addicted to drugs. Drugs can cause your baby to be addicted at birth because it  passes through the placenta direct to your baby.

5.Not telling anyone until the last minute you are pregnant(especially for teen/young mums to be) Rape victims....If you are one of the above you may find it ever so difficult to confide in a parent or friend. Getting help right from the start can help you stop making mistakes you later regret.Or as in a rape case, you may reject your baby,wanting to damage it before birth putting both of you at risk.You could have councelling and take possible action to stop someone doing the same thing to someone else.Getting thr right help as early as possible opens up a lot of help for you to take the best possible care of both your and your child.

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