Tobacco abuse among women reduces fertility by 70%

“Pregnancy and motherhood are an important phase of women in many ways. Motherhood is perhaps the bravest thing a woman can do in her lifetime. But for getting pregnant Fertility is the first step which means the ability to produce a child.”

 In modern days, the women are independent, they take their own decision, support their family financially, career-oriented and self-dependent. They do not prefer early marriages. Their lifestyle has been changed now. Women, also use tobacco or smoking as well as men. But this is the fact that Fertility affects by the toxic and narcotic substance.

But when it comes to pregnancy, they face lots of difficulties because tobacco can lead to problems with fertility in women. The tobacco speeds up the loss rate of eggs. Once when eggs destroyed off, they cannot regenerate or be replaced. Then the menopause occurs 1 to 4 years earlier in women who smoke as compared with non-smokers. The rate of pregnancy complications due to smoking increases then a person has not smoked. This is true for women trying to become pregnant for the first time and for women who have been pregnant before.

Smoking is the biggest cause of pregnancy problems in women. Those who use tobacco have more irregular or painful periods. They also have low estrogen levels, which can lead to mood swings, fatigue, and vaginal dryness. They have trouble getting pregnant. Smoking during pregnancy leads to miscarriage, low birth weight, and premature birth. It increases the chance of sudden death of an infant and ectopic pregnancy.

Women smoking tobacco reduces their chances of conceiving by at least 70% and is also linked. Smoking can also affect the success rates of fertility treatment, such as IVF (In vitro fertilization).

If you're a planning pregnancy, now is the time to quit. Everything you put in your body can affect your baby. Your baby is exposed to chemicals such as nicotine and carbon monoxide you smoke. Quitting smoking tobacco can improve fertility. Stopping before you get pregnant can avoid the risk completely. Every day of pregnancy that is smoke – free helps your baby’s health and development. Another important reason to quit smoking before you conceive is to reduce your risk of birth defects.

Quitting tobacco is a difficult task. As the absence of nicotine in your brain will make you feel uncomfortable and cause certain symptoms. You will experience certain physical and mental changes, like headache, coughing, cravings, increased appetite or weight gain, mood changes such as sadness, irritability, and frustration, or anger, restless, decreased heart rate.

Make a plan for quitting the tobacco. It completely depends on your will power. You can change your routine. Deal with your craving; avoid those things that make you reach for a cigarette. Sometimes it can make you restless but soon you will come up with this. You can take help of yoga which may get you out of stress. You can chew some mouth freshener after dinner instead of having a cigarette. You can take your physicians advice about nicotine replacement or medicines.

I hope this article may help you and you would have a great pregnancy time.