Pregnancy - 14
Your baby
Your baby is now around 9cm long. He’s starting to practise breathing movements, even though he gets all the oxygen he needs from the placenta and onwards through the umbilical cord. At this stage, your baby’s heart is pumping several litres of blood through his tiny body every day.
You
It’s difficult to miss the campaigns of public information encouraging you to stop smoking. As well as doing long-term damage to your own health, your baby can suffer if you make him breathe your smoke while you’re pregnant.
The best advice is to quit while you’re ahead, as early as possible in your pregnancy. If you’re tempted to begin again once the baby has been born, be sure not to smoke around your baby, and never in your baby’s bedroom, as your smoke can harm his delicate little lungs.
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