If you are smoke while you are pregnant, you are exposing the baby to a host of damaging chemicals, including carbon monoxide, tar and nicotine, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The ACOG says smoking during pregnancy can guide to these medical problems:
- An ectopic pregnancy.
- Bleeding.
- Complications with the attachment of the placenta to the uterus.
- Stillbirth.
- A baby with a low birth weight.