Protecting Your Unborn Child
Tips for helping against disrupting prenatal development
Teratogens
Factors that affect your unborn baby and their future development.
Such as alcohol, drugs and smoking.
Such as alcohol, drugs and smoking.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
The use of alcohol during pregnancy can lead to these malfunctions:
-abnormal facial features
-problems with memory, attention span and learning
-trouble controlling behaviour
-abnormal facial features
-problems with memory, attention span and learning
-trouble controlling behaviour
Illegal Drugs
If illegal drugs are used during pregnancy it can lead to the child having:
- low birth weight
- signs of withdrawal
- neurological/behavioural problems
- low birth weight
- signs of withdrawal
- neurological/behavioural problems
Cigarettes
facts about smoking and its effect on the fetus:
-carbon monoxide limits oxygen and nutrients to your fetus harming your child
-low birth weight can occur
-4,000 chemicals are in cigarettes
-carbon monoxide limits oxygen and nutrients to your fetus harming your child
-low birth weight can occur
-4,000 chemicals are in cigarettes