Smoking in
Pregnancy
Protecting your baby from tobacco smoke during pregnancy and in the
first few months of life is probably the single most important step you can take
to give your child a healthy start.
In
Warwickshire, there is a special service for pregnant smokers and their families
to help them stop smoking for good.
- Protect
yourself and your baby from:
- Miscarriage
Bleeding
- Slow
growth
- Premature
birth
- Stillbirth
- Low birth
weight
- Cot
death
- Breathlessness
and wheezing in baby's first six months of life
- Colic during
the first few months
Babies of
non-smokers are often healthier, happier and more contented.
Stopping
smoking at ANY time during pregnancy means that baby and you become healthier
straight away.
Warwickshire Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service
You can contact the service at any time by phoning
0800 085 2917
or text
LIFE to 80800.
When you see the midwife to book your pregnancy, if you smoke you
will be referred to our service:
- You will be phoned by a Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Advisor to
discuss the options for stopping smoking
- You
can choose from stop smoking services at doctors' surgeries, pharmacies,
community centre, or the Stop Smoking Pregnancy Advisory can visit you at
home
- All
our stop smoking services provide:
- Regular support appointments over the first few weeks of
stopping
- FREE nicotine replacement products such as patches or
gum
You are up to four times more likely to stop smoking with
Warwickshire NHS Stop Smoking Service than on your own.
You can contact the service at any time by phoning
0800 085 2917 or text
LIFE to 80800
Pregnant smokers can
also phone the NHS Pregnancy
Helpline free
on
0800 169 9
169
The lines are open from 12.00-9.00
every day offering confidential counselling for pregnant smokers who want to
stop and a flexible call back service.
You can also find more information
at:
http://gosmokefree.nhs.uk/questions/smoking-and-pregnancy
http://www.nhs.uk/planners/pregnancycareplanner