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writes:[Moderator's Note: Question edited for clarity]i drink wine regularly, my wife is pregnant, is there any effects on my unborn baby because of my drink? is there any risk of smoking and drinking wine on my child which is not come in this world? Reply to this Question
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reader, olderthandirt  +, writes (29 July 2010):
 I was a smoker and had no respect for others either. The boys turned out OK but I'll always regrete putting my wife at risk. It caused me to have a stroke and now I totally have to rely on her to drive me everywhere.. the guilt is heavy on my mind. JUST QUIT WHILE YOU CAN! Smoking isn't good for anyone. To specifically answer your question seems like a moot point.
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reader, Honeypie  +, writes (29 July 2010):
 Smoking around pregnant women, infants and children is just plain wrong.
If you have a beer or 10 it won't affect the child, on if the pregnant woman drink. Unless you turn into a violent a-hole when you drink...
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reader, k_c100  +, writes (29 July 2010):
 If you are drinking alcohol and your wife is already pregnant then no you cant do any harm because you cannot pass on the alcohol to your wife. But if your wife is drinking alcohol then this can massively damage the child and she must stop as soon as she can. Basically anything the pregnant woman eats or drinks is passed on to the child, therefore the pregnant woman must be careful with what she eats and drinks.
As for smoking around your wife when she is pregnant - THIS IS VERY BAD! Passive smoking is as bad as actually smoking yourself, so all the smoke you are putting into the air which is filled with toxins - this is being inhaled be your wife and then passed on to the baby.
So please - STOP SMOKING AROUND YOUR WIFE!! If you want to smoke go outside where the smoke will get passed into fresh air and carried away. DO NOT SMOKE INDOORS. Even if your wife is in another room, the smoke will still travel around your house and she will inhale it, hence passing it onto the baby.
If you share a home with a smoker then you'll be breathing in thousands of toxic chemicals which are released into the atmosphere both by the burning tip of their cigarettes (known as sidestream smoke) and by the smoker exhaling cigarette smoke around you (known as mainstream smoke). So basically this is what is happening to your wife!
It's been estimated that 17,000 children under the age of five are admitted to hospital every year in the UK as a result of illnesses resulting from passive smoking.
Your unborn child is already at risk from passive smoking. If you're exposed to cigarette smoke while pregnant then there's an increased risk of:
* miscarriage
* your child being born underweight, which in turn increases the risk of a variety of conditions, from infection to feeding problems
Once your baby is born passive smoking increases the risk of:
* sudden infant death syndrome (cot death)
* respiratory problems, including asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia
* infections of the middle ear (glue ear)
* potential harm to learning and behavioural development
* meningococcal infections
* childhood cancers and leukaemia
I hope this explains fully the damage you could be doing to your uborn child if you carry on smoking around your wife. So if you really cannot quit smoking, then make sure you ALWAYS smoke outdoors where the smoke cannot be inhaled by your wife.
I hope this helps and good luck!
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reader, Gabrielle Stoker +, writes (29 July 2010):
 Passive smoking can have an adverse effect on your baby's health, so you should definitely avoid that.
Regarding drinking, there's no such thing is 'passive drinking', so I guess you don't need to worry about that.
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