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From: eagan@phoenix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: smoking and pregnant women: effects?
Message-ID: <790@phoenix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 14:55:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 14:55:31 1984
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Does anyone know what effects smoking has on an unborn child?
My mother swears she didnt smoke when she was pregnant, but she
STILL swears she doesnt smoke (and she's got very high blood pressure)
BUT I can smell smoke in her closets, etc... So, I assume she had
her smokes secretly while pregnant (somehow thinking that by her saying she
didnt will cancel it's bad effects). I guess I'm
wondering what her smoking back then could be doing to me now.
Could it effect the fetus' bone development? (i.e. cause
later problems or tendencies towards developing things like
arthiritus, bursitis, etc...).

Thanks