{"id":137,"date":"2015-11-10T23:51:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avawomen.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2021-11-04T23:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T06:18:14","slug":"drinking-and-smoking-while-ttc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.avawomen.com\/avaworld\/drinking-and-smoking-while-ttc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinking and Smoking while TTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Smoking while TTC<\/h2>\n<p>Pre-conception <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/healthy-lifestyle\/pregnancy-week-by-week\/in-depth\/smoking-and-pregnancy\/art-20047021\">cigarette smoke may lead to a drop in fertility<\/a>. Smoking can prematurely age the ovaries, and it may also cause damage to the tiny ovarian follicles that hold immature eggs. Quitting smoking also boosts your overall health.<\/p>\n<p>While kicking a smoking habit may feel impossible, there\u2019s no better reason to quit than becoming healthy for your baby before TTC. Now\u2014before you even begin trying to get pregnant\u2014is the best time, because smoking at any point during your pregnancy could put your baby at risk. Smoking while pregnant increases your odds of premature birth and stillbirth. While cigarette smoke has thousands of dangerous toxins, nicotine, and carbon monoxide are among the deadliest, and can thwart your baby\u2019s ability to receive oxygen. Moreover, smoking can spike your heartbeat and blood pressure, affecting the passage of nutrients through the placenta and thereby diminishing your baby\u2019s wellbeing during the crucial development stages.<\/p>\n<p>If your child is born healthy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/reproductivehealth\/tobaccousepregnancy\/\">smoking during pregnancy can still lead to sudden infant death syndrome<\/a> (SIDS) after your son or daughter\u2019s birth.There are impacts that could be potentially devastating for your child\u2019s future \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/toxsci.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/116\/2\/364.full\">research has even shown that the long-term effects to the adult offspring<\/a> could include development of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and impaired fertility.<\/p>\n<p>The time leading up to pregnancy may seem stressful to begin with, and when it\u2019s compounded with the decision to quit smoking, it can lead to an overwhelming range of emotions. Thus, before you decide to quit, you may want to arm yourself with resources for support, so that when you find yourself experiencing a difficult time, you will already know where to go.<\/p>\n<h2>Drinking While TTC<\/h2>\n<p>Women often wonder about the proper time to stop drinking while TTC. Of course, consuming one glass of wine might not pose a severe threat to your odds of conceiving. That\u00a0being said, the effects of alcohol on fertility, pregnancy, and breastfeeding infants are difficult to study (due, in part, to the fact that consumption is not always accurately reported). However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC28642\/\">a study conducted by a team of Danish physicians<\/a> provided conclusive evidence that a woman\u2019s alcohol intake has a direct link with her ability to conceive \u2013 even if the weekly intake is five drinks or fewer. As a result, the study\u2019s coordinators advise all women who are trying to become pregnant to avoid alcohol intake altogether.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhmrc.gov.au\/health-topics\/alcohol-guidelines\">The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia<\/a> also states that \u201cdrinking is not the safest option\u201d for women who are TTC.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a risk of someone already are pregnant unknowingly, which can pose some serious risks to your fetus. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/ency\/article\/000911.htm\">consumption of alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy<\/a> is most dangerous to a baby, mothers who drink at any point while carrying put their babies at risk. Although the research is still being conducted to determine just how great an effect alcohol has on fertility, the indicators above seem to point to the fact that it is a good idea to drop the alcohol prior to TTC, so that you completely avoid any potential risks that could harm you or your baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoking while TTC Pre-conception cigarette smoke may lead to a drop in fertility. Smoking can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[772,26],"tags":[400,9428],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.3 (Yoast SEO v18.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drinking and Smoking while TTC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Smoking and consuming alcohol should be carefully reassessed when TTC. 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