Delivery can jeopardize the life of mother and baby, though a cesarean delivery can prevent most deaths. Smoking doubles the risk. Delivery can jeopardize the life of mother and baby, though a cesarean delivery can prevent most deaths. Smoking doubles the risk. This contributes to a variety of other physical and mental problems.
Smoking doubles the risk.
However, if a woman stops smoking by the 16th week of pregnancy, she's no more likely to have a low birthweight baby than a woman who never smoked. Even if a woman has not been able to stop smoking in her first or second trimester, stopping during the third can still improve her baby's growth. Delivery before 37 weeks gestation. A possible complication of low birth weight. A possible complication of low birth weight.