A child gets hit on both sides of his or her birthday, before and after birth. Premature rupture of membranes, premature labor , and premature births are a higher risk with smoking pregnant patients. Allergies in children multiply over those of children not exposed to smoke in the home or in the car. Children just plain lose with smoking. But it may not be entirely their fault.
Smoking is a very tough addiction.
When I talk with internists and perinatalogists I hear smoking referred to as being as addictive as heroin and cocaine. With over 2,000 different chemicals in tobacco smoke, not one of them is nutritious or enriching for you, your baby, your family, your gender, or the generations to come. In my practice, Macrodantin has been a favorite for urinary tract infections in pregnancy. Although it's been known to rarely cause a serious anemia, this would not have a risk that would outweigh the benefit. The drug of choice for upper respiratory infections involving sinusitis, pharyngitis, or other non-viral infections is still penicillin.