Smoking in Pregnancy

Protecting your baby from tobacco smoke during pregnancy and in the first few months of life is probably the single most important step you can take to give your child a healthy start.

In Warwickshire, there is a special service for pregnant smokers and their families to help them stop smoking for good.

Protect yourself and your baby from:

• Miscarriage

• Bleeding

• Slow growth

• Premature birth

• Stillbirth

• Low birth weight

• Cot death

• Breathlessness and wheezing in baby's first six months of life

• Colic during the first few months

Babies of non-smokers are often healthier, happier and more contented.

Stopping smoking at ANY time during pregnancy means that baby and you become healthier straight away.

Warwickshire Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service 

You can contact the service at any time by phoning 0800 085 2917 or text LIFE to 80800.

When you see the midwife to book your pregnancy, if you smoke you will be referred to our service:

You can contact the service at any time by phoning 0800 085 2917 or text LIFE to 80800

Pregnant smokers can also phone the NHS Pregnancy Helpline free on:

0800 169 9 169

The lines are open from 12.00-9.00 every day offering confidential counselling for pregnant smokers who want to stop and a flexible call back service.

You can also find more information at:

http://gosmokefree.nhs.uk/questions/smoking-and-pregnancy

http://www.nhs.uk/planners/pregnancycareplanner

Send mail to smokefreewarwickshire@nhs.net with questions or comments about this web site.
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Last modified: 2/09/08