The babble of a middle-aged lunatic.
I heard a report on the radio today that women were starting to smoke deliberately to lower the birth weights of their unborn children.

Unfortunately, I did not hear the entire report as the darn phone rang, so if anybody else heard it, feel free to post the particulars.

It seems as with advancments in medical technology and nutrition, babies are getting heavier and heavier inside moms womb. Now dont get me wrong, I have never givin birth, obviously, but I have seen many babies delivered. I have the utmost admiration for women during child birth. In fact, I feel a healthy woman giving birth comes as close to death as a health woman can get. Ive seen the pain and all the emotions women experience while giving birth, and I'm certain many teenaged girls have seen enough to make them a bit nervous about this big huge baby coming out of them.

It does not surprise me that these girls would want to have smaller babies. It's quite well known that women who smoke during pregnancy are prone to having children with lower birth weights. So, one obvious conclusion would be if I smoke, my baby will be smaller, and it won't hurt as bad.

Imagine that a non-smoking girl would start to smoke for this reason alone.

What do you all think about this ladies? I definately need a womans perspective on this one.

Comments
on Oct 05, 2006
Kind of a radical way to do it.  Here is a link to the story.  It appears to be true.  The original is out of Australia, but I cant get that link to work. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=pregnant-teens-smoke-to-have-smaller-babies-&method=full&objectid=17866347&siteid=94762-name_page.html
on Oct 06, 2006
Here is a link to the story.


Thanks Doc! Unfortunatelt, nobody cares about this one. Funny though how people can gripe about cigarettes, but not smokes and pregnancy.
on Oct 06, 2006
I was listening to the radio, and heard about this a couple of days ago. Didnt catch all of it,but from what I heard, they are doing it with the the following thought:



" If I start smoking, then the baby will be smaller. Then with a smaller baby, childbirth will be less painful"



A. ..Who in their right mind would say...Hey, I've never smoked before ( due to whatever reason) ..but now tha I have created a new life inside of me, let's start so that my pain may be less during childbirth!



B....Um , so I guess the well being of the child is out of consideration? ( I know a lot of people smoke during pregnancy and the baby turns out fine, but still...come one )



C. Childbirth is going to be painful no matter what. You are pushing something out of you. If they had something the size of a banana inside them that they had to push out, it would still be painful...



People simply prove more and more to me about how stupid and idiotic our society is becoming !