Smoking during Pregnancy

I am gonna kill u David Soo...
Of all the people U fool around with me.
The stupid spam drove me nuts!
Don't ever think of trying on me again
I promised I will definately kill u for that!
Anyway, enough of the silly con stuff.
A great morning of class.
Smoking During Pregnancy is the topic of the day.
I am wondering if it is too late to quit smoking
once you know u are pregnant.
What do u think?
A student in class mentioned about one of our
famous prof in the PSYC Department once telling
them how proud she is to smoke during her pregnancy.
Is she insane?
No! She is not! Jz weird!
As a matter of fact, studies do proof that
a certain usage of nicotine
will not do any harm to the baby.
Some ppl choose to stay on cigarette during pregnancy.
This is because they feel worst without it.
Cigarettes help to release stress.
Whether it affects the fetus or not...
there is no exact answer to the question.
I guess it all depends on individual biological impact on the child itself.
In some cases, ppl may argue that partner whom smokes might also
contributes to the growth of a fetus.
One thing for sure,
smoking during pregnancy cause Low Birth Weight.
Low Birth Weight associates with
1. Delinquency
2. ISCHEMIA (lack of blood supply to the fetus)
3. HYPOXIA (lack of oxygen to the fetus)
4. HYPERTONICITY (very tight muscle tone)

Some studies show that children born with
moms whom smoke during their pregnancy
are most likely to encounter conduct disorder
either in the early onset or late onset.

Any comments on this topic?
Welcome to leave comments and it is open for discussions.

Martin introduced us to buy APA Dictionary of Psychology.
I was searching such book to be published a long time ago.
Without a second thought I spent $67.79can in the bookstore this morning.
My mom is gonna kill me for this.





APA Dictionary of Psychology

A Landmark Reference That Defines the Lexicon of Psychology
With over 25,000 terms and definitions,
the Dictionary encompasses all areas of research and application,
and includes coverage of concepts, processes, and
therapies across all the major subdisciplines of psychology

Any Psyc student who are interested....
Below I attached a review of the book:

Book Review

At several hundred pages longer than other recent dictionaries of psychology, this volume casts a wide net over diverse subject areas within psychology's domain, and related terms from anthropology, computer programming, medicine, molecular and population biology, pharmacology, physics, social services, statistics, and more. Definitions are concise, plain-spoken, and designed to inform without mystifying readers. In fact, it can serve a number of disciplines because of the cross-disciplinary nature of its content…This is a reasonably priced work of great breadth and depth that will be a fine addition to academic and large public libraries.—Booklist


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