"The husband and wife should stop smoking. Both of them not only the mother but also the prospective father," he said, Sunday (19/3). Preparing for pregnancy, there must be careful planning.
In Jakarta alone air pollution has been remarkable, especially coupled smoking then higher pollution. "The smoke contains nicotine. In fact, nicotine, alcohol, coffee all make blood vessels do not elastic. Imagine what the impact on the fetus if oxygen and nutrients do not flow smoothly due to no elastic blood vessels," said Achmad.
Smoking makes the fetus is deprived of oxygen and even shortness of breath. Moreover, the growth of the fetal cells need oxygen.
"The fetus is not going to die but later brain development are lacking due to lack of oxygen. If the child is less clever and just pass the oxygen bound parents grumble when the growth of brain cells need oxygen, so parents married mandatory stop smoking when merencanalan pregnancy," said Achmad.
