Patient's question:
Does smoking four cigarettes a day during breastfeeding cause milk to decrease? Will it cause the child to be less well-behaved, clingy, and always cry suddenly when sleeping?Doctor's answer:
Babies who are exposed to a long-term smoking environment can be greatly affected by it, and nursing mothers are especially prohibited from smoking. It can severely impact the normal development of the baby!1. Smoking reduces breast milk (Smoking: Reduces milk production)
2. Harmful substances enter breast milk through the mother's smoking
3. Causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Recent studies have shown that smoking has various harmful effects, among which the most notable is that smoking by family members, especially mothers, can easily lead to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).