Drinking alcohol is harmful during pregnancy. Alcohol crosses the placenta to the baby. It can accumulate in the fluid that surrounds the baby. If a mother drinks alcohol while she is pregnant she increases the babies risk of birth defects. Alcohol can prevent a baby's body, heart and brain from developing correctly. Alcohol also causes problems with bleeding, miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. A major problem that can occur if a mother consumes alcohol while …showed first 75 words of 479 total…

…showed last 75 words of 479 total…to have under developed babies. A baby born to a mom that smokes is twice as likely to die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. If a smoking mom quits early in pregnancy, the baby could do as well as one of a non-smoker. Quitting smoking before becoming pregnant is the best thing you can do. Your baby will be healthier and bigger. Another positive, mom will have more money to spend on her new baby