What expectant mothers should pay attention during pregnancy, there are many factors that can harm the mother and child, so it is important to go possible problems at an early stage out of the way or to look for alternatives. The private krankenversicherung.de insurance Portal informs about new research in this area. It is known that smoking can affect in the months of pregnancy on the development of the embryo. Scientific tests in Denmark give now, however, cause to believe, that the damage could be far more profound than previously suspected. Mothers who smoke during pregnancy, expose the risk of early miscarriage. Also, nicotine, which also spreads out over the umbilical cord in the body of the baby, may lead to abnormalities of the fetus, as well as to an increased susceptibility of asthmatic diseases.

A study of Danish doctors can now fear that the nicotine intake for the child have more far-reaching consequences could. Was found in the examination of testicular tissue of embryos driven from, that the germ cells in the case of smoking mothers by up to 55 percent were reduced. From these cells, the sperm cells develop later. Therefore, the scientists suggest that smoking may adversely affect the fertility of the offspring. Another danger for mother and child carry invasive investigations. Due to the increasing incidence of age-related high-risk pregnancies must be sought for the early detection of possible damage of embryo according to alternative methods. A variation is the so-called Ersttrimesterscreening. While the risk of abnormalities can be computed by an investigation of the blood of the mother and an ultrasound measurement of the nuchal translucency of the unborn child. More information: news.private-krankenversicherung.de/… GELD.de GmbH Lisa Neumann