A newly delivered mother who intends to breastfeed tells her nurse, "I am so relieved that this pregnancy is over so I can start smoking again." The nurse encourages the woman to refrain from smoking
However, this new mother insists that she will resume smoking. The nurse will need to adapt her health teaching to ensure that the woman is aware that: a. Smoking has little or no effect on milk production.
b. There is no relation between smoking and the time of feedings.
c. The effects of secondhand smoke on infants are less significant than for adults.
d. The mother should always smoke in a room away from the baby.
D
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A Smoking may impair milk production. When the products of tobacco are broken down, they cross over into the breast milk. Tobacco also results in a reduction of the antiinfective properties of breast milk.
B Research supports that mothers should not smoke within 2 hours before a feed-ing.
C The effects of secondhand smoke on infants include sudden infant death syn-drome.
D For all of the above reasons, the new mother should be encouraged not to smoke. If she continues to smoke, she should be encouraged to always smoke in a room away from the baby.
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