In the modern world there are many ways to relax. One of these relaxation methods is hookah. Often, young mothers who have just given birth do not want to change their usual way of life and are wondering if it is possible to hookah with GB without harming the baby.
What is a hookah?
Hookah came to us from the East, it is a flask with a long narrow neck. Hoses are attached to the bottom of the vessel, and mouthpieces are mounted at the ends of the vessel. And on the top is a saucer with a cup. This increases the distance that smoke travels from the structure to the lungs of a person.
Water is also poured in the lower part of the vessel, which contributes to the cooling of the smoke that passes through it. Thus, smoke passing through the respiratory tract does not burn the throat when inhaled.
Despite the fact that smoking a hookah is a whole ceremony, which attracts with its glamor and sophistication, it is rather unsafe for the body. Therefore, before smoking a hookah with HS, you should think twice and weigh everything, as this may possibly harm both mom and baby.
The amount of nicotine in a hookah
The nicotine content in the hookah is 0.05% of the total weight of the pack, given that a pack of tobacco weighs 50 grams. Thus, the concentration of nicotine in tobacco for hookah is in the amount of 2.96 milligrams, while the number of alkaloid is 25 milligrams.
The benefits of hookah
When smoking a hookah, the tension immediately decreases, the person relaxes. In addition, people are often attracted by the hookah preparation procedure, in which the atmosphere is felt, which is conducive to philosophical mood and pacification.
For smoking hookah it is not necessary to use tobacco, you can use smoking mixtures with different flavors. As a liquid, you can use water with the addition of essential oils or decoctions with herbs
Harm
When smoking a hookah, it is important to consider the following:
- The issue of hygiene when deciding to smoke a hookah should be in the first place. So, there is no certainty that in hookahs after each procedure all mouthpieces, hoses and flasks are thoroughly washed. In addition, it is impossible to say with confidence that the liquid in the hookah changes immediately before each use.
- The amount of smoke absorbed while smoking a hookah is much more than the dose that a person can inhale when smoking a regular cigarette. It is important to note the fact that smoke is carbon monoxide, and, as a result, a person who smokes a hookah for 40-45 minutes receives the same portion of carbon monoxide that he could get when he smoked one pack of cigarettes.
- Despite the fact that the smoke used for smoking hookah is thoroughly cleaned, a large amount of carcinogens harmful to the body remains in it.
- Smoking a hookah involves a strong inhalation of smoke, which at the same time completely fills the lungs. Important is the fact that it is moist smoke, therefore, it sticks and settles on the walls of the lungs.
- Most of the smoking mixtures used to fill the hookah are never tested for quality. Therefore, in such mixtures, the presence of harmful substances that can be hazardous to health is not excluded.
What is worse than a hookah
In addition to all of the above, smoking a hookah can be fraught for a smoking mother and other unpleasant consequences that will necessarily affect the baby's health:
- When smoking a hookah, a person takes a deeper breath than if it would be a cigarette, as a result of which toxic substances settle and accumulate in the lower part of the lungs, so it is very difficult to enter them from the body.
- Hookah is often lit in a large company, when several people use the same mouthpiece one after the other, violating all hygiene standards.
- As in the case of cigarettes, it can be argued that when smoking a hookah, a passive smoker is no less at risk than an active one. However, when smoking a hookah, everything is much more serious, since a large number of people smoke it immediately. This fact gives the young nursing mother a reason to think about whether it is possible to smoke a hookah with HS, thereby harming both herself and the child, or to refrain and wait until the lactation ends.
Is smoking hookah and lactation compatible
When smoking a hookah in a woman, the quality of breast milk changes significantly, it becomes bitter in taste, as a result of which the baby can completely abandon breastfeeding. Often, those who smoked a hookah with HS, milk begins to sour and gradually disappear completely. Smoking negatively affects lactation and the fact that during the inhalation of smoke in milk, all vitamins and minerals useful for the correct growth and development of the baby are lost.
Harm to a child through mother’s milk after smoking a hookah
A young mother is not forbidden to drink a glass of champagne or wine during a holiday during a lactation, while smoking a hookah while breastfeeding should definitely be excluded.
This procedure during breastfeeding is fraught with the fact that all toxins from smoke enter the baby's body along with milk. The body of a small child in the first months of life is still very weak, so the baby begins to react sharply to the ingestion of toxic substances that affect the fragile body with such manifestations:
- In a child, sleep and appetite disappear. The kid becomes moody, nervous, restless. Due to loss of appetite and sleep, he develops lethargy and apathy for everything that happens.
- When toxic substances enter the baby's body, he displays all the signs of poisoning, which are manifested by severe spasms and colic in the abdomen, disturbances in the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Signs of allergies, asthma, and acute pulmonary failure may occur.
- Delays in mental and mental development, weight loss and growth retardation are not excluded.
What to do if you can’t get rid of bad habits
The question of whether it is possible to smoke hookah with HS is open, but if it is not possible to get rid of such a harmful and addictive habit even with lactation, then to minimize the risk of the baby developing any serious consequences, one should adhere to some rules:
- It is strictly forbidden to smoke, being in the same room with the child.
- Hookah should be smoked during HB immediately before lactation, since the main concentration of toxins and hazardous substances in milk and blood occurs no earlier than 3-4 hours after smoking.
- Everyone knows that it is the hormone prolactin that is responsible for the production of breast milk in the body of a nursing woman. And since the bulk of prolactin is produced at night, smoking a hookah in this case is best during the day.
- After smoking a hookah and before lactation, it is necessary to wash your hands and face, change clothes, since poisonous substances can settle on things and skin, and when the baby touches, they enter the children's body.
- Nutrition should be easily digestible and balanced. During the day, you need to drink a large amount of liquid - at least two liters, in order to remove all toxic and poisonous substances obtained by smoking hookah, which can harm the children's body as quickly as possible.
To the question of whether it is possible with hookah with HS, the answer is clearly negative. But, if you can’t get rid of such a habit, you should carefully follow all of the above rules in order to minimize the risk of some serious consequences for the crumbs.