NEW YORK - Scientists report that carbon monoxide, a potentially poisonous gas found in cigarette smoke and automobile emissions, prevents the death of placental cells and might become the basis of a treatment for pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy condition involving high blood pressure thought to stem from problems with the placenta.




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Thats interesting. My wife had nothing but problems with swelling and high blood pressure with our first 2 kids. She quit smoking for those 2. She smoked threw our last 2 kids, and had ZERO problems with her pregnancies. Her blood pressure was normal. I guess doctors should be telling moms with high blood pressure and a high risk of getting pre eclampsia to smoke like a chimney during pregnancy, or smoke a car exhaust pipe lol.