Pregnant women will be offered a carbon monoxide test to see if they smoke as part of a Government scheme aimed at reducing stillbirths.

The plans form part of the Saving Babies’ Lives programme, which offers stop smoking advice and encourages mothers-to-be and medical staff to look out for warning signs of problem pregnancies. 

According to the Sands, more than one in ten women in England are still smoking when their child is born.  Continue reading