anamaz

thank you all so much i went to the dr this morning and have 2nd step patches that i will use for two weeks max and then not smoke

thanks for teling me all the risks and beinghonest with me means alot

LeaArr

One of my friends just had twins. She was at high risk for miscarriage, so she was told NOT to quit smoking. Her OB told her that it could cause unneeded stress on her body, and on the babies. She delivered two, very healthy, happy baby boys earlier this spring.

Talk to your doctor about it first, cause sometimes the pros outweigh the cons.

mugzy

Good luck hun I hope it works, and really glad your doctor has given you some help

Anja

Anorexia is an illness, a disease, not something you can pop to the docs and get a pill for!

tinytoes

ms SIL was also told to just smoke one a dy rather than not smoke. but this isnt advice people should follow without talking to their doc! If someone can quit for the first 12 weeks then they can carry it on. the fist week is the hardest. it only gets esier after that - PLUS you have to feel good factor of the fact you're helping your baby and you're in control.

Stopping smoking is empowering - WE can control the ciggies rather than them controling us. And as mums we need to have control¨!

Anja

I think that is a great thing to say!!!!
Very true and very helpful!
xx

Mangomoo

Good luck to you in combatting your ana and smoking. It will be hard but you need to find the strenght for your LO to overcome them.

I stopped smoking in September I was on 10-15 a day and started to use the tablets that tell the nicoteen receptors in your brain that you don't need nicoteen. I was meant to be on the course for six months but found out I was 5 weeks pregnant in December (unplanned) so I stopped the tablets straight away. Luckily I have stayed away from the cigs, I think my man would have me put in to prison if I started smoking whilst with our child!! I haven't felt the need for them either and I feel much better and much more relaxed without them!!

mugzy

I wasn't trying to to suggest that it was. Just that if smoking can make her feel like eating, maybe there was patch or something that could do the same thing, without hurting the baby. Which is what the doctor has given her... sorry if I caused offence. I just meant that she shouldn't have to do it alone - she has an illness, she should be getting support for it - for herself and the baby.

ella170

i think the fact that you are trying to stop is good enough in itself. i'm not saying i think it's fine to smoke in pregnancy, but it's difficult to stop and i wouldn't beat yourself up about it if you can't. some people find it easy to give up, and this makes it easy for them to tell others that it's easy to give up too, when actually for some people it's alot more harder than that. i also think pregnancy is a great opportunity for smokers to quit the habit for good. good luck though, i hope you manage to quit successfully xxx

LeaArr

I couldn't agree more. I am a smoker now. My DH and I are going to start TTC in September. I will be done with smoking by then. It's really hard to quit, but it'll be worth it to have a happy healthy baby.