Anyone else having to currently give up smoking? Anyone still smoking? Anyone that has ever had to give up smoking and got any stories to tell?

I went to a stop smoking clinic yesterday and they perscibed me some patches to start off with. I've been smoking about 15 cigarettes a day for 4 years so it's not going to be easy for me!

Apprently it's 80% will power and 20% the patch on my arm.

I think i will be able to do it, i mean, i know today is only day 1 but i keept thinking that, if i do smoke, there is a chance it will hurt my baby, and i don't want that. So if i am able to stop smoking at all, i'll be able to do it for my unborn child, right?

Though i'm already craving like mad. And i've got a job interview today so could really use a cigarette! Lol

I gave up 7 years ago when i started TTC for my 1st and i havnt touched 1 since !

Your first 3 days are the hardest. Get past day 3 and that's half the battle! I gave up when I was expecting my son the very day I found out I was pregnant. I think i am one of the lucky ones tho, as I found it really easy. I did, however, start again when he was 2, and that was me right until 31st August last year, when I decided enough was enough and gave up just like that. Again, very easy.

But everyone is different. If you can do it without patches, excellent, but don't feel bad for needing them. Also I have heard from friends that joining a group can really help, or even just having someone to talk to.

Wishing you all the best, and GOOD LUCK!!! xxx

I WAS a smoker for 15 years and smoking 20-30 a day! I have been a NON SMOKER now for 1 month and have found it easier than i ever thought

Its so worth it

Hi,
I 100% understand! I found it really really hard to stop. I managed to cut down to about 4-5 a day when i first got my bfp, but am ashamed to say I couldn't kick those final ones! I actually began to panic then because I thought 'what if I cant stop?' and I used to spend hours worrying about it, Then at about week 8 i just stopped. I really wanted one but felt soooo relieved that i had actually stopped, thats what stopped me from lighting another. My husband stopped too, on the same day, so I think that helped.

I still think about having one every day (not as intensly as the first few days) but I think about the panic i suffered when I thought i couln't stop, and I think about my little baby stuggling to breath in smoke filled air! I love my little baby, its soooo precious, and I tried for such a long time, why would I want to poison it now?

It really is the hardest thing in the world to stop, but being pregnant is the best incentive you can have to get you through it!


Good luck! Not that you will need it! I am sure you will do fine

I'm currently in the process of quitting, I'm putting all the money aside to get a few 4d scans done, so I just keep reminding myself every 1 I go without is a little bit more baby I get to see.

i gave up smoking as soon as i found out i was preg which was at abt 8 weeks. i'd been preg before and hadn't been able to give up (i'd cut down from 20 a day to abt 5) but i'd last time so this time round i was scared the smoking might cause another mc it gave me the will power boost i needed. i used gum for a few days but it made me feel sick so i quit cold turkey. i had 2 weeks of crazy moody craving but i kept thinking about what damage i could be doing if i smoked- the thought of a mc, early labour, still birth or cot death all scare me so much i don't go anywhere near people smoking let alone have one myself (i know lots of people smoke and have healthy pregnancies but i can't help feeling like i'd b one of the unlucky ones and never be able to live with the guilt). my cravings went away after 2 weeks but i kept forgetting i didn't smoke and thinking 'oh i'll have a ciggy' then missing it (not like a crazy craving- it was manageble but frustrating) i thought that missing it bit would never go away but i realised a few weeks ago that i didn't think about it anymore...nor did i miss it or want it if i did think about it. it gets better. just stay focussed on why u wanna give up. ty writing it down for those moments when the cravings get bad and u can't remember why u started giving up!

I smoked between 10 and 15 a day up until last Thursday when I found out I was expecting. I've tried giving up so many times before but I never suceeded. It's been a week today since I went cold turkey and I already feel so much better. I have the odd craving but when they come I just think about something else and occupy my hands and they soon pass..


Good Luck x

I used to smoke but quit 4 months ago. I was a smoker for 1 year, so I don't know if my info will be helpful or not since you smoked a little longer. When money permitted and the guilt didn't get to me, I smoked fairly heavily out of sheer boredom. WANTING to quit was the hardest thing. I just didn't want to. Even when I had good reason to want to, I didn't want to. So, I kind of had to do some self-brain washing, which involved looking at horrible pictures and pretending to be disgusted when I smelled smoke. After a little while it worked and I was ready to quit. I couldnt wait to quit, I was so terrified of the prospect of continuing to smoke.

I was NUTS for about 3 days. No one could talk to me about anything, I was dead dog tired, STARVING, and I just kept crying about things. Then, after 3 days the feeling subsided, and I started to feel so much healthier. Just breathing felt different, my head felt clearer (all by itself, no nicotine needed) and my face brightened up. By the time I'd gone 1 1/2 weeks w/o the "stoges" I didn't even think about them anymore (unless I saw someone smoking...so I avoided smokers and held my breath when I walked past smokers) and it was very smooth sailing from there. High Stress periods, made me crave SOMETHING but not necessarily smoke. I could usually satiate the craving with some other guilty pleasure, like a nice frosted donut or Hot Chocolate with a shot of Espresso in it.
Then...I got too comfy and decided I could have a cig occassionally, which led to me having them frequently for a few weeks. So I cut off completely again, went through a couple of days that felt like PMS, and then that was it.

I'm not saying it was easy, cuz I literally felt like I was losing my mind for a few days...but it passes, and in the end it's worth it.

I'll pray for you! Prayer helps MOST.

I quit when I found out I was pregnant... luckily I had already cut back due to cold weather (we don't smoke in the house), i was only smoking 5-8/day. I smoked 1 more after I knew for sure I was pregnant, and that was it... it's been about 2 weeks and it hasn't been easy!! Especially because my boyfriend smokes and also most of my friends. But I am just really trying to concentrate on doing it for the baby. And reading about what it's like for the baby when the mother smokes, it's really kind of heartbreaking so that has helped me.

Once I have the baby, I think it would be nice if I didn't go back to smoking, but I'm not making any promises just yet :P