Wobbles

Smoking!

This is awful & open to be criticised I should be as well! After everything we have been through seeing our baby on my first scan should have been all I needed to quit 100%! My OH hates it & I don’t blame him yet he trying to understand too – I said to him yesterday "I’m a bad Mummy" & he said I wasn’t but I feel it so why again is that not enough to bin my ciggys!

I was sure on my first scan nothing would be there & on my second Friday I had again the worst in mind. None of it is sinking in all I have is sore boobs – No sickness maybe a splurt of it every now & then. I wish I had it maybe that would put me off even more.

I’ve gone from 40 to 10 or less a day so ¾ of the way but it’s not good enough is it?

I gave it a good bash the other day by 8pm I was ready to kill my OH – seriously I was all over the place so angry … even he said to go & get a cigarette I was ‘that bad’.

I’ve looked round the internet today even bought herbal patches called zero nicotine
http://www.herbalhealthuk.co.uk/prod...Prod=55&xSec=2
Reading around its not considered ok in pregnancy

I even bought filters like these one: http://www.magic25filter.com

Looked up herbal cigarettes ….

They all say not safe in pregnancy or along those lines... Should I listen? Would they be better than an actual cigarette?

Imi

Mum smoked all thru bth her PGs, Didnt even cut down.

Your doin so well
xxx

marley2580

My sister struggled to quit smoking throughout her pregnancy, she never succeeded and is still smoking. Yet her son Jaksyn was born a healthy 7pounds and is growing so fast he's 14weeks and about 18pounds. I think you can just do your best, eat well and excercise. If you are able to quit brilliant, if not try and cut down as much as possible. Try not to feel too guilty.

Jase

layla cut down during ethan but didn't stop and she blames his asthma on it (there is a family history of it though) he was in and out of hospital with croup and put on a nebuliser. cutting down is a difficult but nessesary sacrifice imo and cutting out all togeather will stop any guilt if baby has any health probs and improve your health! bin them and bite the bullet have a carrot

Caroline

Wobbs you are doing brillantly, if you have to have the odd cigareete, then so be it. I'm sure the stress will be worse.

take each day as it comes.

Trinity

I agree with Caroline Wobbles .. the stress will prob be not good for baby either. You are doing fantastic .. cutting down by that much is brilliant. If you can stop completely it would be the best thing (obv you dont need us to say that!) but the odd one shouldnt hurt.

Jo

Babe you are doing brill to cut down so much

Please don't beat yourself up about it, I smoked with both of mine(no probs with either) but cut down like you and also went to silk cut ultra ( felt like was sucking my lungs out!!)
I spoke to my midwife about it and she said it was better to cut down gradually than to stop cold turkey

You are doing really really well, you have knocked 30 on the head straight away
You can only take it one day at a time

Lauz_1601

Its hard for me to say really becuase I have never been a smoker so have no idea how hard it is to quit, but if I was a heavy smoker I'd quit altogether, I'd bite the bullet as Jase said and bin them, I know people who smoked through pregnancy and thier babies are fine, but thats not a risk I'd personally want to take. I am very anti- smoking though as you can probably tell. you've done sooo well already, just think how well you have done and push it just that little bit further, go cold turkey, it will be hard, but only short term, with long term benefits xxx

bexxie

sorry I disagree going cold turkey will not help here. it will cause stress and that is worse for baby

I always smoked (cut down) til 12 weeks then had a couple at weekends then very occassionally,it isnt easy giving up and I am back to smoking now again but only 3 max and they are rollies,I enjoy smoking and I dont do in house obviousley.

My doctor told me that in first tri giving up was best to do by cutting down then trying to quit as you cant wear patches etc to help

bex

bexxie

oh and the low birth weight they harp on about is crap