Well done with your efforts!!!! I smoked thru most of my first pregnancy (as I was struggling like hell to quit), but a news article stopped me. Luckily I had already quit when pregnant the second time round.
My MW during my first pregnancy told me " Don't stop completely straight away, cut down to maybe 5 a day if you can, as I would rather you have a controlled 5 a day then go cold turkey, struggle and smoke a whole pack"
I quit smoking on September 1st 2007. I didn't want to quit but knew I had to before I got pregnant. I slipped up a couple of times (drinking), but I would puff on flavored cigars if I got really bad urges. I just quit cold turkey because I didn't want to be dependent on medication or anything like that. I later found out I was pregnant in early November. I still craved them and dreamed that I was still smoking but I was nausea all the time so the smell disgusted me. I still can't stand the smell of smoke to this day, but I still get urges and still have dreams that I bum cigs off people. It's weird, but it's all in your head (one big mind game). Once you get past that, it gets easier. At first I kind of got depressed because it was like I was losing my best friend, but now I realize that I am on the road to getting healthier lungs again and I can breathe so much better and taste things. It's a better way of life. Good luck on quitting if you plan to do so. It's not easy, but well worth the effort and you'll be glad you did it.
Hi girls, I saw a poster today about smoking in pregnancy, and it said something I hadn't thought of before... Apparently when you smoke during prengnacy the baby gets just as much nicotine as you do, and then when you have the baby and she or he doesn't get that nicotine anymore they go through withdrawl and get distressed by it... I wanted to share this with you girls who are trying to give up as I thought it might help you - Everytime you get the urge to light up, and you go through the suffering of withdrawl and cravings, just think about how if you give in, you'll be inflicting those same nasty feelings onto your baby once they're born.
I smoke, well im quitting but I stopped when I first found out i was preggo but then thought i miscarried so started again, now i found out yesterday that im still preggers, so no more fags. xx it'll be bloody hard though, but worth it!
Wow! congrats on the still-pregnancy. That's awsome. Also, your post suprised me for a second because in the US f*g is a very mean word for homosexuals. lol, I know what you meant though
I gave up just before the ban as I got to the point where I only really enjoyed smoking whilst drinking and socialising and thought I didn't want to have to go outside to smoke! I got a really heavy cold the week before the ban last year and the thought of smoking made my stomach turn. I haven't smoked since. I had a couple of wobbles on holiday but still knew I woud feel awful if I succumbed to it.
I also knew that I was going to come off the pill in September and that i wanted to give my body a chance to recover before we conceived. I had smoked on and off since I was about 15 and am 30 in march so I knew that it was time to give up. My mum has also been a cancer sufferer for the last 14 years which should have made me give up earlier seeing as she has not put herself in a high risk situation like us smokers do. We have a choice to stop smoking and ensure we are healthy for ourselves and our future families. My auntie has unfortunately just been diagnosed with lung cancer and has smoked for years and she said you always think it happens to someone else
I am most certainly not one of these ex-smokers that lecture people but I honestly wanted to give up and i think you really have to WANT to give up to beat it as we all have will power and can give em up!
I am not by any means judging smokers as this is your own body and your baby but give up for your health and babies health as that is the most important thing
wow there are some really angry posts on here. I am sorry to say that i smoked for the first 4 months with my first baby - and then gave up completely. I knew it was wrong and i cut down to about 3 a day up until giving up totally - it helped me to cut down first and by the time i was only smoking 3 a day i was like "what is the point" i might as well just give up totally. So i did! but then with my second i found it really hard and didn;t give up until about 7 months. both my babies are totally happy, contented and more importantly healthy. We all know that it is better to stop whilst pregnant - but do all of us know how hard it is?
there is enough stuff rammed down our necks the whole time - and it is a really personal decision - a lot of my friends (I am sorry to say) smoked the whole way through their pregnancies and also had healthy babies. Try and cut down and see how you go from there. Good luck with it.
I wouldn't say they were angry posts hun just people find it hard to understand that's all, I am one of them but I am not judging anyone as it is personal choice x
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xx it'll be bloody hard though, but worth it!
lol, I know what you meant though
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