I admit, I slipped up a few times. I was smoking about 7 cigarettes a day (on average lol, sometimes more, sometimes less) when I quit cold turkey….
How do manage not smoking, while pregnant AND after baby gets here??
I've only smoked about 4 times in 33 weeks (besides the first 4).
No…. I quit when I found out at 4 weeks.
I've only smoked 4 times (one cigarette each time) since I quit. So its been 29 weeks, with 4 cigarettes.
Nope, no help/support group. Just me! My mom didn't even know I was smoking.
Sounds like you've done very well. It's SOOOO hard to be a smoker and quit - EVEN WHEN you find out you're pregnant. I'm glad for those who "CLAIM" that they just QUIT COLD TURKEY. good for them! HOWEVER, back here in humanville, it's not always so easy, and understandably so. The girl that said "we're brainwashed to think it's hard to quit" is naive. You've done very well and should be proud of yourself for being able to control it so well, and to be able to be so honest. Good For You and Congrats on the baby!
January 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
You just do. I quit in June and got pregnant in August. It comes down to you smoking or the health of a baby. I guess you just have to buckle down and do it.
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Think of blowing smoke in your babys face. That should be enough.
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
whats more important to you? smoking or a healthy child?
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
During pregnancy: it sucked, it was hard, but really, the overwhelming guilt made it impossible to enjoy a cigarette.
After the baby was here: I've slipped more, but now that its freezing out, since I can't smoke indoors, I've done a lot better.
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
The fact is…that babies that are born from mothers that were smoking while pregnant aren't as healthy as they could have been if the mother had taken care of herself…and the baby. Just think of that beautiful baby that's inside you and you'll be able to do it!! And when you see that baby…there's nothing in the world you won't do to protect that baby!! I'm sure you'll be fine! Good luck!
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am
chew gum instead
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am
OMG THINK OF THE BABY
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am
lol? do you think this is funny? its harmful for your baby. Stop thinking about yourself.
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Talk to your doctor. I believe they have medication you can take while pregnant (and after) to curb your cravings and help you quit. S/he may also have suggestions for support groups or other types of therapy that may help.
Good luck!
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am
by not smoking babys can get addicted to nicateen before there born if you smoke
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Easy. I quit smoking on Monday this week and I have no intention of smokign again and haven't had any of those irratable moments people talk about. I did smoke about 2 cig's a day when pregnant (several years ago)….not my proudest moments.
Just remember. There is no physical pain to a nicotine withdrawal. It's only hard because society has brain washed people to believe it's hard. And, if your stressed and it's making you think you need a cigarette…will the cigarette make the problem go away? Same with smoking out of boredom….after the cigarette will you no longer be bored?
I've heard that the main reason smokers have trouble is that they have a fear that certain situations will no longer be enjoyable without smoking. I can tell you that they are MORE enjoyable because you aren't looking for excuses to leave the fun your having to have a nasty cigarette.
And of course you already know all the health issues and money spending issues, no need to remind you of all of them.
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Being a heavy smoker before I became pregnant, I'd have to say the only good thing about morning sickness was it helped me cut cold turkey. I didn't pick up another cigg until 2wks after I gave birth so I was proud of myself. It was hard, trust me as I always seen my bf go outside to smoke a cigg, I was so stressed and wish I could just pick one up BUT my morning sickness kept me from it (thank god). I'd say just try to focus your mind on other things.. And if you slip up, you slip up, I mean it's hard for women who have smoked to stop cold turkey specially when the hormones of pregnancy can be horrible. BUT try to also think about your baby =] I know I was proud of myself for going almost a year with no cigg and in the very beginning like when I was a month or two I did have a cigg now and then, it wasn't until the dreaded morning sickness came did I thankfully stop for good. SO I guess it was good for something lol. Goodluck!
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am
It was hard while I was pregnant I slipped up alot. the dr said that the stress I was putting myself not smoking was worse than the occasional cigarette I would give in and have. Not smoking right after the baby was born was easy I was to busy. But as he got older and was very colicky and had a ton of constipation issues it became harder I eventually gave in and started smoking again but I always go outside and put on a specific shirt for smoking and make sure I was my hands and sanitize then before dealing with my child because he doesn't deserve to suffer from me choosing to Smoke.
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am
i just thought of how selfish it was to smoke. i mean your giving that baby nurishment with everthing you put in your body and just imagin all the checimals that are in those smokes that your poor baby is now soaking up.. I have smoked for 15 years, i found out i was pregnant at 5 weeks and quit cold turkey so you can do it… just think of the baby and not the drug…
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am
my brothers gf smoked and when she found out she was preg. she stopped cold turkey. Ya she had urges but you can think about yourself anymore, you have to think about your unborn child.
you can do it just dont think about it. keep your hands and your mouth busy like..suck on candy..
good luck and congrats.
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I stopped by having less and less, I limited myself to 3 a day, and tried to stay at one a day, now i am down to one every other day, I am getting there, but once the stress hits in its what I reach for, but instead now I chew gum, and I dont buy them anymore I am on my last pack, and its almost gone..Good luck.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:00 am
You could eat crunchy things like carrot sticks, celery, pretzels. It helped me not smoke. You can also get your mind off of it by reading a book, doing puzzles or crocheting/knitting.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:00 am
For me it was easy. As soon as I found out i was pregnant, I just quit cold turkey. I knew I just had to stop and there was no question about it.
I'm gonna try and keep it up after I give birth too. Sometimes I miss it but there is no question of slipping up. I just won't do it.
Drinking, however, is another story! I miss it sooooo much! I think about it all the time. LOL But again, I've not slipped up. I allowed myself a glass of wine on x-mas eve. It was soooo good! I made it last for like 2 hours! lol
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Dear take this as a great opportunity to quit, if you do not your baby could have a lot of health consequences. And for your self, because you never want to hear the words, you have cancer.There is no easy answer to quitting you just have to do it, it will get better with time.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am
This may sound weird, but try "smoking" candy canes. Now is the time to stock up on them. It helps me. It doesn't help with the nicotine addiction, but does help with the habit. I sit outside like I always did when I smoked and suck on a candy cane. Hey, whatever works.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am
You have got to think about the baby and think of it as someone putting poison into your baby (which cigarettes are: tar, arsenic, etc).
Wait til you see the little one face to face you couldn't imagine anyone even smoking around her/him, it is gross when someone even smells like smoke and goes near them, they are so innocent and cigs are so yucky!!!
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am
i hope u didnt mean 7 a day while u were pregnant?!?! lol. well, im not a smoker but try to quit a while before ur pregnant just so u dont get cravings to smoke when ur pregnant. maybe go out in public and tell people ur pregnant so if u ever have the motion of smoking people will stop you. first few months r hard; later u have ur belly to look at and im sure ull realize what it'll do to ur kid faster than ur craving so yea. give urself shock therapy. pinch urself hard everytime u think of smoking. use food as a substitute for smoking…..etc good luck!
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Think of this.
You are smoking your cigarette and the cigarette gets shorter and shorter until it is a small insignificant stub worth nothing.
Now image that cigarette is your baby's life. Getting shorter and shorter.
Can you smoke while that happens?
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am
I've slipped up a few times too…. I really would have killed for one this morning… baby daddy drama….
I'm hoping that I keep busy enough to not get a chance to smoke. I still won't go to the gas stations I purchased cigarettes from, I avoid being around people when they smoke (I'm such a social smoker), which is hard when most of my friends and all my family smokes.
I think I'll still smoke hookah occasionally after the baby gets here. If I find myself picking up a cigarette I think some pretty morbid thoughts to get me to put it down…
EDIT: and I'm sick of arrogant people who have either never smoked or found it easy to quit, good for you, quit being so judgemental…. trying is the first step, get over your self-righteousness.
oh yeah… I was actually just going to add that austrailian tea tree oil tooth picks are supposed to help, but I got a little upset by all these people on their soap boxes.
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Pack a day smoker, weaned myself off…. I now don't know what to do on break (what do non-smokers do?)
January 9th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Try reading the effects smoking has on your baby. It will help you stay focused, trust me. I think you've done well to pretty much stop smoking, with the exception of 4 cigarettes, but maybe join a smoking cessation group for support. Good luck.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:04 am
do some research on the net and look at pictures of baby's brains who have been exposed to tobacco in utero compared to their healthy counterparts. u don't want to give an unfair disadvantage to ur baby, do u? things would be different if we could see our lungs on the outside what's happening to them.
Previous studies have shown that babies exposed to tobacco in utero are more likely to have a low birth weight and are at increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome.
some of my friends go outside for "fresh air breaks". they go out and breathe in healthy air just like when they went out as smokers! try it!
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Science News
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201144729.htm
January 9th, 2009 at 11:04 am
it was hard for me. but i stopped when i found out i was pregnant. (mind u i was 4 mo when i found out i pregnant and smoked the entir 4 mo not knowing) after i had him i was good….for the first 3 weeks then i gave in. i don't smoke packs i buy singles. i don't smoke as much as i did before and ima try to stop. some have the will power and others don't. just try not to smoke when your pregnant. remember it can harm the baby.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I quit years before I got pregnant. My number one coping tool was to ask myself if I really wanted to quit again. Seriously, once you've quit you have to choose to start again and then you have to go through the quitting process again.
I didn't buy smokes and avoided my smoking spots so I wasn't tempted to bum from others.
One woman I know carried carrot and celery sticks with her and ate them anytime she wanted to smoke.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:04 am
please think about your little baby struggling to breath.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Sounds like you've done very well. It's SOOOO hard to be a smoker and quit - EVEN WHEN you find out you're pregnant. I'm glad for those who "CLAIM" that they just QUIT COLD TURKEY. good for them! HOWEVER, back here in humanville, it's not always so easy, and understandably so. The girl that said "we're brainwashed to think it's hard to quit" is naive. You've done very well and should be proud of yourself for being able to control it so well, and to be able to be so honest. Good For You and Congrats on the baby!
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am
well…I just quit when I found out because I thought about it and said "hey its only 9 months" now I'm almost 34 weeks and feeling good about my descision. I'll probably go back to smoking but its good to give the 'ol lungs a brake every once in awhile anyway. think of it like this: you are buying more time for you and the baby to be together and "what's nine months in the grand scheme of things anyway?" You can do it! :o)
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Aww you have done well to quit, I smoked one cig during my first pregnancy, and started again when he was 6 weeks old. I missed it all the way through.
This time, I just quit as I found out, I didn't even feel the appeal of smoking, it made me feel sick thank god, now I am 16.5 weeks and I have no intentions of EVER smoking again
so hopefully, this may happen to you, just keep the will power going, I remember having a cig and then picking Harry up, I felt so guilty - so try and keep thinking like that?
Don't worry about the odd occasion you've had, you've done well to get this far without them.
I work on the Labour Suite and constantly see women in slow labour going out for cigs, I find it so disgusting to see.
Keep it up and good luck with the birth - After try nicotine patches if nothing else works xxx
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Hope my answer made some sense it is a bit long… lol
January 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am
WELL DONE YOU - fantastic job. Don't kick yourself over the few you have had. I think you have made amazing progress. I never have smoked and so probably cant imagine much what the pull of a cigarette has. Your amazing and keep up the good work. I think your well on your way to success. Are you using any NHS or other resources to help you, or are you going this alone?
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I know what you mean, it was extremely hard for me too. Especially because where I worked my co-workers were CONSTANTLY smoking cigarettes and trying to buy me packs even when they knew I was pregnant telling me, "my mom smoked when she was pregnant with me" but I didn't want to be irresponsible. I found that I had to quit that job because there was too much pressure to smoke plus all them smoking constantly near me was just as bad as smoking myself.
Just try put space between you and your friends that smoke, that can be a weakness big time. Or just ask them not to smoke around you. If your significant other smokes just ask to please quit for the baby and that it makes it hard for you to quit thinking about cigarettes when he comes home smelling like them (And man can you smell them). My husband quit it took him awhile to give them up but now he's always saying how disgusting they are and he never wants one again! He's my main support system especially because when my cravings came the one for a cigarette came but didn't crack I ate cookies and pickles instead.
GOOD LUCK HUN
it's hard but COMPLETELY WORTH IT!
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:33 am
I was a heavy smoker before I had my son 8 months ago. I had tried and tried to quit as I was unsuccessful in getting pregnant and the doctors kept telling me to quit smoking. I had had 2 miscarriages while "trying" to quit. I finally realized that God was telling me that he wanted me to be healthy and he knew of my long time battle with trying to quit. So, he was not going to bless me with a child until I did! I quit cold turkey and got pregnant with a healthy baby boy! I have had MANY chances to smoke but I just can't bring myself to do it, knowing that I was blessed with such a gift. You can do it! and congrats!
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January 9th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
My Dr. told me not to quit. Quitting causes stress and will harm the
baby. So I cut back to 5-7 a day. The result. 3 pregnancies, 3 big
and healthy babies. All because I listened to my Dr. His advice
benefited my children.
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Listening to an experienced Dr. with a college degree, instead of non
smokers on Yahoo who don't have one.