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I'm just over four months pregnant and trying to stop. It's so hard and i'm still smoking around 8 a day. I used to smoke 20 a day. I have cut down a lot.
I know its selfish, but can't seem to stop.
Any hints and what are the proven real dangers of smoking whilst pregnant
Ta
I know its selfish, but can't seem to stop.
Any hints and what are the proven real dangers of smoking whilst pregnant
Ta
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Why do you need us to demonstrate *proven real dangers of smoking* ? You surely know that it is harmful to you - you are ingesting a whole raft of poisons into your body and thus passing them onto your baby (as well as depriving baby of oxygen). The harmful effects of smoking were clinically demonstrated back in the 1950's and the Surgeon General in the USA reported that smoking cigarettes caused lung cancer in 1964.... which is over 40 years ago !!!!
OK, rant over... you surely want the best for your baby... which means a healthy lifestyle for you and baby's dad. Please go to see your doctor or health visitor and get some practical advice for giving up the dreaded weed... you know it makes sense !
OK, rant over... you surely want the best for your baby... which means a healthy lifestyle for you and baby's dad. Please go to see your doctor or health visitor and get some practical advice for giving up the dreaded weed... you know it makes sense !
Hi Notveryhappy, Congratulations on your pregnancy. I would dispute your comment that 'a lot of info is just based on speculation', smoking can and does harm unborn babies and is also damaging you. Not to mention the risk of passive smoking to others. However you are doing the right thing by cutting down and I would suggest that you speak to your GP as a lot of practices have no smoking clinics in fact I am sure that there is online support available too.
Good luck.
Good luck.
There is no DEFINITE risk, of course, but the chances of your baby being born at a low weight, smaller size, premature, with decreased lung capacity and respiratory problems are MUCH HIGHER than if you didn't smoke. I think it has also been linked to asthma. Think about it, it isn't worth the risk. The poor mite hasn't asked to be conceived, the least you can do is make sure you give him/her the best chances.
Speak to your GP, they can help you. Loads of women give up smoking when pregnant, you can do it.
Speak to your GP, they can help you. Loads of women give up smoking when pregnant, you can do it.
http://www.askbaby.com/smoking-whilst-pregnant .htm
Have a read at this article on this website and there looks like a lot of good links at the bottom.
Have a read at this article on this website and there looks like a lot of good links at the bottom.
Why don't you go to a children's hospice and see wee little children dying of cancer.
These poor little mites have no choice in the matter, you do.
Smoking will give you cancer, make you smell worse than a welsman's crotch, stain your fingers and makes you look like a chavvy peasant.
Do you really need encouragement to stop??
How hard can it be to quit some foul smelling 3 inch stick of cancer-given dried grass??
The mind boggles, it really does.
These poor little mites have no choice in the matter, you do.
Smoking will give you cancer, make you smell worse than a welsman's crotch, stain your fingers and makes you look like a chavvy peasant.
Do you really need encouragement to stop??
How hard can it be to quit some foul smelling 3 inch stick of cancer-given dried grass??
The mind boggles, it really does.
Oh, and I heard that another good way is to force yourself to drink a large glass of water EVERYTIME you get the urge to smoke. By the time you've drank it, it should have passed. And keep yourself occupied. Do crosswords, take up knitting, call someone on the phone....anything you can do when you have even a few minutes to yourself.
Good advice here. Chilled water is good for taking the cravings away, as is brushing your teeth... the cravings go away after a few minutes, you just have to do something else whilst they are trying to get your attention. It only takes about two weeks to get the nicotine out of your system, so just imagine, in two weeks time you could be fag free and on the way to having a beautifully healthy baby !
"Do you want a cigarette more than you want your baby?" ran a government health warning some years ago. Well, I want a fag just as much as I want a child, which is not at all. That is not what they meant by this, of course. All the above posts are correct, saying that it leads to brain damage in children, as well as other things.
The best way to give up smoking is to get all your fag ends and put them in a jam jar of water, and put the lid on tight. Then leave that overnight, and smell the jar (with the lid off, obviously), and the smell will put you off for life. So I am told!
The best way to give up smoking is to get all your fag ends and put them in a jam jar of water, and put the lid on tight. Then leave that overnight, and smell the jar (with the lid off, obviously), and the smell will put you off for life. So I am told!
Hi NVH. I sympathise with you and understand your question. I smoke - have done since a teenager and I know how difficult it is for you now.
When expecting my first child - 30 years ago now - I continued to smoke. The information available at the time was a lot less than now and it wasn't considered that bad. But I only smoked about 8 - 10 a day. My daughter was born at term, healthy and a stropping 9lb 15 3/4 oz!
17 months later I gave birth to my son. By this time I was smoking about 20 a day. He weighed in at 8lb 14oz. Furthermore, my poor boy suffered from a slight asthma when he was teething during the first 12 - 18 months.
He grew out of it and has been none the worse - thank goodness. And there were other factors involved which probably contrinuted to his lower birth weight than my first - but, given the fact that a second child is usually heavier than a first and that no-one in my family has ever suffered from asthma, I know now what I didn't realise then - that my smoking was the most likely cause for his low birth weight and subsequent respiratory problems, although, as I've said it was something he grew out of and hasn't suffered from since (he's played sports all his life - for Great Britiain at his peek and he's now a Firefighter so is in damn good shape!)
Both of my children went on to smoke in late teenage / early alduthood but my daughter gave up when she was pregnant and my son gave up when his son was born.
So, do your damndest to minimise your little angel's exposure to the dreaded weed and you'll be benefitting both of you - but don't beat yourself up about it. You'll have enough on your plate in the near future without burdoning yourself with guilt! (Then again - you are about to become a Mum and guilt goes with the territory. lol!)
Be well and I hope all goes well for you.
When expecting my first child - 30 years ago now - I continued to smoke. The information available at the time was a lot less than now and it wasn't considered that bad. But I only smoked about 8 - 10 a day. My daughter was born at term, healthy and a stropping 9lb 15 3/4 oz!
17 months later I gave birth to my son. By this time I was smoking about 20 a day. He weighed in at 8lb 14oz. Furthermore, my poor boy suffered from a slight asthma when he was teething during the first 12 - 18 months.
He grew out of it and has been none the worse - thank goodness. And there were other factors involved which probably contrinuted to his lower birth weight than my first - but, given the fact that a second child is usually heavier than a first and that no-one in my family has ever suffered from asthma, I know now what I didn't realise then - that my smoking was the most likely cause for his low birth weight and subsequent respiratory problems, although, as I've said it was something he grew out of and hasn't suffered from since (he's played sports all his life - for Great Britiain at his peek and he's now a Firefighter so is in damn good shape!)
Both of my children went on to smoke in late teenage / early alduthood but my daughter gave up when she was pregnant and my son gave up when his son was born.
So, do your damndest to minimise your little angel's exposure to the dreaded weed and you'll be benefitting both of you - but don't beat yourself up about it. You'll have enough on your plate in the near future without burdoning yourself with guilt! (Then again - you are about to become a Mum and guilt goes with the territory. lol!)
Be well and I hope all goes well for you.
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