Secondhand Smoke in First Trimester? 5 weeks pregnant

Aug2016BBNY

Hi- my husband and I spent the weekend in Vegas (a trip planned before we got pregnant). I did my best to stay away from people directly smoking next to me/took breaks to get fresh air, but we did spend a few hours each day (2 days) gambling in the casino, surrounded by smoke (our clothes ended up smelling like smoke). Overall I eat pretty healthy, have been taking prenatals since 4 mos before we conceived and this is our first. I'm scared the secondhand smoke did damage to our baby- anyone know how much is enough to do damage- is it prolonged/regular exposure or is a couple days like this enough? We have our first u/s this weekend, will be 6 wks preg in two days. Feeling really scared/guilty right now- any support/advice would be appreciated.

SkiChic626

Baby is probably fine, I would just try to avoid it as much as possible going forward.  I'm one of those obnoxious people who covers my nose and mouth with a scarf or my collar when I walk by people smoking outside.  I started doing it when I was pregnant with DD and it's become a habit lol.  no shame!

Stephanie7693

I can't imagine you have anything to worry about from a few hours of exposure. Many women have no idea they are pregnant at that point and smoke and drink and they end up having perfectly healthy babies

SarahF8611

Don't worry about that for a second! It's perfectly okay, just avoid in the future. Many people don't even know they're pregnant yet!

amccul20

the baby will be fine.  just try to stay away from smoke in general. 

heck, I didn't know I was pregnant that early on and was drinking at Thanksgiving.  baby will be okay

amandazap

As long as you aren't surrounded by it 24/7 you should be fine. I would talk to your OB about those concerns though, just to clear the air. (pun intended)

Aug2016BBNY

thanks everyone! such a scary feeling- you really second guess everything. I'll tell my dr this sat at the first u/s- fingers crossed!