Hookah

cynnichinny13

At the risk of being torn in two by bumpies...

I had already asked about the harm of smoking while breast feeding. but everyone basically focused on cigarette smoke and smoking around the baby. Im specifically curious about if i were to smoke Hookah, no where near LO. Hookah doesnt have any of the additives that cigarettes do, so aside from the smoke inhalation risks (because the smoke would be no where near LO) What are the side effects on my supply from that? 

It is a mostly hypothetical question, bc i have not done it and i don't plan on hookah-ing again until LO is on the bottle. but i am curious to see if anyone knows. I can't find anything on the internet or on any pregnancy sites. 

hawkins79

Call your pediatrician.

PubStar09

Three choices:

1. Call your pediatrician.
2. Pump and dump.
3. Don't smoke.
   

jolynreed

LBIgirl79:

Call your pediatrician.

This.

Dreamsicle23

Someone asked this awhile back and got flamed to high hell.  I think the general consensus is don't do it while bfing.

mkanderson85

Dreamsicle23:

Someone asked this awhile back and got flamed to high hell.  I think the general consensus is don't do it while bfing.

poor Rita. How did she get flamed so much and all she's getting is "call the pedi"

cynnichinny13

mkanderson85:

Dreamsicle23:

Someone asked this awhile back and got flamed to high hell.  I think the general consensus is don't do it while bfing.

poor Rita. How did she get flamed so much and all she's getting is "call the pedi"

woah woah woah, call the pedi is just fine! no flames please 

618mom22boys

Maybe a dump question but, what does one smoke with a hookah?

kimtritz

I'm going out on a limb and thinking that if you're smoking pot in it, to go ahead and skip that call to your pediatrician b/c you know, you'd be getting into a whole can of worms. 

I'm assuming you're not that ridiculous, so you're smoking tobacco with it...that's a different story. Tobacco is tobacco and I would generally assume if it's in your system through a cigarette it'd stay the same way as if it were filtered with a hookah. But that's just me.  

ETA: fyi... hookah smoking w/tobacco is just as awful on your lungs as cigarette smoke if not worse. your kid is literally 2 weeks old and you're asking if it's ok if you smoke a hookah. if you have to ask if it's ok to do, it's not. i tried to not flame, i fail. sorry.

bancbev

Tobacco has nicotine in it.  So if you are smoking tobacco out of the hooka the issue is the nicotine that is in your system that can be passed to your LO via breastfeeding.  The issue is not if you do it around your LO or the smoke.  Personally, I cannot see how anyone would want to even chance giving their child nicotine.  Especially a tiny newborn baby. 

cynnichinny13

618mom22boys:

Maybe a dump question but, what does one smoke with a hookah?

flavored tobacco. 

cynnichinny13

bancbev:

Tobacco has nicotine in it.  So if you are smoking tobacco out of the hooka the issue is the nicotine that is in your system that can be passed to your LO via breastfeeding.  The issue is not if you do it around your LO or the smoke.  Personally, I cannot see how anyone would want to even chance giving their child nicotine.  Especially a tiny newborn baby. 

true, which is why i tried to make it clear (by clearly saying that i wasn't doing it) that im not doing it. i was just curious about hookah affects on breast milk. i use to do it a lot before i was prego. knowledge is power i guess?

thanks for all your responses 

Ruby_Soho

Fruit tobacco is regular fine ground tobacco leaves soaked in fruit shavings. So really, it's not too dissimilar to cigarettes. It's the smoke that's the real issue, even if you don't smoke around your baby. The smoke clings to your hair and clothes. If you showered and changed before going back to your baby that would help.

Here's a link to the effects of smoking on breastfeeding:

https://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/smoking.html

So not ideal really but it's your choice. No flames here, hopefully some of that information is what you're looking for.

RitaT22

mkanderson85:

Dreamsicle23:

Someone asked this awhile back and got flamed to high hell.  I think the general consensus is don't do it while bfing.

poor Rita. How did she get flamed so much and all she's getting is "call the pedi"

My first day back in a while and I see I'm remembered. Awwww LoL

 OP, I did get flamed to high hell for it by many uptight people. Dreamsicle is right, don't do it while breastfeeding.