New and Nervous

DaniZiggy

Hi, My Name is Dani and I'm 21 years old and from Wisconsin. I found out on June 5th tthat I am 7 (now going on 8) weeks along. I am very excited to be a first time parent, so is my fianc?e. We are hoping for a girl but I'm a long way away from knowing. I only say I'm nervous because I'm very worried I will do something wrong and hurt the baby. Like for starters I'm normally a smoker and had been smoking the whole first 7 weeks, and am having a hard time quitting no matter how much I try and think about the baby. I have a lot of stress in my life at the moment mostly stemming from the fact that my fianc?e and myself are both unemployed and live with his father. Not that we aren't excited but we weren't exactly planning on this......ok, I'm rambling now so, I will move on. Hello and nice to meet everyone.

happiz0mb13

So strange to look at this post. You are as far along as I was last year, and having the same kinds of problems that I did. And I called the baby my little raspberry baby and your counter is sitting right on a raspberry  

Quitting smoking wasn't hard me for me though, because I didn't smoke much to begin with. Have you tried using a patch or anything? I'm not sure if they are baby safe or not though. 

I wish you the best of luck!  

happiz0mb13

I meant also to include we found out on almost the exact same day as well. Spooky! 

misspunky

There are alot of women that drink/smoke before finding out they're pregnant and the baby is fine. But since you know, and seem like you want to quit, have you tried gum/patch?  If those don't work, your doctor would be able to help you.  Counseling might help to find other ways to release your stress that don't involve smoking.  Good luck!