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were you a smoker before you got pregnant?

hannahohairhannahohair member
edited April 2015 in December 2015 Moms
I smoked everyday before I found out I was pregnant. I've known now for about 2 weeks and I heard that quitting cold turkey causes more stress on the baby because your so use to smoking everyday. I didn't know if that was true or not but I really have slowed down since I found out. Every now and then I have one or two here and there and people give me the hardest time for that telling me how bad of a mother I am to be doing that to my baby. Has anyone else been in this situation? I just don't know how to feel about it, I don't smoke everyday and I've done so good from where I started out at. I was proud of myself for what I have accomplished but a lot of people are making me feel the complete opposite.
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  • kleshellekleshelle member
    I smoked everyday.... Quit the day I found out.... I coukfnt bring myself to keep doing it.. Everything I do now is for my child's best interest. Plus if I had a mc I didn't wanna feel like I was to blame... That's just me though. I'd def quit before you get further along it'll cut oxygen off to baby and your body will have high levels of carbon monoxide which is terrible for a human obviously we die from it...
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  • kdoak2015kdoak2015 member
    My goal was to be 6 months smoke free before conceiving, I was about 5 months smoke free so fairly proud of myself. A girl I worked with smoked half a pack a day while pregnant the entire pregnancy and wasn't ashamed at all, she smoked around everyone and her son seems fine. I say if you can quit do it, for your babies sake. It's not worth the stress.
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  • hannahohairhannahohair member
    I've known a lot of people that smoke all the way through their pregnancy and their babies were just fine. I just didn't want to be that person. I was almost a heavy smoker before and I was proud of myself for coming as far as I have.
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  • kleshellekleshelle member
    I do too, they had healthy babies but still seeing a pregnant woman smoking infuriates me... Just bc babies w born addiction are SO hard to soothe, they cry and cry and cry... It's sad.... Hope you make the right decision! :)
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  • amm0512amm0512 member
    Many doctors actually recommend progressively cutting back vice quitting cold turkey when pregnant. The withdrawal can contribute to miscarriage. That being said, do what makes you most comfortable. Cutting back is already a great move, just keep trying to cut back as much as you can over time. You're doing a great job, Mama!
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  • blueberryjam90blueberryjam90 member
    edited April 2015
    My little peanut pretty much didn't give me a choice... The smoking made me nauseous. I quit within a week of finding out I was pregnant. Now just the smell of smoke on someone's clothes is enough to make me run to the toilet!
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  • susiaustinsusiaustin member
    I'm in the same boat. My doctor told me to use part of a patch under their care. I been weening for the most part, I feel absolutely horrible every time I smoke, however I've miscarried (surprisingly before I was a smoker) and now every bump and ache has me completely in full on panic attack melt down. I'm making a full conscious effort to quit and went from a pack and a half to less than 4 a day when it's a good day (I have to admit with the time I lost my angel baby approaching I've had some horrifically bad days which bumps me to 6). Midwife's plan is to give me Wellbutrin when I hit 14 weeks if I have not fully quit, since I know I can quit on that very successfully, and she wants baby to be just in the growing phase. My sister was on Wellbutrin her whole 2nd pregnancy under care of therapist and high risk OB so I know that it's safe, definitely safer than smoking.
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  • Tiff122690Tiff122690 member
    I quit when i found out. I only smoked 3 ciggs a day so i dont think by quitting cold turkey would hurt the baby too much. I hope im right lol
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  • enigmaanjelenigmaanjel member
    I quit 9 years ago. But I always stopped during pregnancy. I quit before baby 5. And he has asthma and epilepsy and autism and allergies...soooo no one is allowed to smoke around us. It was rough quitting.
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  • taysuntaysun member
    I smoked up until I found out and I attempted to quit cold turkey, along with my boyfriend, but I've had a cigarette since then. Instead of beating myself up about it I'm just focusing on the fact that I was smoking a pack a day and now I've gone a week and only smoked one. In the next few weeks, I know I'll be able to totally give it up
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  • Shilah78Shilah78 member
    I quit before conceiving my daughter (about 2 1/2 years ago). This past year has been the year from hell, I lost my brother, I lost a friend, and then after my awful miscarriage i was in such a bad place in that I started smoking a little bit again. 2-3 a day. I thought I'd be able to quit easily since it was just a little. But I'm struggling to cut it out entirely. I'm so emotional and stressed out that I'm still smoking one a day. I know it's not a lot and maybe compared to the stress I'm feeling it's not a big deal, but I feel pretty crappy about it.

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  • daniellex925daniellex925 member
    I smoked about half a pack a day before I found out. I found out on Easter (4/5) and quit that morning cold turkey, been going strong ever since. It's been rough, but I kept trying to think of other things when I felt a craving and eventually they just went away. Very proud of myself, now I'm trying to get DH to quit too! 

    If anyone is having trouble, check out the Smoke Free app -- it really helped me. It tracks your progress, amount of money you're saving, hours smoke free, your health changes, you can also log your cravings. Hope that helps, we're strong mama's & we can do it! :) 
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  • SamiBearrrSamiBearrr member
    I went and saw my OB the other day, I am a smoker and he told me that it's harder to quit when everyone is ragging on you about it, he said that when I'm ready I will quite until then just cut down 2 smokes every 2 weeks. My boyfriend told me I was a bad mom because I was having such a hard time quitting. Don't listen to them, do it at a pace you can handle.
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  • kerigriffinkerigriffin member
    I'm not quite 10 weeks and I'm still smoking. I told my doctor and she didn't give me a slap on the wrist like I thought she would, she was actually supportive and told me to just make an effort to quit. I'm still at about a pack a day and it is so painfully difficult to quit. I want to and I am racked with guilt every time I light up. Both of my sisters and my mother smoked through their pregnancies and everything went fine, but I WANT to quit for the health of myself and the health of my child. I just physically cannot. Trying to give up an addiction is not easy by any means. 

    The people making you feel bad can f*ck off.
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