smoking

[banjo1]

i wish i could stop smoking. does it halm the baby alot

[B00]

You HAVE to be joking- right?

[nilesquimby]

this is obviously a wind up.

[bigmamma]

A brief answer from me banjo as I have seen babies who have been subject to smoke through the placenta because the mother has smoked during pregnancy , ......
Please stop if you can .

[redcrx]

have a word with your midwife. There are high risks of misscarriage as well as development problems, low borth rates, early births etc.

If you really really cant give up then at least cut right back, as that will help lower the risks to your child.

[jodie73]

I've just had a baby and gave up smoking as i couldn't bear the thought of my unborn being damaged. you have to give up to give your child the best start.

[True Blue 36]

you are going to have to make a lot more sacrifices than to stop smoking - you haven't even had the baby yet, you have a whole life time of protecting your baby.

please start now - it will be the best thing you could ever do, i know its hard (as i did) and i know i gave my baby the best start in life. Once you have stopped you will have the best feeling ever and your baby will not thank you enough.

Put it this way - if, god forbid, something happened or the baby was very small etc - WOULD YOU EVER FORGIVE YOURSELF?

[mumof3angels]

Have you ever seen the poster in doctors surgery of a new born baby hooked upto a ventilator with ' I've been on ciggies for 9 months and now I'm on a pipe'. I smoked before I had my kids but their health was more important than my nicotine craving.
Do yourself and your baby a favour and just stop. Yes I know it's easier said than done- but how worth it will it be. Put the money you'd usually spend on fags in a pot and watch it grow until you've had the baby - then either treat yourself or the baby.

[aims1202]

If this is for real then i have to say it is hard to give up when pregnant. My first was not planned and giving up smoking just like that is really hard. I had depression also and believed at the time that smoking helped. I know it didnt. I was not a heavy smoker anyway and did smoke even less, i did actually stop when i was about 6/7mths, i knew i really didnt want to smoke when baby was born so just had to do it. After baby arrived I never bothered about it until the first time i went out when baby was about 2 mths old. So i just smoked when i went out (not very often) never with baby, and now 4 yrs later i havent had one for about a year. Giving up was a gradual thing for me and very hard but i had to do it for baby.
My baby was a healthy baby who weighed 8lb 6oz but i know i was lucky, i did feel guilty about it as he might not have been. I would never smoke in pregnancy again and would say that you should try.
If you are a heavy smoker then there are stop smoking classes that do work. Try to do it while your pregnant because you will probably do it round baby if not and that just isnt fair on him/her. It would be the best thing you could do for your baby. Good luck.

[natalie_1982]

Banjo, just give up. I found it a lot easier than expected. Before I fell regnant I was a serial quitter, every Monday I would stop, then the following Monday I would stop again because I had started again on the Tuesday, etc etc.

From the moment I found out I was pregnant I stopped and haven't had one since; just think of the little one, it's tough enough for them already without increased risk of miscarrriage or respiratory disease like ashtma once they are born - it;s not their fault, and it will do you the world of good. Please try x x x

[shell1]

hi! i smoked rite through my pregnancy and my baby was perfect!my doctor told me that its better for your baby to cut back instead of stopping completley as this can stress the baby as you battle with your cravings if you are a heavy smoker!

[oldgrape]

i smoked throughout my pregnancy but was on 60 a day b4 hand and cut down to 10 a day when fell pregnant although my baby came out fine if i fell pregnant again i would give up 4 sure

[pingu97]

dont encourage it for gods sake! i smoked during pregnancy and when my daughter was born (healthy thankgod) by elective c-section i was told her plancenta was white instead of blood red and if i'd of gone on any longer she wouldve been starved of oxygen, i feel awful now n would never ever do it again, she's 4 now n i still feel as guilty as i did the day i had her

[ronnies girl]

truthly i think stressing only if you really are is worse than 3 fags a day!!!!!! any more than 5 i personally kept i think is enough i was in tears trying to stop but thats only if you are finding it hard

[shell1]

im only sayin what the doctor said!

[pingu97]

sorry but after my experiences i wouldn't ever some in pregnancy again, if i hadn't had an elective c-section n gone on to my due date, god knows what would've happened

[Lindylou]

Yes it does harm the baby. It harms you too. And leave off the alcohol. Its only nine months. But it will affect an entire lifetime if you don't quit it!!!!!!!