Can anyone help me?

Question

I'm a smoker and I'm 6 weeks pregnant. What can I do to stop smoking? I really want to stop but I can't. How can I make my house a smoke free house? My 3 year old son has asthma and my 1 old might be allergic to smoke,plus my husband is allergic to smoke.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I had the same problem when I was pregnant. I kept thinking about how badly I wanted a cigarette. It all comes down to smacking your self in the face and telling yourself to quit being so selfish.

Right now your body is not yours, it's your developing child's home and you are toxifying it. What made me quit smoking was the thought that every time I took a drag I was depriving my sweet little baby of oxygen and poisoning her body.

Same thing with your husband and other children. It would feel awful to know that you caused a life-threatening allergic reaction or asthma attack for someone you hold dear to you.

Answer 3

meditation,willpower,yoga, Do anything you can girl! Cause I have asthma one of many health problems. I know smoking can cause damage to your baby. My friend was smoking while pregnant and smoking is bad in the first place. Also your little child can become ill. He may have asthma from your smoking. Maybe being preoccupied with your family too. Being involved with your family can create lifetime memories, do crafts, start a craftbook or something. Having someone to talk to is also a major help. I hope you get better girl! :D

Answer 4

I can really sympathize with you. I've been stopping and starting again for years. I won't bore you with my own story. I'll try to tell you what helps me.
First make a promise to yourself that you will never under any circumstances smoke in the house or in the car. Keep an ashtray outdoors. Maybe you already do this.
Next, explain to your husband how strong this addiction is for you and ask for his help and patience. Smoking for some people can as tough to quit as alcohol or some drugs. Explain to him that you will make a plan to quit and stick to it, but you will certainly be extremely grumpy and possibly disoriented for a few weeks until it really clears through your system.
If you can't quit "cold turkey" bring your habit down to half a pack a day, and after about a week of that then bring it down to 4 or 5 cigarettes a day. While you are reducing your habit, buy only cigarettes that are disgusting to you. For example if you don't like menthols, ultra-slims or a certain brand that tastes metallic, buy that kind. Keep your cigarettes, matches and lighters in a cabinet where they will not be readily available and easy to grab. Clean out the ashtray at the end of the day, directly inyo a bag in your trash can (do not bring it into the house.
Be aware of activities you do that are psychologically linked in a temporal way to smoking, such as driving, eating, talking on the phone or having sex. Plan ahead to have ready a small substitute reward for yourself during those times, such as a nice bottle of chilled spring water, a crunchy biscotti (not a large piece of food!), a sugar-free menthol cough drop, a salt-free pretzel, or whatever works for you.

When you are down to 4 or less cigarettes or less a day, plan a day in the near future to quit and go somewhere nice (the beach, a theme park, a park or a stress-free visit to a good friend) for the whole day with your husband and child. Do not bring your smokes with you. Keep very busy the entire time. Make sure he has control of the money and the car for the whole day.
Take a long hot soaking bubble bath before you go to bed and set out a bottle of your favorite mouthwash, so you can use it frequently until the bad smoking taste leaves your body (about 2 days).
For the next few weeks after you quit, do not put yourself in any situations where others might offer you a cigarette or allow you to mooch one. Clean the house, plant some flowers or tackle some improvement project on the weekends (like fresh wallpaper in a room). Your desire for cleanliness and clutter removal will increase.
Never short yourself on needed sleep and do not allow yourself to take on stress that you can avoid - especially generated by other people who expect you to solve their problems for you. Get lots of gentle exercise.
You will feel better quickly, and if you do "slip up" and smoke even half a cigarette, just stick to your determination to keep going and not smoke any more. Be kind to yourself and you will be kind to the rest of your family. Obviously you know what's at stake here. It's not a matter of blaming anyone.
Also. sometimes people find hypnosis helpful so you can try to find a therapist who uses hypnosis or a program locally.
If you get a sinus infection or cold, it is not a reason to start smoking again. You can kill most colds off quickly using Zicam and by adding raw onions and garlic to your diet. The same goes for sinus infections, though you'll need to irrigate your nose with salty water.
It won't be as tough as you think because you have very strong motivation to succeed now.
I hope it all goes well for you.

Answer 5

Understandable you want to quit. Do it for your kids. But also remember that quiting smoking is stressful. I was told to cut back for the first three months and then to quit. You are always at risk in the 1st trimester for miscarriage but the extra stress of quiting in this time can increase your chances. I do not mean cut back to half a pack but to 2-3 a day then it will be easier to quit. If your husband is unwilling to quit at this this time make him smoke out side and not in the car. To get rid of the smell in your house wash bedding, clothes,curtains. You have to wash they walls and shampoo carpets and all couches and chairs.

Answer 6

I quit cold turkey.
No drugs, lasers or whatever.
It is NOT NOT NOT easy but it is worth it.
Depending on how long you smoked in the house.
You could try getting the carpets cleaned (babysafe stuff)
Paint the walls and get a heppa filter system.
But if it is really bad you might have to pull up the carpet and replace it.
God bless you hun, pray too.
You can do it for yourself and your family!!!!!! :)

Answer 7

Just STOP. Have some willpower and DO it. My mother did. And if she can, ANYONE can.

A firend of mine smoked and drank her way through 2 pregnancies. BOTH her boys have problems now, directly related to her abuses. Do your child the favor of giving him a healthy start in life.

Answer 8

Do it for your kids. My dad still smokes, even though I have asthma. It would be nice to see my dad give something up like that for me.

Answer 9

I do not mean this rudely because I smoke also, but you are very selfish! If you can not put your children's health first then you shouldn't be a mother. Join a support group, talk to your doctor, etc. PUT YOUR CHILDREN FIRST..not your pleasure.

Answer 10

sorry to say once a smoker always a smoker, the best you can do is to go as long as you can in between cigarettes, maybe you will get to a point where you will die in between having cigarettes