How many mothers-to-be still drink coffee and/or smoke?

Question

Current or past.... (coffee/caffine/soda and cigarettes for the smoking portion of the question). I'm just curious on #s. My question is not in reguards to no-no's and health risks, already know about those. This question isn't asking about narcotics or drugs either. Just wanna know if those two habits were/are unbreakable/hard to break for some moms-to-be. =) Thanks for responses!

Answer 1

Quit with first preg. cut back sig this time. But still smoke. for some reason can't quit? Baby growth is normal - dr knows i smoke.

Caffeine - up to 6 cups per day per doc.

Answer 2

I have never smoked, but my OB/GYN told me that 2-3, 8oz cups of coffee are totally safe ammounts of caffine. There will be a lot of Nazis on here that will tell you NO CAFFINE, but they have not likely read up on recent studies that show that it does not affect the baby. Smoking on the other hand has been proven to cause ADD and ADHD because it can restrict blood flow and oxygen to the placenta...kind of like it restricts blood vessels and causes high blood pressure in the smoker. My mom smoked with all 4 of us kids (even though she cut back) and all 4 of us have ADD and ended up getting held back one grade due to learning problems.

Answer 3

I quit smoking the day I found out I was pregnant..never thought twice about it...for the caffeine part i;m not a pop drinker anyway and I love coffee but i did cut back to like 3 cups a week

Answer 4

I quit smoking, I had an occasional puff from friends, but never a whole cig or anything. Coffee on the other hand, i drank too much of it! My son came out fine! But if you can stop both, i highly suggest it!

Answer 5

i did not smoke with my first pregnancy, the smell of cigs would make me sick, but i did drink sodas. she was healthy.

i did smoke with my second pregnancy, i absolutely craved cigarettes with this pregnancy, and i drank coffee and i drank sodas. she was also healthy.