about smoking during pregnancy?

Question

Is there any other moms out there who can help I am smokig I hate it I am 5 mtns pregnant w/ my 1st baby and smoke 5 a day HELP ME QUIT I do want to and is it to late?????

Answer 1

you hurt the children. Try to stop smoking

Answer 2

Hi i so understand what you are going through. This is what i did, i am almost eight weeks with my third. I always find it hard to quit but this is what i do. set a date for yourself. i picked halloween. On Halloween i will not smoke anymore. I picked that date a month ago so i am down to one cig per day which i really hate smoking. THis works for me it did with both my other babies. So heres what you do. Promise yourself that all next week you will only smoke 4 cig per day. no more. Then the following week make it three. After that two then one and by Thanksgiving tell youself you will not smoke any more. Get rid of the ash trays and lighters matches old cig boxes anything and everything that makes you want to smoke. If that does not work i just heard that smoking during pregnancy can be one of the causes of SIDS if that does not make you want to quit i don't know what will. But you want to quit thats the first step. Take it slow and follow what i did and you will be smoke free mommy by turkey day. Good luck and congrats on the baby.

Answer 3

I was smoking through my first pregnancy and I hated it too. I was so ashamed. However when i got pregnant with my second I thought about the baby and how I wanted to quit to make her healthy. I tried the whole cinnamon stick thing and it work for a while but after that I was a wreck I needed relief. So I would smoke 1/2 a cigarette and put it down just to take the edge off. Later i was consumed by the preparation of the birth that I forgot to "smoke" Please try to quit but if you can't cut down and smoke the lightest cigarette possible. Good Luck and I will pray for you!

Answer 4

my daughter started cutting back from half a pack to 0 when she found out she was pregnant by timing when she smokes, and then making thelength between cigarettes longer each day. Now, 5 years later she often says she can't believe how stupid she was to ever start in the first place. I suggest that at 5 a day, you could just probably quit cold turkey, Just think of that beautiful little baby having to use an oxygen mask to breathe around you and posibly spend weeks in the hospital simply because you are selfish. every time you get a craving. it should help!

Answer 5

My dear it is all about priorities and mind over matter.. I was a smoker since 5th grade and when I got pregnant at 19 I quit cold turkey just like that because I knew how importnant it was for the ealth of my baby.. it is very important it can and will cause alot of problems at birth and for your child.. I know sometimes it can be hard but if you really want to do it then do it.. and no it isn't to late it is never to late.. did you know that within 48 hours your lungs will start to clear up.. did you know that within 72 hours without smoking that all nicotene traces are gone.. so that need really isn't there anymore. and that within 30 days your lungs are almost that of a non smoker.. Yes I am serious and it is the truth.

Answer 6

you gotta decide if quitting cold turkey or slowly would be easier for you, b/c you have to decide sometime immediately b/c the stakes are so high. if you can go from 5 to zero today do it. have a popsicle when you're having an oral fixation moment or whatever... chew on a toothpick or bite your nails or chew gum, eat pretzel rods if you have to wrap your lips around something. whatever i know it sounds crazy but something just might click and help you so who knows. if you can't quit cld tky then do it gradually, but do it fast. obviously no ciggies are best for baby but 2/day is still better than 5/day, and you can congratulate yourself on that success and work your way down from there. it's hard because you're facing an addiction but you will be so grateful when in 5 yrs your healthy little kindergartner goes off to school strong as anything and you know you caused that. be realistic with yourself, try your best, talk to your dr, good luck.

Answer 7

Its never to late and its crucial in the 1st 3 months but afer that your child has a risk of low birth weight which means the child might have a hard time keeping it own body temp! I would attempt to atleast cut it down I knwo of 2 moms that continued smoking thru out their pregnancy but avoid it if you can or at the very leats cut it down to 1/2 of what your doing now

Answer 8

5 cigarettes a day isn't going to harm your baby. I smoked a half a pack a day with my son, and he doesn't have asthma. My daughter, who I quit smoking for, does. But on to a solution.

Here's something so simple, it made me quit while I was pregnant. Carry one of the baby's outfits with you every where you go. When you light up, put the outfit close to you while you smoke. After a day, take that outfit and put it in a plastic bag overnight. Take it out the next day and smell it.

Won't tell you what it smells like, but trust me, you'll quit.

Answer 9

Quitting smoking is the easiest decision to make but the hardest thing to do. You are halfway there. I quit when I was trying to conceive. I just quit cold turkey and I won't lie, it was really hard. I had a really good support system in my husband. He quit with me so it made it a lot easier. I think it was easy for me because I knew I wasn't going to quit forever. Good luck to you and it is never too late to quit. Talk to your doctor for some tips.

Answer 10

Here are some of the side effects from smoking:

* Decrease in fertility (male & female)
* Increase in spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) & stillbirth
* Increase in ectopic pregnancy (tubal)
* Increase in placenta previa (placenta covering the cervix)
* Increase in Abruptio placentae (abrupted placenta)
* Increase in premature rupture of the membranes
* Increase in chorioamnionitis (Infection of amniotic sac)
* Increase in preterm delivery
* Increase in low birth weight births

One of the things that we do know is that there is an increase in the fetal heart rate two minutes that persists for 15 minutes after each smoking episode.

There is also a decrease in fetal movement and in the beat-to-beat variations of the heart rate. In the newborn you also have complications such as an increased risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, allergies, childhood cancers, respiratory illness, ear infections, etc.

The severity of the side effects is directly proportional to the amount of smoke inhaled (whether directly or passively). So if you are a smoker and you are pregnant, it is never too late to reap the benefits of quitting or reducing the amount of cigarettes that you consume.

Here are some places to turn to for help:

Special Delivery: Smoke Free (Stop Smoking Book)
Smart Move! (Stop Smoking Guide)
American Cancer Society
777 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10017
1-800-ACS-2345

American Lung Association
1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872)
Smoking and Pregnancy (Order #0176C)
Freedom From Smoking (R) For You and Your Baby (Order #0738)

It's not too late. Good luck.

Answer 11

It's never too late...but the longer you smoke, the higher the chance of damage done (or more damage done)...

Talk to your doctor about what smoking cessation methods are okay for you, being pregnant...you may well have only "cold turkey" at your disposal...

Willpower and lots of support...you can do...a good friend of mine recently stopped smoking (on her own) and although she had some tough days, she did it and is doing great!