i use to be a really big smoker before i got pregnant im 7 months and my cravings for one is worst than ever!!im not goimg to lie i probably have smoked two cigarettes a lil puff here and there is this really bad??will my baby be affected by the two times??
2007-03-10 18:27:25 · 23 answers · asked by cindy g 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Well it's a bad thing, although my mom did many years ago because she didn't know better.
I seriously doubt that having one or two a week would cause any serious problems.
2007-03-10 18:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by Not Tellin 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I quit smoking about a month before I got pregnant (I am 31 weeks) and I live in Germany and everyone smokes here. It's killing me! I want a smoke so bad I can taste it and every where I go some one is smoking but then I remember why I quit and I don't light up. I smoke through my first pregnancy (and I deserve to be yelled at by strangers for it) and my son came out fine and he is 2 now so I got very lucky. But he does have slight asthma and a tiny throat problem which both I think are because I smoked. Also you increase your baby's chance of SIDS by smoking. Also a friends baby smoked through her pregnancy and her baby died a few hours after birth because of it. So no smoking no matter how much you crave it. And be honest with yourself if you have one smoke you will end up buying a pack and then you will be a smoker again. Wait at least until your baby is a year old. You can do it! I will pray for you!
2007-03-10 18:40:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many of our parents would have smoked while pregnant as they did not realise the dangers. Many of these now grown up people are fine. But the other questions is how many people have been affected by their mother smoking while pregnant and have not answered? There has been studies done that found that many of these children do end of having asthma and other respiratory illness's. Some of these studies have been proved and some are only anecdotal. I guess what I am saying is "Is the risk to the health of your child really worth it?" If I were a smoker I would give up in a second. It maybe a good chance to give up this unhealthy habit.
2016-03-16 08:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this question really gets to me because i am a doctor and i've smoked with both of my pregnancies.both of my babies are fine. being around second hand smoke will affect your baby more than you smoking. people need to do their research before they answer. yes in SOME cases it will affect your baby, but these chances aren't very high. i'm not saying you should smoke but to each their own. back in the 70's they still allowed smoking in the hospitals!!! i have had lots of patients smoke during pregnancy and their babies be perfectly fine! i also tell my patients to cut down not quit because if you are a heavy smoker you can do more harm to your baby if you quit. i've seen women miscarry because they QUIT smoking! my childs birthweight was not low either. but yet i guess every doctor as well has their own opinion on smoking.
2007-03-14 10:12:40 · answer #4 · answered by moore_256 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't beat up on yourself. Just try harder to stop smoking.
Smoking in pregnancy can affect your baby, not just before birth, but also in the future. Here are some of the effects of smoking while pregnant.
Smoking raises the levels of carbon monoxide in your bloodstream. This reduces the amount of oxygen available to your baby.
When you smoke, harmful chemicals reach your baby.
Nicotine constricts the blood vessels on your side of the placenta, which means oxygen is passed over less effectively to the baby.
The result is the baby grows less well than he might have done, and he'll be born lighter than otherwise. This might make a great difference to his health at birth.
There are also effects on brain development and on the general health of your baby, which have been shown to last into childhood, and even beyond. There is also a great deal of evidence that men who smoke when their partners are pregnant also affect the baby's health - whether or not the woman smokes herself.
2007-03-10 18:32:06 · answer #5 · answered by Tenn Gal 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It wont have any effect on your baby after birth. Befor i became pregnant, now 39weeks5days, i was on anti-depressants/anti-anxiety pills because i was VERY depressed and had horrible anxiety attacks. I used to smoke almost 2 packs a day. I stopped taking my meds because they could have cause major problems with my pregnancy. My doctors told me that since ive been a heavy smoke quiting would have a big effect on my baby too and along with that the stress that would be put on him from not being on my meds. My doctor told me that they dont worry too much unless you smoke about a half pack a day.
so with me ive smoked threw my pregnancy only a few a day and i still feel guilty about it but id rather people not judge me because they havnt been in my situation. So far smoking has had no effect on my pregnancy. No preterm labor no under weight baby(the way hes measuring he'll be about 8 lbs or more at birth) Everyone that i know who smoke durring pregnancy never had preterm labor or any complications and all have beautiful healthy happy babies.
2007-03-10 18:39:41 · answer #6 · answered by Jenn 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
chances are very slim that smoking in general will affect the baby. thats why if your a heavy smoker they tell you just to cut down not to quit because you can actually hurt your baby more by quitting because it puts stress on the baby. would you rather take that VERY SLIM chance of the cigarettes hurting your baby or would you rather hurt your baby MORE by quitting? (this is the question that should be asked to all those people who say its so d*mn wrong to smoke while pregnant.)
2007-03-14 18:47:41 · answer #7 · answered by j_z_256 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh God, don't smoke when you are pregnant, or even when they're five or six. You might as well quit smoking all together because it's not only bad for you, but bad for the fetus and yoiung children, dear. Good enough, yes?
2007-03-10 18:39:17 · answer #8 · answered by FILO 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Probably not if you are telling the truth, but it can cause low birth weight, SIDS, miscarriages and other health problems. I was a smoker before I got pregnant, but the thought of hurting my baby kept me from smoking the whole time I was pregnant and after.
2007-03-10 18:33:46 · answer #9 · answered by uuummk 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
My mother smoked through out her entire pregnancy with me. She defended her self by saying my father was putting a lot of stress on her. When they divorced it was funny because all the pictures of the vessel smoking while pregnant mysteriously disappeared. Now she yells at people who smoke.
2007-03-10 18:32:14 · answer #10 · answered by Lynnemarie 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Which is more important? Cigarettes or your baby? I hope the desire of having a healthy baby is stronger than your desire to smoke.
Oh and please don't be one of those parents who smoke around your children.
2007-03-11 01:29:27 · answer #11 · answered by Ayesha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋