It's nice to see people here discussing this issue in such an open, honest and friendly manner, whilst still stating an opinion IYKWIM.

I feel like I'm a bit of a combination of all these opinions rolled into one! LOL I used to smoke and quit in June 2003 within a couple of weeks of finding out I was PG for the first time. Silly me, having smoked for years thought that I wouldn't fall PG straight away, so I had plenty of time to give up in! (My decision was always that I would give up smoking if I fell PG, despite having given up once before of my own accord!). As it happened I didn't have plenty of time and fell PG the first month of trying, so was forced to give up quick smart, but I was comfortable with that as for several months I had cut my smoking RIGHT down and I simply wanted to put the baby's needs and requirements above my own cravings for cigarettes. That's a personal decision that I had made a long time ago.

I thought the info you put forward was interesting Cailin - it seems that you're damned if you do and damned if you don't - your risk of m/c is significantly higher if you smoke, yet it's high if you go cold turkey!

I do have to say that as a person who has suffered m/c and seen PG women smoking, I have been offended. I guess it's because of my OWN personal experience with m/c - feeling that I had been robbed of something so precious (despite giving up smoking) and there was someone right in front of me smoking but who hasn't m/c IYKWIM...it made me think "why was I singled out when I gave up, but there's this woman still smoking who hasn't suffered a m/c" (these are the kind of things you think about after a m/c as you are always looking for a reason for why this happened to you). It used to confuse me and upset me to be honest. However, I also appreciate that I don't know that person, their lifestyle, why they have made the decisions that they have made, and perhaps as Cailin has pointed out, they have a good reason for making their decision. I guess having had the experience with the m/c's also made me think that I had to do everything in my power to be healthy for the sake of any future PG IYKWIM, so smoking was never again going to be an option.

All of that said, I do respect other people's rights to make their own decisions about their lifestyle and what is best for them so I have never expressed publically my thoughts on the issue until now. I guess what I'm saying is that smoking during pregnancy isn't something I would do, and am glad that I have given up, although I can say there have been moments where I fancied one, but I have not once caved.

OK....enough from me! I hope all of that came out right and didn't offend...certainly isn't meant to!