I was smoking from age of 14 so for about 8 years on and off. When I got together with DH he smoked, so I took it up again. Then about a year ago, I went to a naturopath who said, "If you keep smoking your lungs will be rotted (cant remember exact wording) by 30 because you have weak lungs." Okay then I thought, I dont want to pass away coz I smoked and miss out on any possible grandchildren i may have, so I quit one week after, cold turkey.
Now that I am preg, DH asks everyone to move away so i dont even get any downstream. When I am walking past ppl who are smoking I hold my breath so I dont inhale any. To me, (and this is only my opinion) being pregnant is the beginning of the time where you stop having your world centred around your needs and wants and you start doing everything for the miracle you have in you. I am also on a Polycystic Ovary Webiste where so many of the women cry themselves to sleep because they have been TTC for 5-10 years and due to the PCOS probably wont ever. I think about my friends there and think, How could I possibly be okay with myself knowing I am treating my unborn child, the collection of me and DH with no concern, when s/he is such a miracle that I am blessed to have. Due to this being my first maybe I am too harsh on everything.
I am really proud of all the people trying to give up, because I know e=xactly how you feel, but maybe if you think of all the damage it is not only doing to you, but to bubs in short and long term, and if you focus on that, that might help you in quitting. It helped with me and it has been over 12 months.
I hope that everyone who is trying to quit finds the strength, and I agree, i think it is great that such a delicate converstaion can be discussed without any attacks or issues.