I smoked right through the fertility treatment, and up until about 7 weeks pregnant. I did feel extremely guilty, especially with people around me scolding me and telling me how much damage I was doing to my baby... but in the end it wasn't that that made me quit... I don't think any amount of scolding, scaring or guilt tripping is going to make anyone stop. In fact, when people told me what a bad mother2b I was being, I would get so emotional and reach for the smokes... I stressed about the damage I was doing, but smoked more because I thought it helped me calm down. I stopped because I had some shocking m/s (I also had to give up my caffeine addiction... lol) and smoking made it a million times worse.

It's hard when people to tell you all these horror stories, but have older woman (like my mother for example) saying that they smoked a pack a day while pregnant and smoking didn't cause any problems.

I smoked 8s, about half a pack a day... sometimes more, rarely less... and even though I'm only 21, I had been smoking for a few years.