Smoking and Pregnant

Just wondering who out there smokes and is pregnant????

I DO NOT WANT THIS TO TURN INTO A DEBATE.:pray:

Just curious with the numbers of who do. Because I know there are still women out there that do.

Just a simple 'I do' is fine.
And if you want to pop down your reasons behind it I would love to know, it is one thing that I am very curious about with the 'why' do it.

But please others do not start an argument over this I just want to hear honest opinions without lectures onto people who are being honest about it.:clap:

I dont smoke anymore but i did when i was preg with dd - i tried to stop and got so anxious about stopping (as i just couldnt) that my doc told me just to cut down to 3 a day instead of the stress of trying to stop.

I don't smoke anymore but I did quit when I found out I was pregnant with DS1 but started up again the week before he was born and didn't stop till I found out I was pg with DS2... I also smoked while breastfeeding..

I don't know why I did it. I knew the risks but maybe i was selfish.... I don't know.. I regret it now even though my son is healthy

Thanks girls for your honesty.
It's interesting to hear.
And congratulations to both of you for quitting now.

I did with both of my girls but i am not a big smoker at all - i even now, might go a day or 2 without one and then have 4 in one day. I always have a packet sitting around somewhere but it will last me a few weeks! NOt sure why i didnt just stop when pregnant...... I definately thought harder about it before i had one but it is my sanity thing!
Still smoking now.. some days i am hanging out for DP to get home so i can get out there and have some me time with my smoke!
One of my friends say its the only thing that has stopped her from screaming at ther kids all day - she just pops outside for a minute and comes back a different person...

i lurrrved a cigarette b4 kids. Then we found out we were pregnant with DD#1 and i stopped immediately. I never smoked thruout my pregnancy, and found it easy to give up. WHen she weaned at 8 months i tried it again ( so excited to try it) and it made me sick. I got no satisfaction out of it - that was over 4 yrs ago now.

I was speaking with my Aunty (58) and Nan (75) the other night and they said they smoked with all thier kids the only difference now is that we have to carry the guilt of knowing what it does to our bodies, where as they didnt.
I smoked with DS, about 3 a day and he came out perfect health at 8lb 2oz and we scored a 9 on the avtar thingy.... I have smoked on and off with this one..... I enjoy a glass of wine every couple of weeks too and have a smoke..... My mum is useless to me in trying to give up! hehehe...."i smoked with you 3 and you all came out fine" .... My brother and i were state runners back in our teens....

Its one of those things isnt it....... we have to carry the guilt of doing it and no one else...

im not a smoker at all, so i had no problems there!

my mum always says how she smoked while pg with me, she says in those days (even tho im only 23! lol) there were no warnings or advetisements on the dangers etc. no one felt 'guilty' doing it.

i came out fine! but personally, i tried my best to stay away from smoke at all times while pg... i do that all the time anyways, but being pg is easier, as people tend not to light up around you!

I smoked while pg with Emily, not as much as i did before i found out, DP would hide them around the house for me and i'd ring him if i really wanted one LOL (stupid, i know, but if i didnt have a pkt sitting in front of me i would want one) However, we both managed to quit when i was 6 months pg and havent looked back!!

I smoked... I found it extremely difficult to give up as I put so much pressure on myself and felt so guilty I actually made it worse and harder for myself. I think the less pressure from others and myself would've seen a different result. I did smoke less and don't smoke at all anymore :D

i am smoking at the moment, but i have just booked in for the allen Carr easy way to quit smoking clinic for this saturday :):)

it WILL be the end, i am so excited.

I smoked mildly with DS, more towards the end, i hated that i did and it was a huge cause of my PND.

I gave up before I got pregnant, then took it back up after I miscarried. In hindsight I shouldn't have bothered because I fell pregnant with Euan after one cycle, and found it really hard to give up the second time. I smoked about five a day, had cut down to a couple of drags per day within one week after finding out I was pregnant, then had completely given up about a week later.

DP still smokes - he's been trying to give up too but has not yet managed it - he only has one or two a day and doesn't smoke in the house. I'll be happy when he does quit but it is something he has to do in his own time!

Even though I feel much better for it, there are still the odd occasions where I feel like a cigarette. When I was about six months pregnant the urge got so strong that I asked DP for a drag just so I could cough my lungs out and realise that I no longer found it pleasurable. Whenever I feel the urge now I just remember how awful it was!

I counted myself lucky that I felt so sick when pregnant that the thought made me want to puke, otherwise I know I would not have been able to give up. Many of my friends still did whilst pregnant with no probs & I know my sis stresses about it as she is currently TTC & has been addicted for a long time now.
Best thing for me is I have not taken it back up...though, naughty, naughty did have a couple with my sis over the Chrissy period as it had been 8months since we saw each other & had a few drinky poo's.

I smoked until I was about 7 weeks pg with DD then quit until she was about 2, took it up and quit a few times over the following years. Got pg and quit then had a m/c and was so angry at my body i started smoking again! Quit when I was 10 weeks pg with DD2 and haven't smoked since although I still miss the "me time" and the relaxation of going outside with a coffee and a ciggy.

mrsmac congratulations, and please dont miss it!! i am sooooo wanting to be free of it!!

Thanks girls again for the honesty.

FWIW I do believe we are all entitled to our own decision when it comes to our life and making that same decision for the bub inside you no matter what.
But Also I do believe in the thought that every action has an impact on everything (good or bad) something can't do nothing or have no affect on something.

CONGRATULATIONS to the lady's who have quit again and those that are planning to.
And CONGRATULATIONS to those who still had healthy bubs regardless. (Hugs Shannon about number 3)

I smoked with all my babies barr this one i gave up 2years ago
(the day i walked into hospital to have my last baby how selfish of me).
There is nothing wrong with any of my kids at all(maybe to much energy lol).