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smoking while pregnant
hi everyone i am sorry to say i am still smoking at 22 weeks pregnant, at my recent scan the nurse told me my placenta was gritty, while it scared me considering i could possibly severely hurt my unborn baby i am still smoking im selfish and feel evil for still smoking at the moment my boyfriend has stopped smoking but i still cant i smoke more out of habit and boredom and have absollutely no will power i really need help before i do anymore damage to my baby help.
Cold turkeys means totally cutting off smoking completely. Cutting back would be best in stages.
I'm not a smoker so I can't really relate but I feel for you. While some babies do come out healthy while the mother smoked entire pregnancy, this is either luck or they can definitely have long term future problems with their health or possibly pick up smoking easier than other kids
I actually had tha same problem with ma first child my ob told me that tha placenta would ruputure but i kept smoking because im addicted now im pregnant again n i camt stop i know everyones differrent but everyone i know that smoked while pregnant had a healthly baby n im tha same as u i smoke cus of boredom but good luck!!"!
I heard not to quit cold Turkey because it can give the baby withdrawal. Talk to ur doctor. I'm a smoker too and I'm six weeks. I'm trying desperately to cut back
I agree with Ashelen... I would not stop cold turkey with out doctor supervision. with my second pregnancy I smoked until I was 24 weeks... I ended up in the ER with my Heart rate at 160 something and that scared me enough to quit cold turkey (with doctor supervision) I also quit drinking caifeen cold turkey. Talk to your OB on what he wants you to do. I wish I had more advice on the placenta grittyness but I have no expierance in that and would perfer to not give bad advice. :) if you need to talk about anything with the smoking cessitation please feel free to PM me I am available to talk and will do my very best to help.
Sorry i wanted to add, at this point do NOT stop cold turkey without help from your dr, OK? make sure you consult him/her first.
You need to talk to your doctor; there are medical programs that you can be enrolled in to help you at least cut back. If you are having a placenta issue, it is more vital than ever that you stop smoking or at least cut back but do it with your OB's help (they won't judge you if they know, they'll help you).
From what I understand, a gritty placenta means that the placenta may not be working as efficiently. While you can still have a healthy rest of the pregnancy, any more smoking you do has the potential to damage the placenta farther, and this is your baby's lifeline for oxygen, nutrients, and filtering toxins out of baby's system.
You must immediately speak to your OB...if your OB is closed tomorrow, you can call their after hours/holiday telephone number or you can wait until monday morning, but don't put it off any longer than that. Immediately request information on smoking cessation programs; they may put you on the patch and slowly wean you off that way (a common way for it to be done during pregnancy) or they may have another solution.
Either way...you need to make sure that you're doing the best thing for baby. is it selfish to keep smoking? maybe, but you're addicted, and no one is going to judge you.
You can do this, and you must do it for baby. Speak to your OB as soon as humanly possible, but try not to worry - the baby may still do just fine.
From what I understand, a gritty placenta means that the placenta may not be working as efficiently. While you can still have a healthy rest of the pregnancy, any more smoking you do has the potential to damage the placenta farther, and this is your baby's lifeline for oxygen, nutrients, and filtering toxins out of baby's system.
You must immediately speak to your OB...if your OB is closed tomorrow, you can call their after hours/holiday telephone number or you can wait until monday morning, but don't put it off any longer than that. Immediately request information on smoking cessation programs; they may put you on the patch and slowly wean you off that way (a common way for it to be done during pregnancy) or they may have another solution.
Either way...you need to make sure that you're doing the best thing for baby. is it selfish to keep smoking? maybe, but you're addicted, and no one is going to judge you.
You can do this, and you must do it for baby. Speak to your OB as soon as humanly possible, but try not to worry - the baby may still do just fine.
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