smoking while pregant

[aluc3y]

What are some opinions on smoking while pregnant? Risk of quitting while pregnant? Types of complications the baby can have?

[AnnieBrooke]

I've heard the tale about the stress being worse than the smoking, but it all sounds like justifications, frankly.  I can't imagine a doctor saying it, though I've heard lots of smoking women claim it.

[BabyDame]

My mother smoked two things, with me and my two brothers.
I don't recommend smoking while pregnant. Nothing bad happened to me or my brothers, but it can end badly.

[BabyDame]

I've heard it from doctors and from many pregnant women: If you are a strong smoker before you get pregnant and try quitting, it can put a strain on your pregnancy. I am not certain enough to kill the baby but it can stress your pregnancy out.
I think it's after 4 months, but if you smoke up 'till then and decide, "I'm going to quit", the baby is addicted and it stresses the baby out.
Plus, it stresses you out, and then you start having issues in there.
I have a friend who smoked all through her pregnancy and we were talking about it one day, her doctor told her that she cannot quit. It's not worth the risk, since it could put enough stress on the baby to harm him. So she kept smoking.

[aluc3y]

Thank you ladies! Im not a smoker and never have been, my best friend is pregnant a few weeks behind me and is still smoking and I was talking to her about and her excuse is its more stress on her baby to quit and that shes been smoking the whole time so the baby's doesnt know any different so its not hurting anything. So before I kept hounding her I wanted to get my facts straight. I care about them deeply and I dont want either of them to suffer.

[xquisite_mommy]

I was a smoker and drinker prior to finding out i was preggo. The day i took the pregnancy test was the last day for me. It was difficult however the negative effects it can have on the baby arent worth the risk. Pray for strength and God will help you quit. :-)

[Heather4800]

Try calling 1800 quit now. They give free advice on quitting. They even give you the patch for free!!! Bottom line you need to quit.  Smoking while pregnant increases you risk of still birth (baby being born dead), miscarriage,  and low weight at birth.  In addition there are some studies that link SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) to smoking while pregnant.  SIDS occurs when your baby randomly dies and there is no known direct reason or explanation. Is the risk worth it? I hope you say no and quit.

[SaSa28]

I agree if you can slowly cut yourself off of smoking it would be ideal. In my case. I have a medical stress situation due to extrem stress in my life, I actually have stress seasures. So smoking helps to keep my stress levels down. The doctor told me my smoking a couple of cigarets a day was better for my babies then to put them through the stress that they would endure.

[firstat20_2ndat30]

Time to quit... I'm amazed at the women who get pregnant and still want to smoke. I smoke off and on but when I'm pregnant it's not even an option.

[firstat20_2ndat30]

Time to quit... I'm amazed at the women who get pregnant and still want to smoke. I smoke off and on but when I'm pregnant it's not even an option.

[Snowdin28]

I've NEVER heard of what either of those two are saying^.. quitting is not dangerous, smoking is. I quit smoking 16 months ago after being a 14 year smoker. The physical withdrawals are minimal and only last 2 days. The rest is psychological. It's not like a heroine or opiate withdrawal. Quitting is best for your baby.. not smoking less.

[AnnieBrooke]

Quit any way you can.  Most doctors would say to stop.  The doctors who say to cut back slowly are either smokers themselves or are afraid that if they don't say it like that, the woman won't even try to stop.  A little stress is not as bad as the effects of smoking on a baby.

[SaSa28]

My dr recomended that I cut baxk but not quite aa it was not good for my stress and it also couls hurt the baby

[mrsr91711]

My Dr recommend I quite slowly, the shock to you system could stress the Baby in early pregnancy, after 12-13 weeks just quit its not.worth the harm to the Baby