I want to quit smoking...16 weeks pregnant..tips please!?

Question

I don't want judgment i know what smoking does and i feel really bad, people should not judge but encourage ..thanks

Ok i have been smoking for 4 years and i want to quit for me and the baby and are future. I have try ed to quit and have plan days to quit but it just never go Thur with it. But then i feel since i have smoked since the first 3 crucial months i have already done so much damage to the baby and i feel so bad for what i have done. I smoke at least a pack and a half today and the only person who smokes around me is my bf and he said i need to quit and he will quit with me. They have this group for smokers that want to quit but I'm not a very big people person and hate meeting new people, so i want to do this on my own.

thanks

Answer 1

You really do need to quit for the sake of your baby. Smoking can cause birth defects and low birth weigh which I'm sure you know is not good. I know it is very hard to quit cold turkey but I did it. I smoked for 2 years up until the day I found out I was pregnant and I did just quit cold turkey. My husband still smokes but he goes outside and if I smell the smoke it just grosses me out. Try doing other things when you get the urge to lite a cigarette like eating a hard candy, drinking some water, chewing gum, going for a walk, clean the house, anything to get your mind of a cigarette. Also you might ask your husband to go smoke outside so you don't get the urge to smoke with him. Good luck & hang in there!

Answer 2

You can definately do it. I was a smoker of 7 years. Once I found out I was pregnant it took me 3 days to quit. Literally. I just threw away any packs of cigarettes I had laying around the house, and if I told my boyfriend and friends to not offer me a cigarette and if I ask for one, to completely ignore me. You should definately try to go trough with it. After I quit smoking I felt so much healthier and I feel so good about myself because I was strong enough to quit. Just keep on telling yourself no, and don't let yourself go back to having one. You might be on edge for a few days, but the physical addiction is gone after 3 days, and it's just your head telling you that you need one after that. Good luck with everything !

Answer 3

Well I really dont have anything niceto say to u bc i think your selfish. to the first answer she wasn't think about her baby and thats what hurts me. But it;s your baby and if you want to smoke crack thats all on you. If you dont care enough to stop now does it matter really bc your probalbly going to smoke after the baby is here and second hand smoke is bad to. I'm a ex smoker of cig. and weed and i stoped both. you should have stoped as soon as you found out. i smoke on may 2nd and i had stopped for 4 month and theni found out i was prego on may 7th and i felt so bad and havent picked up the habit since. You should have still gotten help a long time ago. So if you guys want thats fine if you give me thumbs down bc i think that is wrong and selfish and she is not doing anything to help bc oh shes afraid of large groups. so i guess thats more important than your babys health. well good luck and i hope youe baby doesnt have to much damage bc of your lack of concern to really do something about it. But my mom smoked and i'm fine as far as i know so maybe nothing will be wrong with your baby.

Answer 4

I smoked for 10 years, and the day I found out I was pregnant I quit.

I found it to be the easiest thing, because I was worried about the health of my child and I wasn't planning on interfering with it.  

Answer 5

Its good that you want to quit but wont that just stress you out? why dont you just try to cut down, my friend is 7 mos prego and she still smokes.The doctor said that it puts stress on the baby when you quit durring pregnancy especially if your stressed.Maby you shouldnt stop smoking mabey you just need to cut down, besides the worst that could happen is your kid gets asthma or has a lower birth weight which isnt that bad especially if your having the birth naturally (outch!) but yea so dont quit just cut down try cuttting down to 1 cig evry hour or less when u dont think about it. Hope this helps!

Answer 6

try nicotine

Answer 7

I'm sorry, it's HARD -- but you just have to quit. There's nothing to it, but to DO IT! Same as a diet, it's hard as heck to get yourself  to exercises and to eat healthy.... but you just have to realize that you have to. You will be so proud of yourself if you just DONT smoke & once you quit never start back. You don't want your little baby to grow up and want to smoke like her mommy, do you? GOOD LUCK!

EDIT: Oh my goodness, "Miss Kokko" has the most ABSURD answer I have ever heard of. PLEASE, please, please don't take that ridiculous advice. "The least that could happen is low birth weight and asthma"?!!?! First of all, that's NOT true... much, much more could go wrong. And breathing problems in an infant is a very SEVERE problem!!! Makes me want to cry that there's women out there that think like that. No doctor, in the right mind would EVER tell you to keep smoking!!!!

Answer 8

you know what i quit cold turkey it was hard till this day i sometimes want to smoke one but i know i cant because id rather have a healthy baby im 35 weeks pregnant good luck

Answer 9

I smoked when I found out I was pregnant.. the easiest way was to be around non smokers because they won't sneak out at a resturaunt with you to have a smoke.. I think it is great your bf is willing to quit too you both should just try it cold turkey ( I did and I smoked for 4 years at that point)  it wasn't as hard as some people make it to be.  Just be dedicated and keep yourself busy and you won't even have the urge. It is mind over matter

Congrats for the new baby

Answer 10

My madre smoked upwards of a pack a day when she was prego with me, and I turned out...fairly normal.  Maybe just set a certain number of cigarettes you'll allow yourself each day, and then reduce it by one or two each week?  I'm not a smoker so, I wouldn't know, but I am SO proud of you for wanting to do this for the sake of your baby.

Answer 11

What you need to do is carry around pictures and articles stating that what you are doing to your baby is wrong, and what the child can be born with because you choose to smoke.

Maybe if every time you want to light up, you look at a picture of a baby that was born to a smoker and then you'll quit.

Answer 12

It's all mind power.  I'm 39, I've smoked for most of 20+ years.  The day I found out I was pregnant I put them down and have not even touched one since.  I'm 17 weeks now,and all is going great.  You just decide that you aren't going to take the risk anymore--smoking is for you, not a choice your baby makes.  If I want to smoke, I'll wait until I don't have another little human inside relying on me to make the right decisions.  It's not worth the risk.  I just quit--there was no choice.  You can too!

Answer 13

think about your baby.

Answer 14

You know what,I smoked for the first 2-3 months of my pregnancy,I cut down..but i still smoked a few a day,what it took for me to finally put them down was just thinking about the baby,not only the damage that i could do to the baby,but that i wanted to live a long life with my child,and by not smoking i could do that,that's how i quit.

good luck:)

Answer 15

Just because you've smoked the first three months DOES NOT mean quitting now won't help. It will actually benefit you and your baby GREATLY! The lungs develop way later in pregnancy. I smoked before I found I out I was pregnant and quit cold turkey- it's the easiest way to do it I found out. One of my friends put a picture of her babies ultrasound in her cigarette carton and if she did have the desire, couldn't even think about grabbing one with that sitting there. It's honestly not too bad after awhile. Also- if your partner or friends smoke, ask them not to with you around, especially not in the house! I know you can do it- for you and the baby. I know I wouldn't be able to walk right now if I'd kept smoking, I have a tough enough time breathing with the extra weight now, can't imagine smoking! Good luck! and congrats and wanting to quit-  

Answer 16

If you can't do it cold turkey on your own, and the doctor has suggested ways that you still haven't tried or don't want to do, then you should probably just suck it up and join a group. It'll benefit your child in the end.  

Answer 17

if your own baby's health isnt movitation enough, youre in trouble honey.

Answer 18

Just think"If I smoke this baby is at risk. He/She might have a disabilty." You don't want that. Start by not buying the cigs. Then ask your doc about any patches or gums you can take that are safe for you and the baby.

Hope this helps.

Answer 19

First of all, you may have to change some other routines. For me, I always wanted a cigarette while I was on the phone. So I started a new routine and got black licorice. Real black licorice has something in it that calms cravings, a pharmacist once told me. I would grab a black licorice when I wanted a cigarette. Now, it's still incredibly hard, but for me, changing routines was the key. I had to stop going places where smoking socially was the norm. If you need a cigarette first thing in the morning, try starting up a new routine. Allow yourself a treat of some sort that you normally don't get, sort of a reward for not having a cigarette. It will definitely help that your boyfriend wants to quit also because it's so hard to resist when someone lights up around you. That's another thing. For me, I had to stay away from everyone who smoked because it was irresistable to me. If you have the money, a hypnotist or acupuncturist can make life easier for you. Hypnosis worked well for me. Expect the both of you to be very grumpy for 2 weeks, but perservere! The rewards will be great. Don't worry about what you've already smoked, quitting now will absolutely benefit you. Women who smoke later in pregnancy have a much higher risk of their water breaking prematurely and low birth weight to name a few. Your doctor may advise you to use something like the patch or gum to help you out as well. I never used these, but they work for lots of people. However, your doctor will have to tell you if they're safe. I have to warn you about Chantix though, google chantix and suicide or chantix and accidents and you'll see why. To help keep you motivated, google smoking during pregnancy and read about all the risks as often as it takes. People who tell you to just "think of your baby" probably never smoked. Even though you know it's bad, the compulsion is so strong that only smokers or ex-smokers understand. If you need a coach or someone to encourage you, feel free to e-mail me. You can do it. Good luck to you.

Answer 20

I was a smoker for 7 years- I quite cold turkey cause this something you kind of have to do for your baby... You are running great risks- especially so early in the pregnancy stages. I ate ice cubes, candy and sometimes I wanted a cig so bad that made me cry. I knew however that I would cry harder if anything happened to the baby.. this is all temporary and will be done and after birth you can go back if you choose too... I know it is hard, but you have to be strong and fight off thjose urges!

I know easier said than done.. Good luck

Answer 21

I have a quit smoking system that will be perfect for you. It does not require patches, gums or any other product. Best of all, all that is required is you and you alone. There is no going out and meeting new people or anything like that. You quit smoking from the safety of your own home.

Smoking is more of a psychological addiction than a physical one. If you really want to quit you must discover the reasons why you smoke and then eliminate or change these thought processes. As soon as I dealt with my psychological reasons for smoking I quit, first time and more importantly for good.

Once you deal with the psychological side of smoking it makes the quitting process easy, no matter your level of addiction.

All that is required to quit smoking is a bit of motivation, self belief and determination. You have plenty of motivation with your baby, you just need to learn how to use it.

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Answer 22

Its so hard to quit smoking I feel your pain:( I was a pack-a-day smoker when I found out when I was pregnant and it was one of the hardest thing I had to do and I also have smoked throught my pregnancy off and on.  What I found helped was sunflower seeds, anytime I craved I just popped a handful of seeds and it helped alot. Other things that might help are hard candy and toothpicks. Good luck:)

Answer 23

Even if you cut down it would be helpful. Don't blow if off as "I smoked the 1st trimester and the damage is done". You could still have a baby the is preterm, low birth weight, and with learning problems.

If you cant quit, cut WAY down. Stopping suddenly can be harmful too. Baby goes thru withdrawal too. And will when it is born too.

Answer 24

every time you want a cigarette think about the damage it's going to do to your child

Answer 25

if you really felt that bad you would quit...and the same goes for your bf...I found out at 4 weeks that I was pregnant and was a smoker for 6 years...I quit that day.  Indulge yourself in other things...that money you spend on cigs every day put to the side and go buy yourself nice things.  It worked for me.  Lollipops really helped me...it was more of an oral fixation thing with me than an addiction.  Hope that helps

Answer 26

first get over yourself. boo hoo you hate meeting new people. maybe seeing how sickly your child looks if it even arrives at the end will be motivation for you. you make me sick