re: smoking question

Quoting LizaJane01:“ i have a question about smoking i mean i havent smoked while pregnant with alyssa but i know ppl that ... [snip!] ... the mom? i know this sounds confusing but.......idk i was just wonderin. can you please pm me if you have any answers? thanx ”

I do believe you are supposed to gradually cut back so that your body dosent go into shock with all the changes, but I have never heard of a Dr. telling someone to not try and quit at all.

Quoting Courtney_Bly ((Dakota's m:“ Oh I get it now, if you haven't been smoking its not a good idea to start again. Especially since you ... [snip!] ... baby. And the book has a whole compartive section between bottle feeding and BF so its really a personal preferance I think.”

yeah I totally get the whole do but dont thing... some days its like man I really wish but others I think about how much money we have saved since we quit (my husband quit with me to make it easier).

smoking while you are pregnant is bad, period.

Quoting Dev22:“ I do believe you are supposed to gradually cut back so that your body dosent go into shock with all the changes, but I have never heard of a Dr. telling someone to not try and quit at all.”

uhm, my doctor told me.
As did my sisters.

Quoting dea:“ smoking while you are pregnant is bad, period.”

smoking is bad period....

Quoting Poofter.:“ smoking is bad period....”

well yeah, of course. but i was just stating because she said something about it might not be bad when you are "so many months" or whatever.

Quoting Dev22:“ I do believe you are supposed to gradually cut back so that your body dosent go into shock with all the changes, but I have never heard of a Dr. telling someone to not try and quit at all.”

idk i was just saying what i was told cuz it kinda of confused me. i had never heard of it before so idk

Quoting LizaJane01:“ i have a question about smoking i mean i havent smoked while pregnant with alyssa but i know ppl that ... [snip!] ... the mom? i know this sounds confusing but.......idk i was just wonderin. can you please pm me if you have any answers? thanx ”

Not really, quitting is actually the right choice. It depends on how addicted you are, your going through the withdrawls. My son is fine I have been smoking less and less everyday and he is overweight for his gestational age. But the warnings are for like heavy smokers, I mean if you smoke a few day its still not that good but its not like a pack a day. I think thats where all the stuff comes from. I've talked to a lot of different drs and they all say something different.

I have had 3 healthy babies and smoked during all 3 pregnancies. My DR has always told me to cut my smoking in half. Then try to cut that in half after a few weeks. Ive been doing good so far. The only thing my doctor said could happen to the baby is a lower birth weight. Other than that, no major health concerns.
When breastfeeding I heard you want to wait an hour after you smoke before you feed again. That will give the toxins more time to move through your system and your milk wont be effected as much.

Quoting Babe669:“ I have had 3 healthy babies and smoked during all 3 pregnancies. My DR has always told me to cut my smoking ... [snip!] ... before you feed again. That will give the toxins more time to move through your system and your milk wont be effected as much.”

no major health concerns? my mum smoked the whole time she was pregnant with me and i came out blue!! i was having a hard time breathing because she smoked. smoking is terrible, period, how could it not cause problems?

Quoting Poofter.:“ I was told by my OB/GYN and Perinatal Dr., NOT TO STOP smoking. Just to cut back. I smoked 3 cigs a day IF THAT..sometimes I'd go a few weeks without a cigarette. My daughter is fine  ”

I know women who have been told by their doctors not to quit while pregnant because the withdrawals effect the baby as well as you and can fundamentally interfere with development.

Quoting Dev22:“ I do believe you are supposed to gradually cut back so that your body dosent go into shock with all the changes, but I have never heard of a Dr. telling someone to not try and quit at all.”

I think it depends on how much an individual was smoking and they also take into account the inherent stress of the pregnancy situation... since my hubby had been deployed soon after I found out I was pregnant (completely screwing up my quitting efforts!) the doctor I saw said that she didn't expect me to quit, just cut back.

...it also is probably going to change from physician to physician also. My advice would be to do what you are comfortable with in your situation. But as soon as you light up a cigarette with little or no consideration for the baby, you need to change what you're doing. All things in moderation.

I smoked while prego but every time I lit a cigarette I would picture my womb filling with smoke like a bar on friday night. It made me feel so bad it regulated how much I smoked pretty well.

Quoting dea:“ well yeah, of course. but i was just stating because she said something about it might not be bad when you are "so many months" or whatever.”

Soory for posting late been out of the loop. I didnt say its not bad at so many months. I said that after the fifth month there is higher risk involved

Quoting dea:“ no major health concerns? my mum smoked the whole time she was pregnant with me and i came out blue!! ... [snip!] ... out blue!! i was having a hard time breathing because she smoked. smoking is terrible, period, how could it not cause problems?”

My daughter came out blue....come to think of it, most babies do...until they are cleaned off.
and HOW do these doctors know that you having trouble breathing was directly related to your mother's smoking?

Quoting Poofter.:“ My daughter came out blue....come to think of it, most babies do...until they are cleaned off. and ... [snip!] ... cleaned off. and HOW do these doctors know that you having trouble breathing was directly related to your mother's smoking?”

my daughters didnt come out blue.
how could it not be though?