Quit Smoking Pregnant

Ok so im 19w3d pregnant with my first. I can proudly say its been 48 hours since I last smoked a cigarette! Some people may ridicule me for not doing it sooner...but granted you dont know me nor anything I go through and its my baby not yours. Sorry I may come off a bitch but EGHHH!!! Anywho for those who did the same thing what is some helpful hints to help me stop the URGE. When I tell you my house is SPOTLESS its totally SPOTLESS! Cleaning helps me keep my mind off of it but once Im done cleaning it goes back on my mind. I have walked around the town a few times when I was real close to getting a cigarette from my SO. I dont want to surpress the urge with food...im sure weight gain doesnt help the situation. Some people tell me I shouldn't quit Cold turkey after I smoked 19 weeks with the baby...they say it can go through withdrawls too. Im not so sure about that. Thoughts please. Dont need to be ridiculed about this ladies... I know its wrong and thats why im asking for advice

I find that chewing gum, lot and lots of gum, helps

Quoting Wyntur:“ Ok so im 19w3d pregnant with my first. I can proudly say its been 48 hours since I last smoked a cigarette! ... [snip!] ... about that. Thoughts please. Dont need to be ridiculed about this ladies... I know its wrong and thats why im asking for advice”

I wound up quitting cold turkey with my first on June 24th 2008, I was about 21 weeks pregnant. It was the day i first saw my son on the U/S. I just couldnt help but mentally go, "omg what am i doing to that little thing" Ive now been smoke free for over a year

Think about your child Thats the only thing you really can do. Everytime you take a puff you are slowly killing your child and upping the chances of a malformation.

I didn't quit until 16 weeks. I chewed a lot of Big Red gum and I admit on my breaks I would go out with the smokers and smell it to keep the edge off, but I swore them not to give me any. Eventually I stopped going out with them and I quit for 5 months after she was born too but I started back up again cause I live with 3 smokers!

Sunflower seeds and gum helped me fight the erge, if that helps.

Chewing gum helps.. You could also print out some info about what smoking does to your baby and look at it every time you want one.

I always thought about what I was doing to my baby when I wanted one. I quit cold turkey but still had the urges. Hope that helps

I didnt quit right away either.
But it is true, the baby will have withdrawls like you will. you have to ween yourself.

Quoting DEMOs Mama~PSM~OG~:“ I wound up quitting cold turkey with my first on June 24th 2008, I was about 21 weeks pregnant. It ... [snip!] ... U/S. I just couldnt help but mentally go, "omg what am i doing to that little thing" Ive now been smoke free for over a year”

Congratulations. That is really good.

I ate baby carrots whenever I had cravings. It actually helped.

Alot of people say do the 3 cigarettes a day and slowly cut it off...I can handle this. Anything for my son. But I just dont want him to have withdrawls. My SO has been a big help in this process.

Congrats mama.. I just quit 2 weeks ago and it was probably the hardest thing I have done.. I too chewed lots of gum and thought about what I could be doing to the baby which helped me alot! It's only a rough couple of days and then the urge will be gone the temptation is still there for me after I eat when I wake up but I know now it's all in my head.. Good luck it will get better

Quoting Lori~Proud BG Troll:“ Congratulations. That is really good.”

Thanks. The only thing that sucked was i made up for it in food, and gained a TON with my first.

Quoting DEMOs Mama~PSM~OG~:“ Thanks. The only thing that sucked was i made up for it in food, and gained a TON with my first.”

aww that part of it sucks

Quoting ♡H3ATH3RH03♡:“ Think about your child Thats the only thing you really can do. Everytime you take a puff you are slowly killing your child and upping the chances of a malformation.”

that was kinda harsh to say to her.

she isn't killing her child number one

I'm not for smoking while your pregnant by any means but I know a lot of ppl who smoked like chimneys through the whole thing and had a healthy baby so don't tell ppl they're killing they're baby.

sorry just saying you were harsh