It's bad for you at all times, but during pregnancy it's also bad for your unborn child. My cousin refused to quit smoking while she was pregnant, and her little boy was born with several health issues. Nobody is quite sure if they were all related to her smoking or not, but we know it couldn't have helped. I don't know how anyone can be that stupid. If you truly want that child, you should be willing to do absolutely anything you have to do to assure that it arrives healthy. I just wanted to smack her every time I saw her light up.

I stopped smoking when I was pregnant for both kids. As soon as I was finished breast feeding I started again. Someone pointed that out to me because I still smoke after all these years. I told them that there was no way I was going to get pregnant again just to stop smoking....lol

seeker

I've known people to keep smoking while they were pregnant and that is so stupid. One mother told me that all her babies were low weight babies. She had 3. All of them also have ADD. Don't know if that is one of the side effects, but what a dumb way to keep the babies weight low just to have an easy birth.

DCMerkle

Who ever puts their habbits before the health of their baby I doubt they will be a very good parent.

My wife quit cold turkey when she was pregnant. I quit with her and I still dont smoke.

My wife quit cold turkey when she was pregnant. I quit with her and I still dont smoke.

Good for you loops. Being supportive and doing what's best for your own health as well. Congratulations. And WTG to your wife for quitting cold turkey. That's definitely the hard way.

If I found out our surrogate was smoking, I'd be extremely angry. It's dangerous to the baby's health. I won't allow people to smoke around my babies once they're born, I would hope my surrogate is doing everything she can to avoid smoke while she is carryng my children.

You'd think with all the information available now, and all the warnings everywhere, that nobody would be so stupid as to smoke while they were pregnant. It's actually the perfect time to quit.

You'd think with all the information available now, and all the warnings everywhere, that nobody would be so stupid as to smoke while they were pregnant. It's actually the perfect time to quit.
All the information is out there and people START smoking every day. People are stupid when it comes to smoking. Why should smoking during pregnancy be any different?

All the information is out there and people START smoking every day. People are stupid when it comes to smoking. Why should smoking during pregnancy be any different?

It's completely different. Even if you don't care what you're doing to your own body, you're no longer the only one to consider. There is another life growing inside you. If you love that baby, quitting should be easy.

If you cant stop smoking when your pregnant how can you be a good mom if you cant even put your child before your self?

I know all the risks too well, my mother passed in 2000 from lung cancer (however, besides smoking, there were other issues that caused the cancer). When I was pregnant with my son (2001), I had then been smoking for 9 years, I never completely quit - even though I knew all the risks and I had researched all the data - I did however, in the 9 months, end up possibility smoking the equivalent of 3 cigarettes, thats not nearly as bad as before I was pregnant! My son was born, 6lbs 11oz, 22 inches long, 13" head and shoulders.

When I was pregnant with my daughter (last year), at this time I had been smoking since 1992, do the math..........again I cut down alot, however with her, I had ended up smoking abit more than with my son. She was born a day early, 7lbs. 2oz. 20" inches long 13 1/4 head, and 13" shoulders.

Oddly, as I did not find out until I was about 24, now 27, my mother had smoked with me the ENTIRE TIME. I was 2 days late, 6lbs. 3oz. and I don't remember the rest. :D I did however, growing up in the NE, become prone to being sick during winter more than the rest of the kids, so I do understand, and I am thankful each day my children are healthy little monkeys. :)

There is something people seem to be forgetting. Nicotine is addicting. People start smoking because something inside them caves to an image or something they just see so much it's just how it is. They keep smoking because they CAN'T STOP. That addiction isn't an easy thing to fight. Some people are successful when they quit smoking. I quit smoking when I was pregnant, but you know WHY? Not because I had the WILLPOWER to just quit, because I took a drag and I vomited.

If I hadn't puked, I doubt I'd have been able to quit cold turkey. And if anyone had the nerve to tell me it was because I was STUPID they'd have more than deserved every single second of backlash they earned. Addiction isn't a joke. I expect any ex smoker to understand that, whether they managed to quit on willpower alone or not. It's just like alcoholism, it's just a different drug. Alcoholic or junky mothers are often unable to quit. I got lucky. Really lucky. That's all there is to it. But I am not, and never have been stupid.