*urgent* pregnant given up smoking and so tempted.................

[jayjaybaby]

help i need some advice i stopped smoking the day i realised i was pregnant wasnt planned you see
fortunatley found out when i was three weeks and didnt smoke a huge amount
but ovewr the last few days ive been having really bad cravings which im fighting with choclate which isnt the best idea
anybody got any ideas is ther any type of remedy i can take thats not patches as they are too strong for use whilst pregnant

Go and buy Allen Carr's easy way to stop smoking. Even if you've stopped it really will help. You're doing the best thing and if chocolate is what you need to get through it, then eat chocolate.

2nd allen carr. get it immedatly...

the craving lasts just 3 mins .
brush teeth
eat healthy snack
drink a glass of water.
go outside and inhale big breath of fresh air and picture how clean your lungs are!!!
im useless though i smoke

I empathise. A tip my midwife gave me was to brush my teeth when I felt a craving, or breathe very slowly and controlled in through nose and out through mouth. It did help a bit. I also found sucking lollies helped as I guess it was something to do with my hands as well. Good luckX

lollipops! They give you somethign to suck and to do with your hands. I bought a huge bag, but never even got through the whole lot in the end. Not very healthy, but they work.

i think its cause i miss th relaxation of it you light up and all the world leaves you alone it was a terrifc destresser when iwas working and now i nothing to stress over

think you need the help of charliecat!! good luck don't give up!!

I'll try and give you some smoking threads,

Arent there patches you can sniff to take away cravings? Vanilla or chocolate I seem to remember.

jayjaybaby - it really is a myth about the destressing. Especially if you have kids. I found I was LESS stressed after giving up as I didn't have cravings to deal with or fittign fags into a hectic day when the kids are demanding attention and all I wanted to do is sit and smoke.

i used to drink a glass of water.

Apparently the true craving for nicotine/cigarette only lasts about 10 seconds.

So, if you can drink a glass of water and then go do something that doesnt normally involve the habit of sparking up (alot of cigarette cravings i found were because i would "do x at 10am then have a ciggy" then "do y at lunchtime whilst having a ciggy" etc etc). So do something you dont normally do.

HTH

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=138&threadid=147974&stamp=060306163505

sorry can't do links, read this it might help,

i can literally taste and smell them and last night i dreamt i had a fag i think it might be cause i cant smoke and i cant get a job cause im pregnant its an association thing
maybe im craving work lmao ive got no other kids so its not that
god knows pregnancy great havent ate meat for 17 weeks either but not dreaming of dreaming of plates of roast dinner

If smoking was such a big part of your life then you will certainly dream about it. It doesnt really mean anything - its just memories etc.

I was still dreaming for years after i gave up about smoking or having had a cigarette (and often knowing in my dream that i didnt smoke anymore).

I also, to help me when i had a craving, had a YUK jar.

A YUK jar was the contents of a dirty ashtray, chucked in a jar and topped up with some water and lid tightly screwed back on. Everytime i felt like having a cigarette i unscrewed the jar and the smell was enough to put me off. Bleugh!

allen carr, my mum gave up after 47 years of smoking 9 weeks ago.
And well done on doing this much already :)

how about hypnosis,it's meant to be great for stopping smoking.works in one go.

bumping for charliecat shes really motivational.