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Smoking and Drinking during pregnancy

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Niamhcgriffin · 07/07/2011 11:16

I am unconvinced that reasonable smoking and drinking during pregnancy affects the health of your unborn child.
There is a lot of research that backs me up on this.

Has any one had a similar experience during their pregnancy and would be willing to talk to me about it?

Thanks xx

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Niamhcgriffin · 07/07/2011 11:16

I am unconvinced that reasonable smoking and drinking during pregnancy affects the health of your unborn child.
There is a lot of research that backs me up on this.

Has any one had a similar experience during their pregnancy and would be willing to talk to me about it?

Thanks xx

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clarinsgirl · 07/07/2011 11:17

What research?

BeerTricksPotter · 07/07/2011 11:25

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Crosshair · 07/07/2011 11:26

My friends, friends mum!

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Niamhcgriffin · 07/07/2011 11:31

Hi Crosshair- Really and she stand's by her decision... do you think she would be willing to talk to me?? xx

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mopsytop · 07/07/2011 11:35

I think reasonable drinking (i.e. no more than 2 units a week) is more likely to be okay than smoking. Any smoking can be bad for your unborn child, afaik.

Crosshair · 07/07/2011 11:36

Oh sorry I was referring to the comment above about anecdotes. You get lots of those on here. My best friends, half cousin did lick a dragon and her child is now in the top set at school and super healthy, she also did some crack but she swears by the dragon.

FunnysInTheGarden · 07/07/2011 11:37

Lol

clarinsgirl · 07/07/2011 11:40

As Beertrickspotter says, you will be able to find people who drank and smoked during pregnancy with no 'problems', but this is not data. WHO and many medical bodies have done endless research and concluded that drinking below 2 units a week is unlikely to harm your baby but that smoking at all carries significant risks. Ultimately it is completely up to you whether or not you smoke and drink whilst pregnant, but do it in the knowledge that it carries significant risks and don't fool yourself that anecdotal evidence means it's not dangerous.

AllTheYoungDoods · 07/07/2011 11:47

"would be willing to talk to me about it?"

Do you need to be HERE ?

MadYoungCatLady · 07/07/2011 12:04

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babyonbord · 07/07/2011 12:36

I think if there's an associated risk which there quite clearly is whether agree or not, if you can't stop smoking and drinking for a mere nine months for the sake of your baby then you don't really deserve to be a mother. Every time you smoke you are depriving your baby of oxygen. Smoking doesn't just cause potential health problems for your baby in later life but it can cause dvts, premature birth, low birth weight, cot death, still birth, bleeding, placental abrubtion and there is a strong link between mothers who smoked and babies born with a cleft lip/palate. I know someone who drank moderatly throughout her pregnancy and her child was born at 28 weeks and suffers from a very servere form of fetal alcohol syndrome, i think it is always better to be safe rather than sorry i'm sure some people do manage to get away with it and have a healthy baby but is it really worth the risk.

TopazMortmain · 07/07/2011 13:18

Anyone else think this thread smells fishy? Like a journalist fish?

FunnysInTheGarden · 07/07/2011 13:24

yes, hence the LOL further up thread.

TopazMortmain · 07/07/2011 13:26

Thanks Funny - I am on my phone and link did not work

TheSecondComing · 07/07/2011 13:26

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mummymccar · 07/07/2011 13:36

I really wouldn't recommend it. A friend smoked through her pregnancy, just a couple a day and her son now has bad asthma. The doctors have said that the two were directly related. Is it worth risking your baby's health for?

FunnysInTheGarden · 07/07/2011 13:58

do you know what TSC so did I and my 10 kids are all fine........

KittyChat · 07/07/2011 15:45

If you are a journalist this story has been done recently.

But if you were a journalist you would know that 'stands' does not need an apostrophe.

cowboylover · 07/07/2011 19:57

A close friend of mine was pregnant 3 months before me and we made very different lifestyle decisions through our pregnancies. I tried to do everything I could for the good of my DD following every guideline I was given and my friend still smoked, drank and ate unhealthy food.

It has not been confirmed what went wrong but she had a still birth at 26 weeks, we are all devastated and she now wishes she made different choices and maybe, just maybe she would have been holding her DD now as I am.

JimmyChoo17 · 07/07/2011 21:18

Why don't u try it and then u can talk to your child in years to come on their opinion on you making that decision for them? There is no such thing as reasonable smoking pregnant or not. Know plenty of prem babies born to smokers.

Could be someone from the news of the world as their journos have more time on their hands now.....

PatriciaHolm · 07/07/2011 21:27

This wouldn't be you, would it, Niamh?

If you are a journo, you need to get yourself over the the media requests page, and pay Mumsnet for these leads.

JimmyChoo17 · 07/07/2011 21:38

BUSTED!

I read that link posted above about the woman who was doing her baby a favour by smoking 4500 fags whilst pregnant. What a complete twunt....mind u there are plenty of heavily women chain-smoking outside the maternity doing that. Soul destroying when you are walking out after a loss....

outthere · 07/07/2011 22:06

JimmyChoo - Did you read the comments after the article? Sadly her DD ended up in intensive care shortly after the interview. Obviously we don't know why but even the possibility that it could be to do with the smoking is enough to put me off.

Even more alarmingly, I looked at her FB page (which is how the info came to light) and she now seems to be selling an awful lot of 12-18 month old baby clothes (and I'm pretty sure her DD would still be younger than this). I REALLY hope I'm just jumping to nasty conclusions...

allthefires · 07/07/2011 22:07

Bloody journos

Do some real work and get yourself to the smokers corner or pay mumsnet the media fee.

Am reporting this post.

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