dont want to start smoking after the birth

[pud1]

i gave up smoking the moment the blue line appeared but i am worried that i will start again after the birth. i am going to try bf so i am sure that this will make sure that i dont start again for a while.
i am still craving a cig ( 30 weeks pg) so i feel that as soon as i can i will crack. does any one else feel this way or have you any tips on how to keep it up.

Is it possible to completely stay away from people who smoke, ask people not to smoke around you etc... ?

Keep telling yourself that you wont crack, and that you're a non-smoker. Just because you can now, doesn't mean you will

good luck

Allan Carr books really helped me give up.

pud i stopped through 4 pregnancies and started again each time afterwards
i am now trying to kick them again (not pregnant)
please try try not to go back on them
and well done you for stopping!

You don't smoke.

End of. You won't smoke after the birth because who wants to be one of those awful women who hang their hand over the pram, dropping fag ash all over the blankets?

Don't touch them. Don't go in shops where they sell them. They are not an option.

children of smoking parents are more likely to smoke - so picture your baby grabbing a fag and sparking up every timeyou get that urge.

I am the same - on second PG and off the cigs again - not a heavy smoker at all but I know as soon as I have an alcoholic beverage in my hand the cig needs to be in the other...Will give up at some stage completely but not sure when - well done for giving them up for your baby - always remember not to smoke around a baby - it's as bad as smoking when PG!

i live in a flat so i am hoping that i will not get chance to go outside for a cig but like you turtleye i am worried about the first vodka. i know i am not the sort to just be a social smoker. its all or nothing for me

Hi, m in the same boat as you, 20 weeks pregnant and I gave up during first two pregnancies, and started again after. Really want to stay off them this time. Suffered Pnd after second so this had a lot to do with me starting again.
Hopefully have the willpower this time!

Hi pud

I gave up as soon as I got pg with ds1, now 2.11, and have not touched one since [proud of myself emoticon]

The thing that has really helped is the fact that I promised my son, out loud, when he was a few days old that I would never ever smoke again.

The thought of breaking a promise I've made to him, even though he obviously would never remember the promise itself, is enough to keep me off the demon weed.

Well done on the giving up so far, 30 weeks is a long time to be having a ciggy craving for so you deserve some respect for staying away!

Good luck
x

Hi pud,

you've had some great advice. Part of my job involves smoking cessation with adults and its a well known statistic that 70% of pregnant women who give up during pregnancy will start again after the birth.... But it doesn't have to be that way!

Ask your midwife to put you in touch with your local stop smoking support network. You can actually have patches or other nictotine replacement whilst you are pregnant, but if you aren't comfortable with that, you could arrange for more support for after the birth! Remember that support (even if its just telephone support) plus will power, makes you five times more likely to stay stopped!

Good luck and well done so far........... X

thanks all for the advice. i will print this thread and carry it in my handbag to read when i feel like i am gonna crack

pud gl. i was such a heavy smoker and confess i wouldnt be able to survive now without gum.

concur about allen carr books. do read them, they make you want to stay off ciggies.

secondly, the main motivation for me not smoking is less the harm of smoking when pg (which i confess i still find quite abstract) and more the fear of leaving my LOs without a mum at a far too early age.

I lost my grandpa to lung cancer, my DH's best mate lost his mum to lung cancer when he was just 16 and a former colleague of mine died of it earlier this year, leaving his wife with two kids under ten. gruesome stuff i know, but for me that is a much more tangible thing to motivate me than anything else.

plus it ages you soooooo bad. the ming factor.

gl with pg and with smoking

x

and wd for quitting so far. incredible achievement that no-one should ever underestimate.

What helped me to quit was knowing that Smoke stays in your lungs for up to half an hour after you smoke.

Which means, every time you have a cigarette, you're gonna be breathing it ALL over the baby for the next 30 minutes.

Puts me off enough to stay off them.