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This is a trick to help with anything you may want in life becasue there is a payoff and a cost for everything.

The payoff of smoking for you may be temporary stress relief, but the cost is the health of your baby.

Ask yourself, is the payoff worth the cost? Only you can answer the question honestly. And until the payoff is no longer worth the cost, you will do what you want to do.

Also, before smoking ask yourself, what do i want more? This cigarette, or a healthy baby?

Then answer yourself and be strong. Wanting to want something wont make it happen. You have to be ready and committed.

I have smoked for years and never thought I would give up, but the moment I got my BFP i quit. No it hasnt been easy, id be lying if i said it has been! Im 24 weeks now and i still would loooooove to have a cigarette, but I dont think it would be fair on my baby. But i tell you what, god do i feel better for quitting!! I didnt realise how much it affected me, my breathing, energy levels etc! If your doctor says dont go cold turkey, then try cutting down, one less a day, you will get there. Better to cut down even one a day than nothing! Like i said i was a heavy smoker, i found out i was pregnant at around 6 weeks, and quit then and there. My baby is fine, not stressed or anything. I suffer from anxiety, depression, bipolar etc and smoking has always been such a crutch for me. So if i can do it hun you will trust me! Good luck :) xx

I quit the day I got my BFP....it was easy..honestly !!! Nothing is more important than that baby and your doctor is ridiculous for saying its better you smoke than quit :/

I smoked, and when I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I quit the same day and never started again, as cliche as that sounds ;) Anywho, I was 8 weeks pregnant when I found out, and quitting that day didn't kill my unborn baby.

BUT my step son, his mom smoked while she was pregnant with him. he is 5, he was born at 8lb, BUT he gets asthma when he gets sick. He gets sick easily, and he doesn't get over his colds well. Sometimes his lips look blue when he isnt feeling well. I chalk it up to his mom's smoking habits while in utero. But I really don't know for sure.

stopping at any time is better than continuing during pregnancy at any stage ( also say that at WIC, i smoked with son and that was 2008 so im sure hasnt changed much since than,also i completely stopped once i had this pregnancy confirmed at 3 weeks

I'm 11 weeks pregnant with my second child and a smoker. I was told with both pregnancy not to quit cold turkey. It causes too much stress on your body. This time I have a different doctor and she told me the same thing. I smoked throughout my first pregnancy and had a healthy baby boy and he was actually 9 lbs 12 oz. I'm trying to cut down even more with this pregnancy than I did with him, but I still have horrible cravings. I think its really hard this time around. I know what you are going through. Same here, I did cut down alot since my husband yells at me when I light up so that actually really helps. Best of luck!!!

I have never heard a doctor say this but from reading the answers I guess they sometimes do... Maybe if you are a heavy smoker it can be stressful for the baby...?

I was smoking about 5 cigarettes a day when i found out i was pregnant and my dr told me to stop right away.. I also had anxiety that i was taking meds for and had to stop those too. it was really hard for me but every time i owuld light a cigarette i would think of the health risks that i am putting my unborn child through and within about 2-3 weeks i was no longer smoking at all. it was hard bc my dh is a smoker and to this day i smell them and if i am having a bad day i think about lighting one up and in all honesty i did one day about a month after i had quit bc i was having a panic attack. i choked on it so hard bc my lungs had cleaned themselves up. bottom line, quitting is the best thing you can do for you and your baby. smoking also puts you at an increased risk of miscarriage.. try to cut back if anything...

I used to smoke 2 packs a day before I was pregnant and the day that I found out I was pregnant I quit cold turkey. Doctors say that smoking causes low birth weight and different things my hubby's mom smoked when she was pregnant with him and he weighed 9 pounds so I mean its hard to say.

I used to smoke 2 packs a day before I was pregnant and the day that I found out I was pregnant I quit cold turkey. Doctors say that smoking causes low birth weight and different things my hubby's mom smoked when she was pregnant with him and he weighed 9 pounds so I mean its hard to say.

I smoked up till around 10-12 weeks I believe, I tried to cut back and when that didn't work I ended up trying the cold turkey route. I'm 23 weeks tomorrow and I've only had a cigarette here and there since I quit. It's hard, especially if your a heavy smoker to start out or around people that smoke. Thankfully I had my husband there to scold me if he seen me getting ready to light up or to help me quit my chain smoking habit. Good luck!