Smoking
Hi, im 5+2 and founf out i was pregnant a week ago. Up until then i had been smoking for 12 years. Needless to say i am trying not to smoke since i found out. I had a doc appointment last week and found out there mite be something wrong with the pregnancy and have a hospital app on tuesday. I had a couple of cigs after he told me this. Basically has anyone any advice on what i could replace smoking with. My OH is a none smoker and just assumes that because im pregnant that it should be easy for me to quit. Would i be able to wear nicotine patches for a while? I dont think i should! Is anyone else having this problem? Please help
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i'm not sure if can use any nicotine replacement probably best to check wit a pharmacist or ur GP, maybe nhs direct wld be able to advise, but i can't see there wld be a problem as surely it wld be better than actually smoking as there wldn't be any of the carbon monoxide and tar etc
good luck on giving up, i know its hard, i only gave up myself 11 weeks ago
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i posted a thread about this on here a few weeks ago.
could you speak to your midwife or gp about it as most nhs trusts offer a specialist stop smoking service for pregnant women?
if not try the smoking helpline as they have a pregnancy service.
it is safe to use patches when pregnant or so i have i been told by my midwife.
a lot of none smokers do think you can stop straight away and some people can, but smoking is an addiction and sometimes you do need that extra support.
hope your pregnancy goes well
Wishing you the best of luck and a happy healthy pregnancy xxx
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[Modified by: Leea on October 06, 2008 12:00 AM]
I tried to quit with my older two but failed both times i manadged to cut down from 20+ a day to between 1 - 5 a day depending on how bad a day it was.