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Is smoking and drinking during the first 3 weeks of pregnancy really that bad?

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  1. Merve keskin #21

    I can't stop smoking!!! What can I do!

  2. lieza Guest #22

    Think about how your baby is taking in all those toxic substances thanks to your smoking addiction, and how you're already harming such an innocent little body that's still developing. This helped me—I started getting spontaneous feelings of guilt every time I took a puff, thinking about my baby in my womb. I'd imagine my child coming to the doctor when they're 26 or older, and the doctor saying, "Sir, you have cancer," and I'd think, "That's me giving him a hand in causing that cancer by smoking those damn cigarettes during pregnancy." That's what you should be thinking about.

  3. lieza Guest #23

    thinking about how your baby will start to feel suffocated as it grows bigger in your belly and almost chokes, and it can't even get away because it's stuck in your belly. Also think about how your baby drinks amniotic fluid with all those toxins and nicotine in it – it's really nasty and disgusting if your baby has to drink that. Your baby starts to feel so suffocated that it feels like it's breathing through a straw. I'd go to your doctor for advice to quit smoking. Don't forget you're obligated to do this for your child. Good luck, greetings, Lieza.

  4. sjorset Guest #24

    It's actually quite simple: you imagine that you are the baby, sitting in a space, surrounded by the belly of someone who smokes. The smoke gets into the amniotic fluid, so you picture yourself as the baby, choking on the smoke with no way out. If you can still enjoy your cigarette after that, then I think you're pretty tough, because that's exactly how I managed to quit. I imagined that, and then I really couldn't touch a cigarette anymore. It's also not very nice if you can't stop for your baby. Greetings, Sjorset

  5. sjorset Guest #25

    typed too fast, I meant dirty water

  6. sandera Guest #26

    It's not a big deal for the first few weeks. It's serious from the moment you know you're pregnant and choose to continue drinking or smoking. By the way, drinking and smoking are equally bad during pregnancy. But as soon as you know you're pregnant and hold a positive test in your hands, stop all that crap immediately. Before that, you didn't know and couldn't have helped it, so it wasn't so bad. But stop right away when you know, because only then are you aware that you're harming a growing human being, and you feel guilty about making your baby sick. It's always worth quitting smoking during pregnancy, even if you're 6 months along. You'll make your baby happy. By the way, light cigarettes are indeed nonsense. They're just as carcinogenic as regular cigarettes. The only difference with light cigarettes is the taste; it tastes lighter, but that's deception. All the carcinogenic substances that cause all types of cancer, as well as heart and vascular diseases and blood clots, are still in them. So don't switch to light cigarettes; that's the biggest nonsense there is. Just quit. Greetings, Sandera.

  7. Dreamer #27

    I personally find it really hard to accept smoking/drinking from the start of pregnancy. That's the most important point in your baby's development! If you stop smoking today, the harmful substances aren't immediately gone from your body. Most of us don't get pregnant 'by accident' either. If you're planning to get pregnant, you should already avoid smoking and drinking, even if you don't know how long it'll take to conceive! You owe that to your baby, in my opinion!

  8. lorette Guest #28

    I totally agree, Dreamer. I used to smoke a pack a day, and when I planned to get pregnant, I stopped first. I felt that was a logical step before becoming pregnant. If you're mature enough to decide to start a family, you should also be mature enough to take responsibility for your baby's health by quitting smoking. So I bought a book on quitting smoking and imagined myself as that baby inside a smoking mother's womb, with no choice. And honestly, I felt like a murderer—anything but a loving mother—if I had kept smoking while my baby was in there, unable to choose their own health. Those thoughts made me angry, and that was my motivation to quit. My child's cigarette should never be more important than my own blood and my innocent child's life. I cried myself sick, stayed in bed for weeks with the curtains drawn, didn't want to see anyone, and even unplugged the phone. But most importantly, I stuck with it. I quit 4 weeks before I got pregnant. I went through all the pain and sadness, fought the addiction, and did it all for my child. That's how I think a mother should be. Greetings, Lorette

  9. sandera Guest #29

    Oh, I feel really bad about this. I always only quit smoking when I had a positive test in my hands. I have three daughters, and I only quit smoking for all three once I held that test, because then I could clearly see with my own eyes that I was pregnant, and I just couldn't bear to keep smoking because of the guilt. I started smoking again after the birth of the first, then quit again for the second, and started up again after her delivery. But strangely enough, with the third, I stayed quit right after her birth until now. I haven't smoked anymore, and the youngest is now 4. I just wanted to share this. Greetings, Sandera.

  10. marius Guest #30

    I just wanted to chime in. I’m a doctor, and my wife smoked during pregnancy. I was so upset about it that I showed her books about the fetus—the baby in the belly, what it does to the baby’s body, and how the baby suffers in the womb from those cigarettes. And just like that, she stopped. She hasn’t touched a cigarette since. She found it so awful to see and read that she couldn’t bring herself to smoke anymore.

    Look, this is another way to handle it if you’re struggling. Check the internet on what harm it does to your baby. Every time you want a cigarette, look it up online or buy books describing how bad it is for your baby in the womb. Come on, ladies, you’re doing this for your child.

    Greetings,
    Marius

  11. SandraHGV #31

    Moved to its own topic.

  12. Anonymous Guest #32

    I just found out I'm 2 weeks pregnant (according to the Clear Blue test). This isn't something I expected since I've been on the pill and never missed a single dose. I'm not a drinker, but I am a real smoker :s I smoke at least a pack a day, so I'm really worried about what effect this might have on the baby (everyone says it's nothing yet, just a little clump of cells), but I wonder if smoking is so harmful to your own body, wouldn't it definitely be bad for that little clump of cells that will become a baby? I'm worried about what might happen, and if I quit smoking now, will everything still be okay?

  13. Anoniem Guest #33

    You're all so damn sure, aren't you? :' People here are giving themselves huge guilt trips because they smoke. My god, get a life, you little wimps!! I have 5 healthy kids, I've always smoked, and so what? At 30 they could get cancer from your smoking. Usually, this is genetically determined; everyone has it, and in one person it manifests, in another it doesn't. Do a little research on the internet, you crybabies. Go do something useful instead of making people feel guilty, you weirdo alternatives.

  14. madelene #34

    Anonymous, it's often genetically determined too.
    But you increase the chance of continuing to smoke during pregnancy because it irritates your little one's cells and can increase the risk of cancer in their adult life.
    I'm someone who nowadays only smokes at birthday parties.
    Not at home, never, because I get nauseous if I were to smoke all day again.
    I don't feel the need to smoke at home either.
    I don't do it in the presence of my children either.
    Especially my eldest, who is 7, is fiercely against smoking.
    So I know what I'm talking about.
    I know what smoking is like, but I can honestly admit, even to myself, how bad it is.

  15. Dazi Guest #35

    Maybe it's a good idea for 90% of the people who reply here and still smoke during pregnancy to brush up on their English instead of lighting up a cigarette. At least as important for your child's future; otherwise, the little one won't just end up with brain damage but won't get anywhere in this society. Good luck with that!

  16. madelene #36

    Dazi you've got humor
    Other people here worry about the topic and you about the spelling

  17. Joo Guest #37

    What a lot of spelling mistakes, wow....

  18. 1991 Guest #38

    Babies don't breathe while they're still in the womb.
    They only start breathing once they're born.
    So I don't know how some people come up with this idea.

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