Re: Here's a touchy topic.
I am a smoker but never smoked while pregnant. I know a lot of people say they smoked while pregnant and their kids turned out fine or their mother's smoked while pregnant and they turned out fine. My parents stuck me in the front seat of the car with no seat belt and put me in a crib painted with lead paint and I turned out fine. We now know the damage smoking can do to an unborn baby so we need to use that knowledge. Yes, the child may turn out fine, but it may not. I feel that is a big risk to take. Also, many people do not take into account the fact that your baby WILL have withdraw once it's born. So if you feel the withdraw symptoms are too bad for you, think about how the baby will feel. Trust me, I know quitting smoking for those nine months is hard but I look at it this way, I can make the decision for myself to smoke, I just don't feel I have the right to make that decision for my baby....
Good luck to anyone trying to quit and hang in there, you can do it!
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