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smoking during pregnancy
I m few weeks pregnant I m confused and over stress. Actually I smoked.and I can't quit in fact don't want to.I smoked 6 to 7 cigs a day.is it ok.? What I think if I'll quit bill be more depress and have more anxiety. My diet is good .help me please.
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None of us, that I'm aware of, on this site are doctors or psychologists. Even if we were it would be wrong of us to dispense medical advise as we would not be your doctor.
If you are looking for a medical opinion. The best place for that is either you family doctor or your OB/GYN.
I'm not a doctor so I cannot give you any medical advice on this subject. I do agree with you that the less stress you have the better it will be for the baby. If quitting smoking will add to your stress then maybe it is better you not quit.
The fact that you only smoke 6 to 7 cigarettes a day says to me that you are more of a social or office smoker or someone that might enjoy a smoke after meals. If you were a 3 pack a day smoker I could better understand it being hard to quit.
The science behind not smoking or drinking for that matter is fairly good. It is much better for both you and the baby if you didn't. Being what I will call a social smoker I would think if you used the taper off method to stop smoking you could do so quite easily.
The taper off method is easy to do. You smoke a maximum of 7 a day. So tomorrow you a lot yourself 6 and for the next few day that's all you smoke is six a day. Then you cut back to 5 then again to 4 until you get to 0. Yes there will be times you crave a smoke to relieve stress. Have one or two if you need one. But do not have one the next day just because you had one the day before. The same with a glass of wine; stay away from beer or alcohol.
As I said to start these are just my feelings. There is no medicine behind what I am thinking or suggesting. Just that I know it is better for you and the baby that the less you smoke and drink the better off you both will be.
Congratulations on your pregnancy. I wish you a happy and healthy pregnancy and healthy baby.
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