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I didn't stop smoking until I was like 12 weeks. I know it was bad but I got sick of the smell and just quit one day. I tried cutting back and the more I tried the more I would smoke. I think it takes willpower and just sitting them down. I heard the patch is very bad for you but you could ask your doctor.

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my husband and i quit smoking on our wedding day bc we knew there was a possibility of getting pg. i printed out stuff from the internet about how your body gets better every minute that you're no longer smoking. it was like 1 minute after you quit smoking your less likely to have blahblahblah... 1 day after you quit, ect ect. also i printed out all of the nasty horrible things that it does and i put those up on my doors. one on my balcony door (where i usually smoked) and one on my front door... so if i was tempted to smoke or go buy cigarettes, i would force myself to read those things. it really helped. now i still get cravings and i even smoked once the month that i found out i was pg. ( before I knew) but it makes me sick now and is not enjoyable.

I know how hard it is to quit smoking ! I'm trying myself . If you cannot stop before you get pregnant ( these are suggestions from my doc ) : try to cut down to ten or less a day and take 1000 mg of vitamin C in the morning . Google the vitamin C thing , It makes the effects much less on baby ( studies have shown ) . Of course , it is better to not smoke at all , but sometimes that is very hard . Especially if you are like me and have had no nausea at all .

Niccotene patches are great. Try gum and exercise it's also great plus understand the effects it has thats a good enough reason and non- fatening lollies the butt realisation technique works effectively too, have fun and good luck

I think I have the answer for you. A very new drug is on the market called Chantix. I used it and within 2 weeks I did not have the urge to smoke at all. It blocks the receptors in the brain that crave th nicotine. It works if you really want to quit because you do not have to deal with thr side effects. You should probably do the program before getting preggo. talk to your doc

if that doesn't work, trust me, if you are already worried about it then once you find out, you will quit immediately like i did. it will be hard for like 3 days. go somewhere on vacation with someone who would just absolutely die if they knew you were smoking while preggo (your husband)-the point is to go somewhere where you cannot hide the smokingp0-you will be trapped and you won't be able to smoke.

I've smoked for 11 years and quit the day I found out for sure I was pregnant. I still crave them but I know I have to do it. I'm not one of the lucky ones who's body becomes adverse to cigarettes, I dream about them: :) but I wouldn't dare - I can wait 6 more months - when you have to do it you can do it.

you know when people smoke but wish they could quit but dont? its coz they dont actualy really want to quit in the 1st place they key to quiting is just personaly having enough of smoking. i quit the month before i concieved. the month before i smoked and was on meds and failed to concieve. i wanted everything in my power to have a baby and i hadf a gut full of smoking. there is no bonus or satisfaction to smoking its all habbit and routien. who wants to smell, waste money, sit outside and watch your kids play while you slowly harm your health and possibly kill yourself ? all theses things i relised and really hated and thats what made me quit. and i was a packet of 35 a day smoker. since i quit i feel fricking GREAT lol as for already being pregnant...... i think mojority of women would quit smoking i mean we know as adults the harm it does even though we dont always notice it but c'mon do it for your baby. also you dont relise the harm smoking does until the week you quit and you cough up shit. or you go for a run or walk and you dont get puffed out. and when you do quit you will feel so proud, i do and i tell people ''its been ------ days!' lol its so corny but im proud to quit! and iv saved heaps of money too OH AND the month i quit i concieved with my 2nd baby after a yr n half of trying. i quit cold turkey, only because cutting down etc makes the quitting process longer and your more likley to give in. cold turkey iks harder but the process is quick, it only takes 70'odd hours for nicotein to get out of your blood and urine strem. the rest of it is withdrawls and mind control.

This isn't a way that you can quit, but I quit because I got a bad chest cold. I was coughing so bad that even if I wanted a cigarette I couldn't smoke it because I would cough so bad that I lost all interest. I am, granted, only sixteen. But after I got rid of the cough I tried with all my might to smoke again and it just didn't satisfy me any longer. I still get a craving, when this happens, I do something around the house, such as throw a load of laundry in or quickly do the dishes. Also I took up drinking a caffiene free herbal tea, something about the steam and the relaxation of the herbs just kind of calm you the same a cig. would. I use an orange and spice by Lipton and put about two teaspoons of sugar in it. The taste of it is sweet and relaxing. Just a suggestion, it might work for you also!

i just quit new years eve and i did it cold turkey.i picked the new year like 3 months in advance and just put my mind to it.i am 31 and have smoked sincew i was 20.i just felt like crap all the time and felt ready and know it will only help me get that baby i have always dreamed of.

thanks for everyones contributions to this forum. I am 6 1/2 weeks pregnant and overjoyed - however have struggles kicking my pack a day habit - i have thrown out a pack, bought another, and have just bottled some butts and put a picture of a 'smoking harms your unborn baby' on the pack - now if i want one will have to smell the butts in the bottle and look at the picture - i'm sure i wont light another.

thankyou for everyone who has submitted here - it has really helped!