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Nor am I attacking you, I simply wanted to clarify as you stated that my post could be interpreted as saying it was ok to smoke all you wanted & everything be ok, which is not what I was saying and I wanted to make that clear. By the way I had a m/c 3 years ago, but I know that my smoking had nothing to do with it. And it is highly unlikely that yours had anything to do with your losses either. I am sorry that you had to suffer through the trauma of a loss as I know how that feels, but the majority of birth defects (especially fatal ones) are caused by chromosomal abnormalities, which noone has any control over. It is simply one of those things that happens. Not to start a religion debate, but I believe in God and that babies are a gift from God and that he has a plan for each persons life and no matter what you do or do not do, you are going to receive exactly what he has intended for you to receive. I did not think I was going to be able to conceive again (it took us over 4 years) I had convinced myself that my one child was going to be the only blessing I was to receive. I was told by Dr.s that my next step was IVF, which I was not willing to go through, so needless to say, this pregnancy came as a very big surprise. And since I was smoking when I realized I was pregnant and I have tried to quit in the past and know the stress I have gone through, I decided that cutting back was better for me than trying to quit. As I said, for those who can quit, that is wonderful, but for those who can't, a few a day is better than the stress of quitting. And although they say that the smoking causes pre term labor & low birth weight, etc., I honestly believe that in these cases where these things do happen, there is more to the story than just smoking, and if it is just the smoking, then we are talking about women who smoke 2-3 packs a day, which noone here is doing. As I said, I think any statistics can be tailored to suit a particular outcome, if so desired, so I do not trust them. I trust what I have experienced myself, which is many women smoking around a half a pack or so a day, carrying to term & delivering perfectly healthy babies.

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