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I'm glad that you know that smoking had nothing to do with your miscarriage. I don't have that luxury. My babies had neural tube defects, and the thing about those is that NO ONE knows what causes them, not even doctors. Researchers do think that there is a genetic component, but they also have a mile-long list of things, including alcohol and smoking, that they think deplete folic acid in the body. So, it's not out of the realm of possibilities that something I did to my body at least contributed to the defects. Regardless, if you're comfortable smoking, fine. I thought maybe I could offer the other side of this. It seems a lot of people are on here strictly to try to make themselves feel better about smoking while pregnant, rather than giving themselves reasons to quit. I do agree with you that babies who have smoking-related problems probably had other factors that aren't always mentioned in those studies. And I'm not one of these people who thinks that one cigarette a day is going to harm the baby. But I have not jumped on anyone, or caught an attitude with anyone. I feel like anyone on here who says actually tries to give reasons why these girls should really try to quit smoking is going to be ridiculed and thought of as an extremist.

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