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Amy Jane Gold
Smoking and Pregnancy
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Jun 7 01 11:36 PM
Joel,
Your post will be a great support to anyone planning to have a baby or already pregnant. I only wish I had had this kind of information when I was pregnant two years ago.
In January of 1999, once I realized I was pregnant, I had no trouble quitting smoking. In fact, it seemed absurbly easy. I was nicotine free all during my pregnancy and for my three months of maternity leave while I was breastfeeding. I never felt tempted to cheat during that almost year long period. But on the very first day on my way back to work, I stopped at a convenience store, bought a pack of smokes and never looked back.
The reason?? I hadn't yet decided to quit for
MYSELF
. I had only quit smoking to help ensure a healthy baby. In the back of my mind, I think I always knew I would go back to my smoking once I was able to. Now, 20 months later, I'm finally quitting for
myself
. There are a million other great reasons I'm quitting, too, but my
main
reason is me. Even though I've only quit for 3 weeks and 4 days, I'm 100 times prouder of this quit than when I quit for 11 months because I'm finally doing it ME.
And as god as my witness, this quit is definitely my last.
So anyone out there quitting because you're pregnant, make sure you read Joel's post again and again and again. It sure would have save me over a year of wasted time smoking.
Amy
Haven't smoked for 3 Weeks 5 Days 38 Minutes 29 Seconds. Cigarettes not smoked: 260. Money saved: $58.69.
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