Did your parents smoke during pregnancy?

Poll

Did your parent smoke during pregnancy

They say that a third of women in England smoke during pregnancy. That breast feeding thread reminded me cause I remember someone saying that it is better to smoke during pregnancy and breast feed than to not smoke during pregnancy and formula feed :confused:

Anyway thought Id create a poll (yeh im bored)

Reply 1

Kate.

15

My mom didn't smoke when she was pregnant with me, but she did with both my brothers.

Reply 2

Jacktion

No, my parents loved me.

Reply 3

Jelkin

17

Jacktion

No, my parents loved me.

Ditto. I think it's a terrible thing to do!

Reply 4

Piglet384

My mother gave up shortly after I was born and my dad had given up before my big brother was born.

I partly blame that for becoming asthmatic.

Reply 5

horrorboy

Piglet384

My mother gave up shortly after I was born and my dad had given up before my big brother was born.

I partly blame that for becoming asthmatic.

Yea that could be the reason, but at least she gave up for your childhood.

Erm how can it be better to smoke during pregnancy and breast feed than to not smoke during pregnancy and formula feed :confused:

Reply 6

Anthonyjm71

9

Jelkin

Ditto. I think it's a terrible thing to do!

I so agree I don't understand people that smoke especially girls.

Reply 7

piiiink

My mum didn't smoke, ever.

She's a midwife, and just the other day she had to send a woman in because the baby was in trouble cuz of how much its mother was smoking. Why do some women not care enough about their unborn child to quit??

Reply 8

generalebriety

16

horrorboy

Yea that could be the reason, but at least she gave up for your childhood.

Erm how can it be better to smoke during pregnancy and breast feed than to not smoke during pregnancy and formula feed :confused:

Let's see. Maybe one puff of a cigarette doesn't automatically give you cancer. Maybe, indeed, being a smoker your entire life won't necessarily hospitalise you, as the adverts dictate. Maybe that's why so many people do it and still won't die.

Both my parents smoked while I was a child, up until I was about 12. My dad continued (continues) to smoke. I doubt my mum smoked while she was pregnant, but my dad will have, probably.

Reply 9

generalebriety

16

piiiink

My mum didn't smoke, ever.

She's a midwife, and just the other day she had to send a woman in because the baby was in trouble cuz of how much its mother was smoking. Why do some women not care enough about their unborn child to quit??

Uh, people can get physically addicted to cigarettes. As in, if you don't have a cigarette, you can become extremely physically ill. Some people care about their short-term health, even if it means risking their long-term health - especially pregnant women. Why take a risk like that when you're already in that condition?

Reply 10

goodLife

horrorboy

Yea that could be the reason, but at least she gave up for your childhood.

Erm how can it be better to smoke during pregnancy and breast feed than to not smoke during pregnancy and formula feed :confused:

Smoking during pregnacy does not harm a child as much as not breast feeding?

Reply 11

horrorboy

generalebriety

Let's see. Maybe one puff of a cigarette doesn't automatically give you cancer.

Whats that got to do with what I said?

Reply 12

foxo

17

Some of you are incredibly ignorant. Do you realise how difficult it is for some people to give up smoking?

Reply 13

piiiink

generalebriety

Uh, people can get physically addicted to cigarettes. As in, if you don't have a cigarette, you can become extremely physically ill. Some people care about their short-term health, even if it means risking their long-term health - especially pregnant women. Why take a risk like that when you're already in that condition?

I realise I've made a very sweeping statement, and its not just as easy as to quit, but... Many of them make no attempt what so ever to quit, or cut back at all. I hear all these stories from my mum, and I swear she makes them worse to scare me into not doing things like that, but still.

Reply 14

generalebriety

16

horrorboy

Whats that got to do with what I said?

Breastfeeding is definitely, irrefutably better than formula feeding. Smoking is not necessarily worse than not smoking.

*waits for "omg u monster!!! i bet u smoke!!! I HOPE UR CHLIDREN DIEIEI" comments and neg rep :biggrin:

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Reply 15

generalebriety

16

piiiink

I realise I've made a very sweeping statement, and its not just as easy as to quit, but... Many of them make no attempt what so ever to quit, or cut back at all. I hear all these stories from my mum, and I swear she makes them worse to scare me into not doing things like that, but still.

No, that's not what I mean. Point is, being stupidly sick every day is not really what you want - and when you're 3 months pregnant, why increase the risk? Smoking during pregnancy is probably going to be bad, but trying to give up during pregnancy is likely to cause huge internal changes which almost certainly will damage the baby, more than smoking would - because the effects of having smoked are still there, you just have the constant illness on top of it.

Reply 16

piiiink

No I disagree. Smoking during pregnancy often leaves the baby small for dates. And everytime you smoke, your depriving an already under-developed baby of oxygen. Continuing to smoke because "the effects are still there" isn't a good enough excuse, you continue to harm the baby whilst you keep smoking. I'm not quite sure why you think stopping smoking will cause internal changes that harm the baby either...

Reply 17

Sephrenia

16

Neither of my parents smoke, and never have, so I can safely say no they didnt :p:

Reply 18

Sunofnight

3

generalebriety

Breastfeeding is definitely, irrefutably better than formula feeding. Smoking is not necessarily worse than not smoking.

*waits for "omg u monster!!! i bet u smoke!!! I HOPE UR CHLIDREN DIEIEI" comments and neg rep :biggrin:

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What? There is now way that not breast feeding (formula feeding) is worse than smoking! Did your parents smoke or something? I know mine did :redface: