I feel like a complete failure... I was trying to quit smoking cold turkey.. but I slipped... :( I…

I understand what your going through. It's hard to go from smoking..to quitting cold turkey. It's rough.

@ali1020, yes it is very hard.. but I should of done it months ago when I found out I was pregnant. I feel so guilty.

It's all mental. If you want to quit you will.

don't out yourself down too bad about it. I'm not proud of it but I didn't quit until i was about 7 months pregnant. my baby came out perfectly fine. not saying you shouldn't quit because smoking is a bad habit anyway and it's always better to have healthy habits while pregnant but honestly it's not the end of the world and very rarely causes major problems. it's better to cut back and work your way to quitting at your own pace than stress yourself and your baby by quitting cold turkey.

@shaebee I understand completely. when I found out I was pregnant was about a month into it and I felt so guilty cuz I had been smoking that whole time before I found out..and even now any moment of stress I crave one. Just gotta try your best.

Ok I sooo thought I was the only one going through this... I have cut back since I became pregnant but it's soooo hard to just quit. Everyone always says something to me about smoking but it's hard and especially if you never smoked I don't see why you are saying anything to me oh don't know how hard the struggle really is to just up and quit like that. I smoked with my other 2 kids the whole pregnancy and I was stressed out the whole pregnancy with both bc I was with a dumba** but this time I'm not its work that actually stresses me out but I have cut back and I do plan on cutting back more! If you ever just want someone to talk to going through the same thing as you im always open!!!

@maxx, how did you do it? did you cut back til you quit completely ? I was smoking almost a whole pack a day. and my husband wanted me to just start out with three then to cold turkey it from there. and i told him that seemed like a very rapid cut down and i was already having bad anxiety so I figured just lowering it from six down to 2 would be a good way to start and then cold turkey it from the two.

I quit cold turkey the day I found out I was pregnant. There's actually studies where they will do an ultrasound while a mother smokes a cigarette and the babies will literally start clawing at their own faces. I don't want to be harsh or mean, but literally just looking up the possible consequences of smoking during pregnancy is enough to quit smoking.

@brayleighsmommy121615, I'm seriously so glad I'm not the only one going through this. how far a long are you? and i dont understand why its so hard for me this time. I quit cold turkey with my first then started up again when he was 3 months old. I was so stressed. and this time its so much harder for me. and people have been being so rude to me about it. its such a bad habit for me. but I'm hoping that this cut back works. and that I can finally quit.

@shaebee3, i am the same as you 26 weeks im due Dec 16 (5days after you)!!!! And I know the feeling and people are really rude about it and it makes me mad. Like my boss at work has NEVER smoked so of course she didn't smoke when pregnant but anytime I have a pregnant related problem and have to be out of work the first thing that comes out of her mouth is "well quit smoking and you wouldn't be blah blah blah"

@brayleighsmommy121615, ya see I hate people like that. my husbands mom said some pretty rude things to me at the movie theater one day in front of everyone. just cause I wanted to smoke before the movie started since it was three hours long. and she's like well it doesn't look like your trying to quit. maybe you should try harder. because what your doing to that baby isn't right. I was so angry. that just got me to want a cigarette anyway.

@shaebee3 right they don't realize when they say dumb stuff like that too you it makes you want to break down emotionally and then makes you want one so much worse

@shaebee3, I really just watched how much I smoked. there would be times before I got pregnant that I would sit and chain smoke and I wouldn't allow myself to do that when I was pregnant. also at my house we have a no smoking in the house rule which made it easier to cut back more for me because during the summer it is way too hot to go outside just for a cigarette so I got to where I would only smoke at work (graveyard shift) or in the car or just at night. maybe you could try something like that. only allow yourself to smoke during certain situations like driving or before/after a meal. I also switched from 100's to 72's so when I smoked I wasn't smoking as much. I've heard of some people switching to lights. or switching to a brand they know they don't like so they don't want to smoke as much.