anyone moms that are pregnant smoke or trying? how are you doing it. I haven't since I found out but I'm super depressed ans stressed I don't know what to think
I’ve been struggling for a while I’m 25 weeks and everyone around me smokes including hubby and work is super stressful :( I feel bad every time but it is difficult....
I was a smoker before I got pregnant with my 1st. When I found out I was pregnant I quit cold turkey. It was difficult sometimes because I had a really stressful pregnancy, but I was able to manage. It's really a mind over matter thing. You don't need to smoke, you just want to because it's an easy stress reliever. But there are plenty of other ways to relieve stress. I would take a bath, do a face mask, go on a walk, my husband was away during my pregnancy so I would write to him to relax as well. Another thing that helped me was doing things that pertained to the baby, buying things for her, planning for her, making lists of what I needed, etc. The more I thought about her the less I wanted to smoke because I knew it would be harmful to her.
Ive been trying to cut back at least and switched to lights. Helps a little bit. I feel super guilty as well but its so hard to fully quit