Smoking.

Now, before any of you go OMG you're so bad for smoking while you're pregnant, I do NOT wanna hear any of that. What I wanna know is this:
Before I got pregnant I used to smoke 30+ a day, when I got pregnant, I cut right back to 4, which I've stuck to (and am really proud of), and I woke up this morning, had one and puked my ring. Havent had the desire to have another one at all, which is REAL awesome - gave my smokes to mum and thats the end of it. Back to the point - those of you who did smoke, did this happen to you? I'm real pleased with myself actually, I didnt completely stop when I got preggers because of the extremely high stress I was going thru - and midwife advice (basically she said to me if I stopped real early, i'd have a misscarriage due to the extra stress.) Thoughts?

I'm not a smoker but well done! That's awesome

That is a huge achievement, i was a smoker so know how hard it is to cut back like that.
I was actually the same MissAngel, i wish i could say as soon as i found out i was pregnant I just gave up straight away, it wasnt until a couple of weeks later that i fully quit, and I too "puked my ring out" as you put it so lovely haha.

But the important thing is that you've done really well to give up, Its definetly not as easy as people think , good for you, go spoil yourself with the money you would usually spend on smokes :-)

I smoked, as soon as my morning sickness hit, i quit, no problems, the smell of smoke made me sick, real sick! Good on you!

Shows how much I know about smoking, lol. I would've thought 4 a day was heaps... 30??? the 2 halves a day sounds reasonable, i would've thought 4 was alot for a non preggy person The smell of smoke has always made me headachey and nauseous, so I don't tend to hang around smokers.

good one yah....when my girlfriend was pregnant, the doctor and midwife said that while she should cut down on what she was smoking, trying to quit in the first and third trimester wasnt adviced...the first trimester because the stress of it could be too much, and because by the third trimester baby will go through just as much if not more withdrawals than you and could end up having baby early..

but they never said why it was okay to give up during the second trimester.

I havent smoked for near on 10yrs and i still every now and then crave a smoke...especially if ive had a few drinks or a great meal

Yeah unfortunately cravings last for years! (maybe forever? I don't know yet!) Although they've definitely lessened with time - I used to really crave every time I drank or had a bit of stress, now usually the only time I ever contemplate it is when I've had lots to drink (lots and lots) and other people are smoking. I had a drag on one just before xmas (much to dh's disgust) and it was foul So even though you might feel like it doesn't mean you'll enjoy it.

And MissAngel good on you for cutting down from 30 to 4, that's a great achievement