[ruby2shoes2]

Anyone here a smoker. I quit for 1.5 months and had one stressful situation and I started again. I am going to start clomid soon and I feel terrible, really like dirt because I cannot seem to kick this habit.

[lostandconfused]

My dh yells at me all the time...we are doing ivf for male factor if and i have smoked for MANY years. when he got diagnosed with cancer i cut back and am currently smoking only 1 time a day and not at all on weekends...i get mad that i can't kick that last one but figure that it has to be better to cut back then nothing! After all there are how many women who have healthy babies and smoke?!?!?!

[ruby2shoes2]

I know. It is so frustrating.

What really gets me is that I find it so disgusting. It really makes me more sympathetic to people.

I think you are right.........instead of beating ourselves up we should be positive and try and quit the best we can!

[HRMS MOM]

I quite before my IVF and I will tell you it was a lot easier than I thought it would be once I set my mind to it. Basically instead of telling myself I never would again I told myself I would not do it one day at a time and you know what it worked!! I am so glad I quit and I honestly can say I cannot stand the smell and do not even think about having one anymore. It has been almost 3 years since I quit.

[ruby2shoes2]

Thanks for the encouraging words!!!!!!!! It is so frustrating and YOU know!! I love hearing success stories

[charlie'smom]

I quit two years ago when we were REALLY REALLY trying to get PG...I actually went and got hypnotized. Its not for everyone...but it absolutely worked wonders!!!! I have absolutely NO desire to have one, and while i always thought it smelled disgusting (even while i was doing it), I think it is actually repulsive now! Good luck!

[lostandconfused]

Originally Posted by wishtobeamommy

thanks for the tip-that's good to know. Smoking is my last vice and I've been using it to get thru all the failed cycles but I should stop, it is gross!
www.wishtobemommy.com

I havent' had one since i started this cycle!!!!!

[Jolene]

I smoked in my early 20's. It was sooooo hard to give up!

[chris1978]

I am 31yrs old and have been smoking since I was 15. I have been ttc for two years and everybody would tell me that I needed to quit smoking; I said I will when I get pregnant. Well I have finally decided that I will do anything to get pregnant and have decided to quite. I have been reading articles about infertility and smoking. Although it makes no since that other woman smoke and get pregnant!!! Other women do heavy drugs and get pregnant!!! But I will try anything!!! I have been smoking electronic cigarettes by smoke 51...they are expensive but it has helped me get the nicotine fix and eliminate the habit. I haven’t smoked a real cigarette in two weeks, and barely smoke on the electric cigarette. I recommend trying it

[ruby2shoes2]

Isn't it incredibly frustrating. I know someone who smoked, did meth and had no prenatal care. It is hard not to get down thinking about those kinds of people.

[lostandconfused]

I did end up stopping with this last cycle....but...when we found out we had NO embies the first thing i did was buy a pack of smokes ....i have only gone back to one or two a day but still i started again...i guess i will try again when the next cycle comes....

[colsxjack]

I am almost 37 years old and have been smoking a pack a day since I was 13 years old.

I have just recently stopped smoking 3 weeks ago.
I had tried many times before but was unable to quit.
This time I quit using Champix and Alan Carr's book for quitting smoking.

Champix is a prescription that blocks your body from getting "pleasure" from smoking.

I smoking throughout my DW's pregnancy and for the first 3 1/2 months of our DD's life. I am so glad that I am not a smoker any longer. I really do not think I will ever go back.

I watched a documentary once on women and smoking. This one woman was pregnant and having a hard time giving up the last 2 smokes a day. They gave her an ultrasound while she smoked so she could see the effect on the baby. I will never forget that. About 2-3 seconds after the mother took a drag from the cigarette the baby reacted. It stopped "breathing" for a few seconds and arched it's back. Every single drag stole oxygen from the baby.

Babies will ALWAYS be better off if their mothers (and fathers) don't smoke. It may not kill a baby, but it does rob a baby from better health.

[ruby2shoes2]

That post was very enlightening. I like the you were a smoker ( I mean, I don't like that you smoke, I am just tired of non-smokers who think they know. This is like infertility, sister, you don't know until you KNOW)

I didn't respond to my first round of meds and now I have to have surgery. last time I saw my doc he said how is your smoking going and I said " I QUIT" I felt so empowered when he looked at me and said really!?!?!?!?!? And yes, I really did quit!!! So, I am taking this weekend smoking it up and getting to it on Monday. I did it before and I can do it again.

Thanks for your words and experiences. I was so afraid everyone was going to be like YOU don't deserve a baby!

[amyinohio]

I quit smoking and drinking 3 years ago when we started ttc. Not smoking was WAY harder than not drinking. I still to this day have vivid dreams that I am smoking again, to the point where I cannot tell if it was a dream or not.

When we were struggling to get pg I would wonder why I didn't just give in and start smoking again. With all of the stress it was a daily battle.

Remember take it one milestone at a time, and celebrate each one! Each day is a step in the right direction! Good luck!