WeMoms
12 Mar 2024

Why should you stop smoking during pregnancy?

Along with alcohol, smoking is one of the biggest enemies of pregnant women and poses very serious health risks to your child.

Cigarettes contain many substances that are harmful to you, but even more so to the baby you're carrying. Here are the many risks that pregnant women who smoke face:

  • miscarriage
  • premature birth
  • complications during delivery
  • a low birth weight baby
  • stunted growth
  • a baby with weakened immune system
  • sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

If you smoke, quitting will be the best gift you can give your child!

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Slim
29 Jan 2024

Does anyone else have withdrawal symptoms from not smoking weed anymore during the pregnancy ? I finally stopped a few days ago and i feel like im having withdrawal symptoms . I’m not very hungry, if i don’t have my zofran a shower works temporarily, i feel feverish. I just feel terrible but when i looked it up they called it CHS i believe . What can i do other than starting back smoking again? #11weeks #sick

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Libby
Yes you can go into withdrawal or like a mild withdrawal from smoking weed people don't believe it but if you've smoked a lot for years you will withdraw from it.... A lot of times it's like nausea can't eat can't sleep.... I wish I had some better advice on how to make it stop or go away but it probably will subside in a week or less hopefully I always just went back to smoking but I'm about to be in the same boat as you
29 Jan 2024

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Slim
It’s terrible . I stopped like 2-3 days ago and will usually start back up but this time i just want it to stop so i don’t have to feel like this without it .
29 Jan 2024

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Savanah
4 Jan 2024

Is smoking cigarettes worse than vaping while pregnant I’ll be 13 weeks tomorrow I quit smoking weed cigarettes taste like shit so can I vape or??

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Savanah
Really🙄 I need to quit smoking cigs might as well if they taste like shit
4 Jan 2024

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🍹Jenni
Smoking cigarettes is worse than vaping. Ofc neither are idea while pregnant. I was a smoker. It is a hard thing to quit, but you can, especially if they taste bad to u rn. Vaping was harder for me to stop for sure.
4 Jan 2024

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Anonmous love
3 Jan 2024

Please don’t judge me I’ve been struggling with this immensely due to me having extreme anxiety. I have been smoking 🍃 during my pregnancy and I have tried to stop multiple times but my withdraw got the best of my during my pregnancy. I am now 20 weeks and 2 days and have officially stopped smoking weed and will be on day one starting tomorrow at 20 weeks and 3 days. Will my baby test positive for MJ upon birth? Will his meconium test positive since I stopped at 20 weeks and 2 days? I live in the state of Florida and I’m pretty positive they test newborns upon birth.

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Jnia
Thc will exit your system in 30 days. You will be fine and so will baby
3 Jan 2024

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Anonmous love
I heard it take 10 weeks to exit placenta and the meconium can reach back from 4-5 months so it made me extremely nervous especially finding out this information today
3 Jan 2024

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TR@CYGiRL
23 Sep 2023

Curious to know what are your experience/opinions on smoking marijuana during pregnancy.

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Zay
I wouldn’t risk it a lot of drs and hospitals drug test, also really don’t know the effects of it idc how many people say their kids came out just fine I personally wouldn’t risk mines.
23 Sep 2023

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Ashley
I still smoke at 26 weeks, I'm extremely high risk and have lost 11 babies and have a bunch of medical problems. I was never supposed to get pregnant much less make it to 26 weeks of pregnancy. I have beat myself up so bad because I felt like I was hurting my son by smoking and my OB and I have had so many long conversations about how marijuana is what has helped me make it this far with my son and that smoking doesn't make me a bad mom and he is super healthy and so strong. This is the first pregnancy where I smoked, it has saved me so much. When I tried to stop it put way too much stress on my body and organs. I have alpha 1 which is a liver disease that affects all of my body and organs. I use legal medical marijuana and have been checked by an ob at least once, sometimes twice or even appointments all week by an ob, a fetal specialist, cardiologist, pulmonologist, and GI and all believe smoking is 100% what has kept my baby so healthy and happy and safe. I went into preterm labor at 19weeks and they were even able to stop it 100% and my cervix has gotten 2cms longer because I stayed relaxed and in bed and stress free and actually slept and eat thanks to marijuana. Don't feel bad or beat yourself up if you smoke and don't stop, there is so much worse drugs out there that you could be doing and if marijuana is the worst and helps you from needing pain pills to keep you from hurting or anxiety and depression pills to help with mental illness then you are in great condition. I stopped taking pain meds 4 years ago so I could try to get pregnant and not miscarriage (in case all the meds were what was causing it, it wasn't but that's besides the point) my OB took me off of my heart meds, depression and anxiety meds, and migraine/ seizure meds when we got pregnant because they could hurt the baby and recommended that I not stop smoking because it was gonna be the only thing i could use to manage my conditions that wouldnt risk hurting my son.
23 Sep 2023

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Angelique Monà
28 Aug 2023

Okay guys I was smoking cannabis during my first month of pregnancy and when my baby had her first poop she had it in her system the doctors UMMC called dhs on me 😩😩😩 but I’m clean now I’m breast feeding too stay away from smoking and drinking I really hope they don’t take my baby away really need support !!!!!!! Anybody went through this ???

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Janet
girl now im shitting bricks is that because u would breastfeed and smoke or ???
28 Aug 2023

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Angelique Monà
No I don’t smoke anymore but I was when I was pregnant
28 Aug 2023

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Haley
28 Jun 2023

Thoughts on smoking Mary Jane during pregnancy? I’ve heard it helps with nausea but also have heard it can cause ADHD and low birth weight. Has anyone talked to doctors about this? Thanks!

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Jen
While I was pregnant, my doctors said it was recommended to stop smoking but not really necessary so I continued throughout the whole pregnant. My baby was born 6lbs 4oz but was healthy and only had to spend one extra night at the hospital because her body was having trouble keeping her temp up until she was 5 days old
28 Jun 2023

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Mami
My SIL did up until about 30 weeks and my niece came out perfectly fine and is now a healthy smart advanced 4 year old. I’m also having a canna pregnancy and can say my baby is doing just fine.
28 Jun 2023

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Buddymama💙
10 Feb 2023

The hardest thing I had to overcome during this pregnancy was to stop smoking weed … but I did it and it was hard at first but damn it I did I’m proud of myself … for me and my baby …I was a extremely heavy smoker for me this was a challenge… especially dealing with anxiety but I’m good and ok with things #justventing #dontjudge

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Buddymama💙
We got dis boo
10 Feb 2023

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Kaitie
Sameee all day everyday literally lol but we got this !!
10 Feb 2023

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Shailee
8 Aug 2022

Is it completely safe to do the vuse while pregnant? I know I heard the smoking and vaping during pregnancy and the baby turned out fine. But I would like to be sure too. I haven't vaped as much just bc of the babys sake. But I've only done it here and there just to satisfy my nicotine level.

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Marci
No. It's not completely safe. Nicotine is bad for baby.
8 Aug 2022

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Andria
It's not good... But, I smoked 4 cigarettes this pregnancy or I was gonna hurt someone. I'm almost 25 weeks now.
8 Aug 2022

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Javonne
7 May 2022

Did anyone smoke during early pregnancy? I just found out yesterday that I’m pregnant and I was still smoking black and milds. Wasn’t sure if that could cause early miscarriage or not.

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Madison
I’m currently 11 weeks and I’m working on stopping vaping, it can cause problems with the placenta but my doctor said it’s not much to worry about just to stop as soon as I can
7 May 2022

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Javonne
Thank you, because I was really worried. It’s just a bad habit now that I don’t know if I can stop cold turkey, but I am going to try my best.
7 May 2022

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Rebekah
23 Apr 2022

So ladies I need some advice because I'm a smoker. But I cut back on cigarettes when I found out I was pregnant. what is the best way to quit smoking completely during this pregnancy

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Kaitlynn
Girl same. I vape and had to quite and I’m having some withdraws. I agree one of the worst things to do.
23 Apr 2022

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aleksandra
Set two or three very short periods of time you get to smoke every day. Like a five minute window. If you miss the time because you were distracted then you don’t get to smoke till the next period of time. You can start to shorten the time periods every few days till eventually you dont smoke
23 Apr 2022

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