I quit!!!! & its getting harder than easier

SIMMY

OOHHH 6 months thatgirlsam......

Month 1>>Valentines & Remainder of pregnancy
Month 2>> New born baby
Month 3>>>????
Month4>>>>???
Month 5>>>>???
MOnth6>>>???

How am I gonna do it??? I feel scared because I dont wanna be going through all this just to go back to smoking again....Im dreading it... I havent got very strong will power...

thatgirlsam

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Some NHS info and links to support here http://smokefree.nhs.uk/smoking-and-pregnancy/stage-one/

To be honest if being pregnant doesn't give you the motovation to stop smoking, I'm not sure what will. Good luck with giving up.

that should be the case but i work in a maternity unit and given that pregnancy is or can be one of the most stressful times in a womans life then i am not surprised that so many don't give up

lots of PG women smoke in secret !

you would be surprised

i don't condone it ... i hate seeing the PG women outside puffing !

SIMMY

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Some NHS info and links to support here http://smokefree.nhs.uk/smoking-and-pregnancy/stage-one/

To be honest if being pregnant doesn't give you the motovation to stop smoking, I'm not sure what will. Good luck with giving up.

I tried quitting at the beginning of this pregnancy and my last one, but I just did not have the will power even though I really wanted to. & if Im totally honest Im not gonna say Ive quit coz Im pregnant (I wish I did/was) Im quitting because to me its the right moment I fell ill and cut down so I took advantage of that. IYSWIM..Ive called the NHS..(not finding them very helpful TBH),,

thatgirlsam

SIMMY wrote: »

OOHHH 6 months thatgirlsam......

Month 1>>Valentines & Remainder of pregnancy
Month 2>> New born baby
Month 3>>>????
Month4>>>>???
Month 5>>>>???
MOnth6>>>???

How am I gonna do it??? I feel scared because I dont wanna be going through all this just to go back to smoking again....Im dreading it... I havent got very strong will power...

honest i don't know mate , i know it really, really hard

but if i can do it, anyone can

take one day at a time

my friend recently quit using the inhalator

she said it was excellant , as it is a bit like having a cigarette, whereas nothing else is??

i wouldn't recommend cold turkey :eek:

thats gonna be really hard

SIMMY

Ive tried NRT in the past Patches, lozenges, tablets, inhalors and I always needed the real thing because they reminded me. This way Ive just stopped, havent got any so cant smoke havent got no replacement therapy so cant use it... Its this time of the day I find the hardesr when kids are in bed I have a cuppa and a fag and thats what Im missing . As Im typing Im taking big deep breaths coz I need/want one...

LuceB84

Hi Simmy, Well done you for quitting...keep it up!!! I've been quit a week now and it is slowly getting easier. I'm not having cravings as such i think its just breaking my habit. I feel twitchy when i feel like i should be having one and have resorted to sucking lollipops instead to keep me busy lol x

thatgirlsam

SIMMY wrote: »

Ive tried NRT in the past Patches, lozenges, tablets, inhalors and I always needed the real thing because they reminded me. This way Ive just stopped, havent got any so cant smoke havent got no replacement therapy so cant use it... Its this time of the day I find the hardesr when kids are in bed I have a cuppa and a fag and thats what Im missing . As Im typing Im taking big deep breaths coz I need/want one...

its so , so hard !

you can do it

i remember lollipops helped !

thatgirlsam

LuceB84 wrote: »

Hi Simmy, Well done you for quitting...keep it up!!! I've been quit a week now and it is slowly getting easier. I'm not having cravings as such i think its just breaking my habit. I feel twitchy when i feel like i should be having one and have resorted to sucking lollipops instead to keep me busy lol x

posted at the same time , lollipops were great , its the stick that helps isn't it ??

Errata

Looks like the habit has you hooked rather than the addiction. You've had a tough few days - do you really want to start smoking and go through all that agony again next time you stop?
Do you want your babies abiding memory of you to be eau de fag ?
Get yourself some mints or something to stick in your gob to keep it occupied. Chew on a pencil - anything !

SIMMY

Ive been sucking on so many cough tablets Im scared Ill deform my tongue & lips lol

Well Done You on quitting how long have you been a non smoker??? x