can't seem to kick it

SamMoffatt28

http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/images/pdfs/Factsheet.pdf

Maybe this will give you the information you need to give up smoking. I dont mean to be harsh, but you did say you needed a shock.

Good luck with your pregnancy and giving up smoking. If you cant do it for yourself please do it for your baby who cannot choose what goes into its body, however you can.

Savvy_Sue

I know you said in your first post that you couldn't use NRT, I don't know why that is but if it's just that you think it's not advised during pregnancy I believe they've recently changed the advice, because they think that it's safer to go for NRT than to continue smoking.

Obviously that's no help if there's some other reason not to use NRT but just thought it would be worth saying!

How's it going, anyway?

sarah*a

I gave up smoking on 12th January - for a number of reasons, I had been diagnosed as asthmatic and I also didn't want to be photographed in my wedding dress in Feb with a fag in my hand.

The nurse at our GP's was fantastic. The advice she gave me was to picture lots of little gremlins in my body eating away at me (stay with me ) and I had to get the gremlins to go to sleep. She then got me to imagine that everytime I had a ciggy it was like piping the sound of a brass band into my body - which woke the gremlins up - and they would begin feeding again.

It was a bit bizarre but it worked :T

Been smoke free for 7 months now :j

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kate1976

Congratulations on your pregnancy! :j

As for the smoking I'm not sure I can offer advice as I'm a hopeless case who quits and then starts again!!:rolleyes:

All I can suggest is what has been suggested before, take it step by step, don't beat yourself up if you do give in, read a book and get well into it as that helped me pass hours without thinking about it, I've not tried the Alan Carr book but I will give it a go at some point (did I mention I'm hopeless? ) brush your teeth whenever you crave, take up knitting (cardigans, hats, bootees for baby) just generally try and keep yourself busy!

I smoked through my pregnancy but that was only because I didn't find out till I was 7 months gone and by that time the doctor said I'd probably done any damage already(I had a lovely doctor!! :rolleyes: )

Good luck and remember don't beat yourself up if you fail, just keep at it and you'll get there!

Congrats again!