This post is hard for me to write. I have this unbelievable need to be perfect in everyone's eyes and obviously this extends to people that I don't even know since I have blogged for three months and never mentioned The Thing.
Here is The Thing. I am a smoker. Yes, that is correct, I love nicotine! It is a hard admission for me to make especially since the first thing everyone tells me when they find out I am having a hard time getting knocked up is, "well you should stop smoking". I have always know that I would quit smoking when I got pregnant... and that I wouldn't go back. When we first started this journey I used to get to the end of the 2WW and say to myself, "self... this may be your last pack of cigarettes". Obviously I don't do that anymore. I quit for a month last summer but that all flew out the window one night when I was hanging out with some friends and having some beers at a BBQ.
I know that at least a couple of my readers are smokers or ex-smokers. If you are a smoker what kind of grief are you getting from your RE? I am scared that he is going to send me away... tell me to quite smoking and come back in three months. If you are an ex-smoker and quit before you conceived, how did you do it?
Here is The Thing. I am a smoker. Yes, that is correct, I love nicotine! It is a hard admission for me to make especially since the first thing everyone tells me when they find out I am having a hard time getting knocked up is, "well you should stop smoking". I have always know that I would quit smoking when I got pregnant... and that I wouldn't go back. When we first started this journey I used to get to the end of the 2WW and say to myself, "self... this may be your last pack of cigarettes". Obviously I don't do that anymore. I quit for a month last summer but that all flew out the window one night when I was hanging out with some friends and having some beers at a BBQ.
I know that at least a couple of my readers are smokers or ex-smokers. If you are a smoker what kind of grief are you getting from your RE? I am scared that he is going to send me away... tell me to quite smoking and come back in three months. If you are an ex-smoker and quit before you conceived, how did you do it?
4 Comments:
I am a smoker too. My IVF doctor emailed me a horrifying document about smoking & the effect it has on my eggs. It ages them 10 years.....wow.
I still haven't stopped either. How can such a smart girl like me, but so, so silly? I'll be checking out your other comments later & see if anyone has tips on Q.U.I.T.T.I.N.G.....I really enjoy smoking too and I'm embarressed to admit it. Bad.
P, I'm not a smoker (at least not when I'm not with my friend Liz), but I'm in a glass house too, so no rock-throwing here. I feel the same way about my eating/weight issues. I *know* if I step up the exercising or improve my eating habits, it'll help my fertility. I get on the wagon sometimes for a few days, and then AF comes, and I'm so depressed..... Anyway. Sorry I have no tips on helping you quit, but I definitely know where you're coming from.
I'm not a smoker, but I'm certainly not going to judge you. I can't even give up caffeine, for heaven's sake. Do the research, get the facts and then you can decide what feels right for you. Good luck.
Never have been a smoker, but I have many of my own bad habits that I haven't figured out how to stop. Wish I could give some advice.
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