I want to quit......

[butterflies]

I really really really want to quit smoking! I'll be honest too, i need some help and support in doing it.
I no longer just want to do it for my future baby, i want to do it for me too.....but i need help from strong minded people who have done it, or are doing it!

My aim is to be fag free by my next clinic appt which is to be booked after 18TH October.

So any advice you girls or guys may have will be truly appreciated.

 

[**angel**]

hiya hun and well done on making the decision....i gave up in january and ive been smoking for years!!! I gave up using the know of it is for my baby when we get pregnant!!! I also used the nicotine inhaler which really helped me (i have used it when i quit before) i could quite easily pick a fag up now but i know it wouldnt get me anywhere and hell the cravings dont stop but its for u in the long run and ur baby and u will feel the benefits.....maybe put what money u spent on fags into a saving account for baby things??

U CAN do it and if u want any support please feel free to PM me i know i have already given up but i am proof that if deep down u WANT to do it u really really can xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[Linzi]

I quitt 11 months ago. Not easy at all and I still ha ve the odd craving, btu I found the easiest thing to do is get rid of everything in your house that reminds you of smoking (cigarettes, lighters, ash trays etc), wash all of your clothes or whatever that smell and distance yourself from smoking friends for a few weeks. The first 2 weeks was the hardest but after that wasn't so bad.

Another thing I did when I fancied one was I used to think "Ill wait an hour and if I still want one then Ill have one" then when the hour was over, Id remind myself how well Id done and think "just wait another hour" and eventually the craving would pass.

My nan also taught me how to cross stitch lol

It is hard but you can do it! Good luck

xxx

 

[butterflies]

I know i am going to find it hard, i have tried twice before, but to be honest back then i never wanted to.
We saw the fertility specialist for the first time on Wednesday and when he laid the facts down, i must admit i felt dissapointed in myself.....i felt selfish.

I think the hardest fags to kick will be the ones i have at work, i smoke on tea breaks with a couple of colleagues, who know i love a ciggie. They don't know we're ttc, and i don't feel i can hack them asking "are u pregnant??" when its the one thing i want more than anything!!! Stupid excuse really huh???

I wish to god i had listened to my wise old dad....who told me those social one or two would turn into a 15-20 a day habit!!!!!!

 

[Beltane]

Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I've ever done. I smoked for 10 years and have been a non-smoker for almost 7 years now. I smoked for my entire pregnancy with my first born and I regret it more than words could ever express. Although he was a normal birth weight- it changed as he grew older. He is the smallest out of all his classmates and I am to blame! I love love love being a non-smoker. I feel clean all over! I quit cold turkey by throwing out all my lighters, matches, smokes -- anything even remotely related! You can do it. Just don't pick up a cig no matter what!

 

[butterflies]

Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I've ever done. I smoked for 10 years and have been a non-smoker for almost 7 years now. I smoked for my entire pregnancy with my first born and I regret it more than words could ever express. Although he was a normal birth weight- it changed as he grew older. He is the smallest out of all his classmates and I am to blame! I love love love being a non-smoker. I feel clean all over! I quit cold turkey by throwing out all my lighters, matches, smokes -- anything even remotely related! You can do it. Just don't pick up a cig no matter what!

Now be honest with me.....how tough was it to quit cold turkey??? My dad did it cold turkey too, and i can't say i could get even a rough idea from him, as he had to quit, he had a heart attack & a quadruple heart bypass...there was no choice!

I just want it over and done with!!!
7 Years without, be very proud of that Beltane, its such an acchievement! I hope i can follow in your footsteps

 

[**angel**]

howz it all going hun?? xxxxxx