Storm4star Wed 13-Jun-18 11:11:23

I gave birth nearly 30 years ago now and at that time, the advice given to me by my GP was that if I could quit easily then that was best. However, he said that stress was more harmful to the baby than smoking, so if giving up would cause me stress then it was best to just cut down as much as possible but not actually stop.



I'm sure the advice is probably different nowadays but I wouldn't judge someone over it. Because I would have no idea what's going on in their life. A friend of mine "gave up" smoking during pregnancy (this was quite a recent pregnancy) but had terrible pre natal depression, problems with her DP etc and there were a few occasions where she caved in and had a cigarette. Berating her for it would have just made her feel so much worse, when she already beat herself up with guilt over it.