Tracey: On the challenges of having other smokers around you.

Tracey – 36 weeks pregnant on:
On the challenges of having other smokers around you.

Tracey said: “I don’t think it make any difference to me if my bloke stopped smoking. Every time I go to my mam and dads, my dad smokes, my brother smokes and they all sit in one room. So it’s hard to get away from it then.
My sister’s doesn’t, but her bloke does so when you go round there he smokes as well.”


Midwife Hull said: "It can be difficult to stop when all around you others are smoking but even passive smoking can affect your unborn baby. Be really strong and suggest you have a smoke free house, could you try now before you have your baby?"

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Claire: The real likelihood of harming a baby through smoking in pregnancy.

Claire – 30 weeks pregnant on:
The real likelihood of harming a baby through smoking in pregnancy.

Claire said: “No to be honest I’m still smoking. I think it’s hard, I mean I’ve smoked for 21 years so I was ten when I started, you see so I think it’s really hard. And then people say “oh well it’s mean to the baby” but and then I feel mean. But then I think, well my kids are absolutely fine. There’s people out there that don’t do anything and they come out and there’s things wrong with their children and things. I think it’s the luck of the draw to be honest with you.”


Midwife Hull said: "There are always stories about people never smoking and having a small baby and people who do smoke having a healthy baby. It’s a risk you choose – your baby doesn’t get a choice!
If you smoke your baby will have a much greater risk of being small."

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Kelly: How Becoming Pregnant Made Her More Aware Of Smokers Around Her.

Kelly – 21 weeks pregnant on:
How becoming pregnant made her more aware of smokers around her.

Kelly said: “I found out I was pregnant at New Year’s so I stopped completely. I was like awww, no, yeah, I was like damn it! But no, I just don’t think you should smoke around kids.. it depends... each to there own.
But like I when I went to my granddad’s the smoke was like marijuana clouds. Like 15 people, all my aunties and everything smoked. It was awful so I just don’t, I wouldn’t want that around my own kids.”


Midwife Hull said: "It can be very difficult when lots of your mates and family smoke to avoid this, But second-hand smoke is dangerous, you are still breathing in the toxic smoke which restricts your babies oxygen supply, making their little heart beat harder..
Asking friends and family to go outside for a cigarette when they visit you and washing hands afterwards is a good habit to get into."

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