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Showing posts with label stopping smoking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stopping smoking. Show all posts
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Monday, 5 July 2010
Sarah: Hoping your body and baby help you stop smoking.
Sarah – 29 weeks pregnant on:
Hoping your body and baby help you stop smoking.
Sarah said: “It it’s between ten and fifteen a day and I’m trying to cut it down. Well I was hoping when I got pregnant I’d be one of them people that, you know, when you take a drag of your cig you end up borking and being sick.
But nooo! My baby obviously like’s it! No, but you see these people don’t you they get pregnant and they have a drag of a cig and they’re like bleurrghhh I don’t like it. Yeah, not me no I just carried on smoking. Mine seems to like it. Bad baby.”
Midwife Hull said: "Smoking can often make you feel sick and this can be really useful in motivating you to stop. Your baby doesn’t influence whether you go off cigarettes or not they certainly won’t like it."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Hoping your body and baby help you stop smoking.
Sarah said: “It it’s between ten and fifteen a day and I’m trying to cut it down. Well I was hoping when I got pregnant I’d be one of them people that, you know, when you take a drag of your cig you end up borking and being sick.
But nooo! My baby obviously like’s it! No, but you see these people don’t you they get pregnant and they have a drag of a cig and they’re like bleurrghhh I don’t like it. Yeah, not me no I just carried on smoking. Mine seems to like it. Bad baby.”
Midwife Hull said: "Smoking can often make you feel sick and this can be really useful in motivating you to stop. Your baby doesn’t influence whether you go off cigarettes or not they certainly won’t like it."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Sarah: Smoking as a means of copying with stress.
Sarah – 29 weeks pregnant on:
Smoking as a means of copying with stress.
Sarah said: “I’m smoking. I did stop smoking, but then my nana was really poorly in hospital. Cos with me; my thing with smoking is stress. I rely on it all the time for stress, so I got a bit stressed and I started smoking and then she died, so then I was even more stressed so and I’m not smoking excessively like I used to, but I’m still smoking a lot more than I should be, between ten and fifteen a day. I should be cutting down. But I’m not getting anywhere with it. I just I get really stressed all of a sudden, I’m like that I need a cig and I can’t think of another way at the moment to try and cope.”
Midwife Hull said: "Smoking for many people can be a way of relieving stress and pregnancy can be a stressful time. Trying other things to try and relax such as deep breathing concentrating on the breaths out, getting 5 minutes fresh air, phoning a friend, having a coffee or a quick walk round the block."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Smoking as a means of copying with stress.
Sarah said: “I’m smoking. I did stop smoking, but then my nana was really poorly in hospital. Cos with me; my thing with smoking is stress. I rely on it all the time for stress, so I got a bit stressed and I started smoking and then she died, so then I was even more stressed so and I’m not smoking excessively like I used to, but I’m still smoking a lot more than I should be, between ten and fifteen a day. I should be cutting down. But I’m not getting anywhere with it. I just I get really stressed all of a sudden, I’m like that I need a cig and I can’t think of another way at the moment to try and cope.”
Midwife Hull said: "Smoking for many people can be a way of relieving stress and pregnancy can be a stressful time. Trying other things to try and relax such as deep breathing concentrating on the breaths out, getting 5 minutes fresh air, phoning a friend, having a coffee or a quick walk round the block."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Stacey: On having the support of those closest to you in stopping smoking.
Stacey – 35 weeks pregnant on:
On having the support of those closest to you in stopping smoking.
Stacey said: “I was yeah, I really want to stop smoking and I tried well, I tried getting my mam into it as well but she wasn’t interested. It’s harder when there’s somewhere there smoking all the time; do you know what I mean?”
Midwife Hull said: "Having support from those closest to you is really important especially if they decide to quit at the same time.
We know you are much more likely to quit if you are supported by people you live with. Secondary smoke also puts your baby at risk of developing
Breathing problems etc so having others around you stopping will help give your baby the best start. Dads often feel left out in pregnancy but quitting can be the single best thing they can do."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
On having the support of those closest to you in stopping smoking.
Stacey said: “I was yeah, I really want to stop smoking and I tried well, I tried getting my mam into it as well but she wasn’t interested. It’s harder when there’s somewhere there smoking all the time; do you know what I mean?”
Midwife Hull said: "Having support from those closest to you is really important especially if they decide to quit at the same time.
We know you are much more likely to quit if you are supported by people you live with. Secondary smoke also puts your baby at risk of developing
Breathing problems etc so having others around you stopping will help give your baby the best start. Dads often feel left out in pregnancy but quitting can be the single best thing they can do."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Stacey: How the service has helped her to stop smoking.
Stacey – 35 weeks pregnant on:
How the service has helped her to stop smoking.
Stacey said: “I’m thirty-five weeks this week, I was smoking in the beginning of the pregnancy, so I went to I go to smoking cessation at the Orchard Park Health Centre. I get vouchers every month for stopping smoking and they help me out with giving me nicotine patches and the inhalator.
You have to blow into like a machine [carbon monoxide test] and every time you go you know just to prove that you’re clear. It works for me”
Midwife Hull said: "The service has obviously helped you quit but well done you as it can be tough!
The first appointment can be the hardest wondering what to expect but once you realise that the team is there to help you, not to judge it will get easier. It will always be at a venue that suits you so limiting your travel and time."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
How the service has helped her to stop smoking.
Stacey said: “I’m thirty-five weeks this week, I was smoking in the beginning of the pregnancy, so I went to I go to smoking cessation at the Orchard Park Health Centre. I get vouchers every month for stopping smoking and they help me out with giving me nicotine patches and the inhalator.
You have to blow into like a machine [carbon monoxide test] and every time you go you know just to prove that you’re clear. It works for me”
Midwife Hull said: "The service has obviously helped you quit but well done you as it can be tough!
The first appointment can be the hardest wondering what to expect but once you realise that the team is there to help you, not to judge it will get easier. It will always be at a venue that suits you so limiting your travel and time."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Tina: Stopping smoking for yourself and choosing a healthy lifestyle.
Tina – 28 weeks pregnant on:
Stopping smoking for yourself and choosing a healthy lifestyle.
Tina said: “I’ve given up smoking for the simple reason I wanted to have a healthy; I want a healthy lifestyle and yeah it’s an added bonus for me giving up smoking cause I’m pregnant and everything else but I’m doing it for not just because of the money.”
Midwife Hull said: "Being pregnant is sometimes the ideal time to make very positive lifestyle choices whether it’s getting your five a day or stopping smoking.
Making small changes now can be beneficial to you and ensures best start with your new baby."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Stopping smoking for yourself and choosing a healthy lifestyle.
Tina said: “I’ve given up smoking for the simple reason I wanted to have a healthy; I want a healthy lifestyle and yeah it’s an added bonus for me giving up smoking cause I’m pregnant and everything else but I’m doing it for not just because of the money.”
Midwife Hull said: "Being pregnant is sometimes the ideal time to make very positive lifestyle choices whether it’s getting your five a day or stopping smoking.
Making small changes now can be beneficial to you and ensures best start with your new baby."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Tracey: What it means to really try to try stop smoking.
Tracey – 36 weeks pregnant on:
What it means to really try to try stop smoking.
“Are you smoking at the moment?
“Yeah”
“And have you tried to stop smoking?”
“Yeah I tried; it doesn’t bother me if I don’t have a cig but…”
“How many would you say you smoked a day?”
“About 5.”
“How many months pregnant are you?
“Hmm.. nearly eight.”
“So are you trying to stop at the moment?”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah, and are you accessing help?”
“No I just do it on my own.”
“How many years would you say you’ve smoked?”
“Since I’ve been 14 and I’m 21 now so like 7 years.”
Midwife Hull said: "Stopping can be really hard for some people no one would deny this which are why we have a service to help you and your family."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
What it means to really try to try stop smoking.
“Are you smoking at the moment?
“Yeah”
“And have you tried to stop smoking?”
“Yeah I tried; it doesn’t bother me if I don’t have a cig but…”
“How many would you say you smoked a day?”
“About 5.”
“How many months pregnant are you?
“Hmm.. nearly eight.”
“So are you trying to stop at the moment?”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah, and are you accessing help?”
“No I just do it on my own.”
“How many years would you say you’ve smoked?”
“Since I’ve been 14 and I’m 21 now so like 7 years.”
Midwife Hull said: "Stopping can be really hard for some people no one would deny this which are why we have a service to help you and your family."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Emily: Cutting down on smoking during pregnancy.
Emily – 21 weeks pregnant on:
Cutting down on smoking during pregnancy.
Emily said: “Since I got pregnant I’m smoking between five and ten a day. I’ve cut down quite a lot.
Before then it depended on how stressed I was I suppose. This last year’s been pretty bad so smoking quite a lot, think it was like anything up to twenty cigs a day
When I was pregnant first time; I went down to about three or four cigs a day, that’s what I’m trying to do now.”
Midwife Hull said: "Cutting down is good but stopping is so much better. You have done well to cut down with a bit of support perhaps you could stop?"
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Cutting down on smoking during pregnancy.
Emily said: “Since I got pregnant I’m smoking between five and ten a day. I’ve cut down quite a lot.
Before then it depended on how stressed I was I suppose. This last year’s been pretty bad so smoking quite a lot, think it was like anything up to twenty cigs a day
When I was pregnant first time; I went down to about three or four cigs a day, that’s what I’m trying to do now.”
Midwife Hull said: "Cutting down is good but stopping is so much better. You have done well to cut down with a bit of support perhaps you could stop?"
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Kelly: Stopping smoking for you and baby is really something to be proud of.
Kelly – 21 weeks pregnant on:
Stopping smoking for you and baby is really something to be proud of.
Kelly said: “So it’s the best start I could give him I tried, and I’ve managed to do it [stop smoking] and I’m really proud of myself. Stupid as it sounds, but I think it’s different for each woman so cos some of my friends just don’t care; they smoke all the way through their pregnancy you know they drink in front of their kids and I think it’s just how you want to set an example personally.”
Midwife Hull said: "Well done - it really is something to be proud of! Everyone is different which is why the smoke free team offer free sessions to suit people who are ready to quit. This may be one to one, with your partner or family member. Telephone contact helps or even online."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Stopping smoking for you and baby is really something to be proud of.
Kelly said: “So it’s the best start I could give him I tried, and I’ve managed to do it [stop smoking] and I’m really proud of myself. Stupid as it sounds, but I think it’s different for each woman so cos some of my friends just don’t care; they smoke all the way through their pregnancy you know they drink in front of their kids and I think it’s just how you want to set an example personally.”
Midwife Hull said: "Well done - it really is something to be proud of! Everyone is different which is why the smoke free team offer free sessions to suit people who are ready to quit. This may be one to one, with your partner or family member. Telephone contact helps or even online."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Kelly: Shock tactics as a means of causing pregnant women to stop smoking.
Kelly – 21 weeks pregnant on:
Shock tactics as a means of causing pregnant women to stop smoking.
Kelly said: “The worst horror story I got was one of my friends told me about when the placenta come out. They’d been smoking all the way through the pregnancy and it had tar all over the placenta and that frightened the life out of me! I was like oh my god! So things like that; real graphic things actually frighten you into not smoking.”
Midwife Hull said: "Sounds like that really frightened you . Smoking does affect the placenta but it doesn’t have tar all over it!
By smoking it restricts the blood flow through it and all the nasty stuff in a cigarette also reaches the baby.
Having a co2 reading can be a shock as it shows you how much co2 your baby is getting. The smoke free team will ask you if you want a reading and if you want to know the reading for baby, not everyone wants to know."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Shock tactics as a means of causing pregnant women to stop smoking.
Kelly said: “The worst horror story I got was one of my friends told me about when the placenta come out. They’d been smoking all the way through the pregnancy and it had tar all over the placenta and that frightened the life out of me! I was like oh my god! So things like that; real graphic things actually frighten you into not smoking.”
Midwife Hull said: "Sounds like that really frightened you . Smoking does affect the placenta but it doesn’t have tar all over it!
By smoking it restricts the blood flow through it and all the nasty stuff in a cigarette also reaches the baby.
Having a co2 reading can be a shock as it shows you how much co2 your baby is getting. The smoke free team will ask you if you want a reading and if you want to know the reading for baby, not everyone wants to know."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Kelly: Is there a danger that stopping smoking can harm you and baby?
Kelly – 21 weeks pregnant on:
Is there a danger that stopping smoking can harm you and baby?
Kelly said: “When I first got pregnant with my first child I panicked because I was a heavy smoker and I didn’t think I could quit just straight away. So I looked up on the (web)sites and like obviously I don’t really know how true this is, but a lot of them say it can cause a lot of stress for both you and the baby, so they recommend to cut down but not completely stop. You’d of just thought ‘god I’m gonna kill my child’ and you stop completely and you cause more damage than harm especially if you’re a heavy smoker.”
Midwife Hull said: "There is no evidence that says stopping can harm your baby... We would recommend stopping is much better for you and baby rather than cutting down."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Is there a danger that stopping smoking can harm you and baby?
Kelly said: “When I first got pregnant with my first child I panicked because I was a heavy smoker and I didn’t think I could quit just straight away. So I looked up on the (web)sites and like obviously I don’t really know how true this is, but a lot of them say it can cause a lot of stress for both you and the baby, so they recommend to cut down but not completely stop. You’d of just thought ‘god I’m gonna kill my child’ and you stop completely and you cause more damage than harm especially if you’re a heavy smoker.”
Midwife Hull said: "There is no evidence that says stopping can harm your baby... We would recommend stopping is much better for you and baby rather than cutting down."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Kelly: How Midwife Hull can be a helpful source of information and support.
Kelly – 21 weeks pregnant on:
How Midwife Hull can be a helpful source of information and support.
Kelly said: “Well it’s less embarrassing to ask questions online isn’t it really? It’s easier; it’s a hell of a lot easier than having to look it up yourself or you know if there’s someone there that can say; you know this is how it goes you can take their advice.
You don’t have someone pushing you around like, if you go to your parents well d’ya know is this right? Then you’re more likely to go with their view and half the time you just get pushed into it. So it’s easier if there’s official advice out there that you can go to and ask.”
Midwife Hull said: "Hull Midwife is a real midwife who can give you clear unbiased advice which is up to date. You can find that family members want to give you advice but it might be 10 years old!
Posting questions online is safe and no-one will think you’re daft in fact you might be asking questions lots of other people want to ask but were too embarrassed."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
How Midwife Hull can be a helpful source of information and support.
Kelly said: “Well it’s less embarrassing to ask questions online isn’t it really? It’s easier; it’s a hell of a lot easier than having to look it up yourself or you know if there’s someone there that can say; you know this is how it goes you can take their advice.
You don’t have someone pushing you around like, if you go to your parents well d’ya know is this right? Then you’re more likely to go with their view and half the time you just get pushed into it. So it’s easier if there’s official advice out there that you can go to and ask.”
Midwife Hull said: "Hull Midwife is a real midwife who can give you clear unbiased advice which is up to date. You can find that family members want to give you advice but it might be 10 years old!
Posting questions online is safe and no-one will think you’re daft in fact you might be asking questions lots of other people want to ask but were too embarrassed."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Kelly: How shocking truths about smoking in pregnancy can have a big effect.
Kelly – 21 weeks pregnant on:
How shocking truths about smoking in pregnancy can have a big effect.
Kelly said: “Like my friend was smoking while she was pregnant and I think it was a leaflet or somet’ she had just randomly posted through her door. I can’t remember what it said but it put her right off and she stopped. Before that she was a really heavy smoker.”
Midwife Hull said: "Sometimes shock tactics can work but we try to provide hard facts rather than scaring people. We know that if you smoke babies tiny heart has to beat much harder and faster due to the reduced oxygen it is receiving. For some people this can be a scary fact for others it might be acceptable."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
How shocking truths about smoking in pregnancy can have a big effect.
Kelly said: “Like my friend was smoking while she was pregnant and I think it was a leaflet or somet’ she had just randomly posted through her door. I can’t remember what it said but it put her right off and she stopped. Before that she was a really heavy smoker.”
Midwife Hull said: "Sometimes shock tactics can work but we try to provide hard facts rather than scaring people. We know that if you smoke babies tiny heart has to beat much harder and faster due to the reduced oxygen it is receiving. For some people this can be a scary fact for others it might be acceptable."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Kelly: Stopping smoking during pregnancy and staying stopped after baby is born.
Kelly – 21 weeks pregnant on:
Stopping smoking during pregnancy and staying stopped after baby is born.
Kelly said: “Like most people, if you’re on 100 a week you’re addicted and I’m lucky really.
Maybe I’ve just got will power or whatever, but I just stopped like that. But then I find it hard to keep off it once I’ve had the baby, because its like when I’m pregnant its like ‘oh well I don’t want to hurt the baby’ and I wouldn’t smoke in my house around my child cause I don’t want him to see me smoking cause then he’ll think its right. Erm, so I’ll go outside if I really want one but it does become rarer.”
Midwife Hull said: "Staying stopped after you’ve had your baby can sometimes be harder than when you are pregnant. Feeling tired and stressed is usually the time you would reach for the cigarettes. Try going outside for a bit of fresh air or calling someone when you feel stressed. Putting baby in the pram and walk round the block or pop baby in their cot and have 5 minutes time out.
The smoke free family’s advisers can offer a personalised plan which will give you ideas to cope better and help to tide you over the hard parts.
You should be feeling fitter and more healthier since stopping this will really help you when looking after your new baby imagine getting a chest infection and having to get up to your new baby.!
As new parents you are your children’s role models, not smoking is one of the best ways to be good model."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Stopping smoking during pregnancy and staying stopped after baby is born.
Kelly said: “Like most people, if you’re on 100 a week you’re addicted and I’m lucky really.
Maybe I’ve just got will power or whatever, but I just stopped like that. But then I find it hard to keep off it once I’ve had the baby, because its like when I’m pregnant its like ‘oh well I don’t want to hurt the baby’ and I wouldn’t smoke in my house around my child cause I don’t want him to see me smoking cause then he’ll think its right. Erm, so I’ll go outside if I really want one but it does become rarer.”
Midwife Hull said: "Staying stopped after you’ve had your baby can sometimes be harder than when you are pregnant. Feeling tired and stressed is usually the time you would reach for the cigarettes. Try going outside for a bit of fresh air or calling someone when you feel stressed. Putting baby in the pram and walk round the block or pop baby in their cot and have 5 minutes time out.
The smoke free family’s advisers can offer a personalised plan which will give you ideas to cope better and help to tide you over the hard parts.
You should be feeling fitter and more healthier since stopping this will really help you when looking after your new baby imagine getting a chest infection and having to get up to your new baby.!
As new parents you are your children’s role models, not smoking is one of the best ways to be good model."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
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