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well...that is your call...I have a friend who is an OB/GYN and she would occasionally indulge in a few puffs of a cigarette when her husband was smoking. Not to mention indulge in a few gla__ses of wine a week. You may be surprised and take a drag and realize that is not at all what you thought it would be. Good luck to you...

Yeah, its your choice, i'm sure one or two drags would help. I know this is none of my business but i just want to say that it is awesome that you havent smoked since you found out, thats awesome! Are you going to resume after you have the baby?

I quit smoking a couple of months before conceiving (I'm 35 weeks now) and I didn't have any cravings really the first few months and then bam! I really started craving a smoke a month or two ago. I won't do it though because I'm pregnant and I refuse to go back to it even after because it was a b___h to quit and I never want to go through that again. I just want to be healthy as I feel great now. My only caution I'd have for you if you go and have one here and there is that once you get even a little of that nicotine in your system it's not going to make the cravings go away, it will only intensify (you're feeding the addiction basically). It's all mental at this point, but then you make it both mental and physical. Not to be preachy, but just trying to encourage you that you CAN make it through this and those cravings will pa__s....good luck! :)

i Know how you feel, it's a real struggle! I havne't smoked since I foudn out I was prego and my DH amazingly quit. He was a pack and a half a day smoker! THere are times that I get real bad cravings and just want to give in, but I havne't. I think making it 18 weeks for your is GREAT! you should be really proud. I'ts a hard habit to break and the cravings are really strong. I agree wtih stefkay that smoking one might trigger you wanting to smoke more, but who knows. My frien'ds sister tried to smoke a cigarette during pregnancy and as soon as she lit up and took a drag she put it out becuase she felt bad. Maybe the drive to smoke will be overpowered by the baby if you try it. who kmows. Hang in there! and good luck.

Kimi, you know i battled the same thing, i've smoked for years, and so does my boyfriend, and when i found out i was pregnant to cut the habit is difficult, exspecially when you are sitting by the computer or driving in the car, but every time i feel the urge i eat something( haha give in to those cravings a little bit) and i start thinking about the baby like names, and stuff, and just try to pre occupy myself, cause i don't think that it's you thats really wants to smoke, and you would probably find out that if you did smoke a cig that it was gross and feel guilty. So i just recommend to press on, and fight it, and hey even in the end, you have quit for good, you never know.. i hope i do. and you! good luck!

Don't do it!!!!!!!! I know it is really hard but you are doing so well. What if you have a few drags and really like it? What if you finish the whole cigarette and want another one? What if you start to want one everyday? You are almost at the 1/2 way point. You can make it. I constantly want a cigarette and I miss them sooooo much. I'm 20 weeks. I keep telling myself that I can have one after the baby is born. (Just not near the baby) It helps me get through the cravings a little bit better. Giving into my non-baby harming addictions helps as well. I will eat junk food, go shopping at the mall, read a gossip magazine, talk to a friend, go for a walk, watch a good movie, take a shower, do my hair, anything that takes the edge off. I know it is so hard. I don't judge you for wanting 1/2 a cigarette at all. I feel like i'm in the same boat. I'm just trying to pretend the world is one big "No Smoking" room Hang out with non-smokers and ask your boyfriend not to smoke near you or keep cigarettes near you.

When I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I quit (this was over 4 years ago). Surprisingly, I never went back to it... until about 1 1/2 years ago! The craving was always there, especially with that cup of coffee or that martini, but I never let it get the best of me - and one day I just said, what the heck... it's just one drag! One drag became one cigarette, then 10, then a pack a day! I ENJOY smoking!! I know it's bad, but I've always enjoyed it! I'm now 21 weeks pregnant and quit when I found out - about 6 weeks along. Oh man, do I think about it every day! I'll be honest, I've taken a drag or two but it tasted so nasty and I felt completely guilty! I'm having the week from hell and I especially want one now, but I can't bring myself to doing it. I just keep thinking after the baby is born I can have a cigarette - not in the house or anywhere around the baby, of course. I know what you're going through... Good Luck!

it took me at least 3wks after i found out i have not had a smoke 4 a month but i did crave and did have a quarter of one that was all i needed and that was about a week ago none since then but i dont think it should do harm to your child .but it is a good thing to quit cause my sister in law smoked all the way through hers and both her sons have resportory problems her youngest is 6mths and just come out of hospital cause of the problem.

I had the same problem and did indulge every once in a while, but i would always feel awful about it imediatly after. I realized when i wasnt around my boyfriend, who also smokes, i didnt have any cravings at all. We dont live together and hes been trying to convince me to move in with him, i finaly decided that he has to quit before i do. He quit last month and im moving in with him next week, and its not an issue anymore! Tell your man to quit! Good luck!