7 Years and 1 Day

• Michele Harris Posted : 7/2/2006 9:43:52 PM [sm=tex.gif]I smoked during my pregnancy.  Doctor yelled at me every month.  "Your going to have a very small baby" Guess what my son was 10 pound 6 ozs when he was born.  What if I didnt smoke?  I must quit but I need support, like a rubber room for 3 days without phones, kids, cars, traffic, dinner, laundry, bills and everything else that is stressing.  A day without stress I guess means your dead.  Fondly Michele 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sharismom Posted : 7/3/2006 8:37:44 AM My mom smoked until she quit in 1975 when she had her hysterectomy.  She did to me and my brother like Joyce's dad did- here smoke this...I think I was about 7.  Never touched one since.   Sadly, my ex-husband smoked up until the day before he died at age 50.  He had pancreatic cancer which spread to his liver, large intestine, lungs, and bones.  He underwent major surgery to remove all of it (that included 1/3 of his liver).  He was developing emphysema and was on oxygen.  From diagnosis to death it was 8 months.  Our son got to watch him die, but guess what?  He started smoking at age 11.  [&o] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• fuzzy_dogs_mom Posted : 7/3/2006 11:34:40 AM Tina, my dad died at 50, too.  Heart attack. He quit smoking after the first one, but once the damage is done, it can't be undone. I'm sorry about your son.  Neither myself or DH smokes, but my oldest son started when he was about 13. He's 35 now, and would like to quit (so he says) but he doesn't really put any effort into it. The younger one (29) never started. Joyce 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sandra_slayton Posted : 7/3/2006 12:09:00 PM Our oldest son would smoke if dating a girl that smoked, not smoke if dating a non smoker.  The one he married (after dating for 7 years) is a smoker and will not even consider quitting and he has smoked since they started dating 14 years ago.  She smoked thru both pregnancies, drank a dozen cokes a day, lots of coffee and both babies had cafienne (?) withdrawal (I had never heard of it).  Her attitude is it is her life and she will do what she wants to.  It drove me nuts to see her giving a bottle to the baby---with a cigarette in her mouth.  If I said anything, I am trying to interfer with her life, nobody needs to tell her about raising kids, etc, etc.     Our youngest son never smoked and would not date a girl who did. Alsways said he wanted to kiss a mouth, not an ashtray. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login