The other day I read a post from a mom who just found out she’s expecting her second baby. She was glowing with happiness, but also worried — she’s still smoking and doesn’t know how to quit this time. She asked other moms how they managed, or if they just cut down instead.
Her words really resonated with me, because I’ve been in that exact place.
When I got pregnant, I was a smoker too. At first, I thought I could manage by reducing. But for me, that didn’t work at all. My biggest weakness was the morning coffee + first cigarette. And once I smoked that one, the second followed, then the third… and by the end of the day, it was 20 cigarettes again.
So after failing to cut down and getting really honest with myself, I decided to do it differently. I told myself: “I’ll enjoy my cigarettes for 3 more days. But on the 4th day — no coffee, no smoking, nothing.”
And that’s how it happened. I gave myself a clear date to mentally prepare, and from that morning on, I never touched another cigarette during pregnancy. I won’t lie — the very last one I smoked the night before felt like the sweetest candy in the world π .
Of course, it wasn’t easy. But I think what helped me was that I had already accepted it in my mind before I actually did it.
Now, after birth, I do smoke again (real life, right?). But one boundary has always stayed firm: never around my child, never in the rooms where he is.
I’m not sharing this as advice or the “right” method — just my story. Because sometimes it helps to know that quitting is not about being superhuman… it’s about finding your moment and making that choice. π
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