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smoking_and_pregnancyQuitting cold turkey

With the January 2014 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health citing 108,0000 pregnancy and birth-related conditions linked to infant mortality and low birth weight, you may be more determined than ever to kick your nicotine habit to the curb. But, before you go cold turkey, check out these tips on how to quit smoking while pregnant.

“Symptoms … are the most difficult in the first two weeks of quitting.”

Tossing your pack and swearing off cigarettes is an ideal way to avoid the risks of smoking while pregnant, but, “the side effects of quitting during pregnancy can range depending on whether you’re a light or heavy smoker,” advises Dr. Alyssa Dweck, OB/GYN and healthy mama brand medical advisory board member, “but can include restlessness, jitteriness, irritability and in severe cases seizures can occur.” The good news is that most of these symptoms you experience won’t cause harm to your baby-to-be and often are the most difficult in the first two weeks of quitting. The American Pregnancy Association recommends that you increase your chances of success by listing the benefits of quitting, changing your daily habits, building a strong support system and setting a quit date…

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