I quit but now I'm two weeks pp and I was given a celebratory joint and I have a cigarette from when I quit at the beginning of pregnancy and stored it away. I have been wanting to smoke just a little bit not a ton since it's been quite a long break but just a bit. My husband quit with me but he still chews and drank occasionally during my pregnancy, he has voiced that he doesn't want me to smoke after birth and that he definitely won't be but I have an urge to go sneak out and celebrate with a couple puffs of each. Am I terrible or should I just do it or wait idk I feel in an odd place with it.
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don’t smoke! Especially that cigarette, and if you must just take a few puffs of the joint. this has less to do with being a mother and more to do with just your overall health. Taking one puff of a cigarette is a slippery slope and you know this because you are an x smoker and so am I 😂.

Definitely don’t go behind your partners back to celebrate what you both created. Also telling him you’ll stop then sneaking behind his back to smoke/drink doesn’t look good, defs something I would HATE if my partner did. Talk to him about possibly having a little smoke/drink & see if he could be open to the idea of it??

Hate this for you...
My hubs bought me a case of my favorites, the day I had our girl! I definitely did my research and limited myself to about half of a beer an hour while nursing. (This picture was 4 days old, and I could only stomach about 2 sips! 🤣)
I've never been a smoker, but if you MUST.... not around baby.
I'm with @Tahlia ... don't sneak!!
I don't want to feel like I'm asking for permission because he drank and had tobacco while I was pregnant after he told me he quit... Idk I know it's a bit eye for an eye but idk
I quit while I was pregnant shouldn't I get to do what I want with my body again without asking?
I agree sneaking isn't right and hear the slippery slope but damn I feel like I did the right thing for so long I deserve a smoke and a cup of coffee

Maybe just let him know that you enjoy having a smoke with your coffee & what not, a break for you every now & then is excellent but the whole sneaking is what gets me,, just at least let him know, hiding things is never a good idea for a relationship❤️ hopefully you work this out & get to a good middle ground both you & hubby are comfortable with:)

I wouldn’t smoke the cigarette since you quit, but I’d def hit the celebratory joint for sure lol

I think if it will become a habit don't do it but it is celebratory. If you do you should tell him this whether it's before or after. He didn't give up for a reason and you did. Smoke, freshen up or change your clothes or something and continue about your day. Smoking weed paranoid just might ruin your high so think about it for yourself

Why did you stop smoking and drinking when pregnant? If it was for the health of your unborn child, try to keep it up - jusr because your child has now been born they’re still impacted by these decisions, and smoking around a newborn increases risk of SIDS. I’m not being judge mental - with my first I went back to smoking having not smoked my whole pregnancy and I felt like the worst mum in the world, and would have never forgiven myself if anything had happened to him. I have a two week old now and I just want to do my best for her. I absolutely could smoke or drink. But I’m making the choice not to, at least until she’s a little older.

Great Strength mamas !!!
I quit cigs soooo easily with my first and I was suuuper stressed with my second baby but I did cut down to just that sneaking out here and there.
I agree you shouldn’t betray the pact y’all made BUT I say go for it and meditate on your win!
the power you had to stay away from that yucky smell and taste .
Focus on why you guys made the pact .. yours & baby’s health , money / time consuming.
i would drive myself crazy and just start smoking habitually again until I did it like this. I literally wanna throw up just the thought now.

I smoke weed but I really can’t relate to any of these comments or u I’m not one of ciggs or alcohol I don’t like the taste of either but I’ve learned how to properly smoke weed I’ve leaned that u only have a problem when u abuse it it’s hard to tell when your abusing it cause u force your body into a routine and u start to need it i can happily go without weed but I’m choosing to smoke it never a full joint just enough for a little buzz if I really wanna enjoy food or before my program it just depends on how u smoke it I think

First things first, do you. That said, I had the same thoughts about my vape “I gave it up for so long, I can do what I want, I’m an adult, it’s just a little” and now I’m stuck in the thick of it again without the excellent reason of being pregnant to stop again. I never smoke around baby but I feel like crap and am having a hard time kicking it again. If I could go back to the day I convinced myself to “do what I want” I would have done differently.