Congrats on the Baby. Please if you have to look at it as the baby's quit then do but for that baby please continue your quit. Smoking is not good especially when you are having a baby. Make it more about yourself by knowing you are taking the best care of you for that baby's sake.
By the time that baby gets here all sweet and loving you will have had a nice long quit and be really busy. Quitting is a day to day process. Some times it is a minute to minute or second to second process. You can do this. Start out for the baby but know the end results are for both you and for your kids.

FYI...being pregnant you should not be cleaning cat boxes either.

Thanks Elsie! I wasn't cleaning the cat boxes. :) Just checking to make sure they still had food and giving them a little loving.

I know it's great to have quit for the baby and I know it's the best thing for the baby. I won't start up again while I'm pregnant. I've had plenty of chances to do it and I haven't messed up yet. I just worry that once it's "just" my body again I won't be able to keep it up.

I've joined a research program called "Stay Quit Moms." I will have a phone counselor and a journal and a support group of other moms to check in with. That all starts after the baby is born. The statistics say that 90% of women who quit smoking while pregnant will start again post partum. Not very good odds.

Congrats Squeemom2. It's an exciting journey to have a baby. However, your job is not finished once you give birth.
Perhaps start thinking about how you want to raise the 3 of them. If you get cancer or other smoking related illnesses......your chances of raising them or getting to enjoy their milestones....heck.....every day adventures will be snuffed out.
Your quit is mostly on how you feel about it and your mindset. If you are living to start after you give birth, chances are you will indeed start again.
Change your thinking and obtain a positive attitude. Tell yourself every day throughout this pregnancy that you are done, done, done. Smoking is not an option and that from this day forward you are a non smoker.
find other ways to deal with stress, boredom, free time, etc. Take up a hobby that is rewarding and keeps your hands and mind busy. Being a mom does keep you busy and is rewarding.......but somehow you need some "me" time too.
I use to paint t shirts and do crafty things when my kids were little....which helped. As the kids grew, they got busy with their friends and needed me less.....and that is when I got in trouble and started smoking......I was under tons of stress and it was easier to light up than to think things through and find healthier outlets.
Just remember, even if you smoke outside, you still carry the nicotine on your skin, hair, and clothes and will be passed onto your children and loved ones when you kiss or touch them.
You also want to be a good role model in taking care of yourself becuz they WILL mimic you at some point.
These are just a few things to ponder in making your quit permanent this time.
You have the remainder of your pregnancy to make this a permanent quit. It will take work and keeping a positive attitude or an attitude of it being final. You are not losing your best friend......best friends don't try to kill you. The best thing to stop telling yourself is that it is just temporary.....tell yourself smoking is not an option and you are done.
I wish you the best and hope that you stick to the boards, find different ways to cope with the urges and triggers so that when it happens after delivery, you will have a plan set in place (hobby, exercise, the use of candy/gum, or some other activity that is healthier).
You can do this......and you will be able to enjoy your kids and your life together.....ok?
(((((((((((((((((((Hugs)))))))))))))))))

that's some stinking thinking going on. I think we all have those thoughts from time to time, with a fresh quit. does not mean you have to act on it. hoping after the baby comes your quit will stick. somehow holding a new baby with a cancer stick hanging out your mouth, seems a tad unappealing.

Congratulations Squeemom2, nothing like a newborn baby in the house, try to imagine that your baby doesn't need to smell smoke, or your kids. Don't want to act like I know anything, as I have no kids. It would be nice if your kids grew up without smoke in their lives.
You owe it to them, do it for them, please................

You are all right. It is stinking thinking. Some days I don't think about smoking at all and some days I just want to roll around in a swimming pool filled will cigarettes, chain smoking all of them. (Ok, maybe not ALL of them.) On the bad days I do still try to convince myself that I can smoke, someday, just not today. I'm only a couple of months in and I smoked for 15 years so I can't expect it to be easy yet. I can't expect that.

I just want to make sure I'm doing things perfectly and I've always read that you won't really quit unless you are quitting for yourself. I have never actually been able to quit for myself. I've quit for a boyfriend. I've quit for my husband. I've quit for my babies. But I've never done it for me. And I've never been able to hold onto a quit for more than 9 months.

I will keep taking it day by day because that's all I can do.

Hi Squeemon and HUGE CONGRATULATIONS in baby #3. For this baby and the other 2 children, quit NOW!! During this pregnancy, when your children are smoke free, think about how much happier and healthier they will be. It wasn't until AFTER I quit that I realized that my children were also smoking, just by living with me. It was MY addiction but they were suffering too. Do NOT put a guilt trip on yourself. We ALL did it. The only thing you need to concentrate on is having the healthiest, happiest baby you can have. Lots of Luck