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My boyfriend had said he'd quit before i gave birth to our son, but he didn't. He has cut down considerably though, and never smokes around our son. Him and everyone else only ever smoke outside and always wash their hands before handling Mason. My boyfriend also doesn't live with us so we're not around him all the time. It does frustrate me that he still smokes as i don't like the thought of Mason being around it and i know it's still on his clothes and everything, so even if he does smoke outside its still on him. But on the same token if i'm walking down the street with Mason and somebody walks past smoking he his taking in a little of their smoke. You can't ultimately stop it but you can just try and prevent your little one from taking it in as much and take precautions such as smoking outside rather than inside where baby is.

23% is a big percentage mind :/

I think if the mother gives up the father should try too.. but then your both grouchy.. not good!

i think that you have to both give up smoking

My partner smokes but hes cut down alott and doesn t have it anywhere near me or our son. He only smokes during his work breaks which is real good!

My partner smokes but hes cut down alott and doesn t have it anywhere near me or our son. He only smokes during his work breaks which is real good!

I refuse to be around people who smoke. If they're going to do it they're gonna do it away from me and my unborn baby. They should respect us enough to give up smoking

my boyfriend smokes but not around me or the baby

i'm glad neither me nor my other half smoke as soon as i fell pregnant the smell of smoke made me feel sick and now i have really bad asthma so would hate for my daughter to get it because of one of us smoking x

my bf smokes and he says he is going to give up but he doesnt and i make sure he smokes outside and not near my daughter xx

i think mothers have to give up so much,, so the father should participate. / and they r affecting ther unborn childs health if u r constantly round bfs that smoke

As difficult as it may be to quit smoking its worth a try or atleast not around a pregnant woman

I think mothers give up so much when they have a baby, it wudnt hurt the farthers who do smoke to give up... Not only for the babys sake but also to support mothers who are trying to give up

once i found out i was pregnant i stopped smoking straight away and it wasnt as hard as i thought it was going to be. now i look an my baby boy and i know thats why ii had the will-power to do it =)

I understand it is hard to give up, I did it and it was tough. I think some dads think its just the mum that affects the baby with what she eats and does. Plus its horrid kissing an ashtray!!!

My baby's dad smokes but not around me or the baby. But after reading these I think getting him to quit would be a good idea.

My boyfriend smokes, but even before we knew I was pregnant I told him that as soon as I get pregnant he has to stop and he agreed thankfully

my used to smoke near me and told him to stop for baby and he said he dont need to so i left him but for another reason x

I couldnt go out with someone tha would be smoking constantly!

my ex smoked so i am glad we are not together for that reason wouldnt want him near the baby when he has been smoking x

Those figures sound scarily big! deffo going to get mine to quit for good now! x

Its bad but what can you do!

Its bad but what can you do!

Since being preggers ive tried to quit completely its so hard, i cut down straight away from 15 a day too 3 then around christmas i went completely off of track... but since i been to the scan (im 8weeks) only know about a month.. ive completely stopped with no help... My boyfriend still smokes round me but outside x

my partner will never quit smoking lol xxx

my boyfriend smokes but i force him outside as the smell of it makes me sick & i wont let him smoke around my son either..

my ex and the babies dad smokes so i am in a way glad we r not together wouldnt want him smoking around the baby

My boyfriend has quit smoking which is really good, but if he does have an occasional cigarette, he will go right outside away from me :)

glad I quit years ago :') Did it for my bf actually, he hates it thank god :)

i was a smoker but quite the day i found out, wasnt that hard when i knew i was caring for the life of baby inside me aswell as my own, so im sure your bf's will have the will power to quite too for the sake of their baby's life! i am very lukcy as my bf has never smoked

i was a smoker but quite the day i found out, wasnt that hard when i knew i was caring for the life of baby inside me aswell as my own, so im sure your bf's will have the will power to quite too for the sake of their baby's life! i am very lukcy as my bf has never smoked

Just read this out to my boyfriend, think its knocked some sence into him, well i hope so anyway!

my boyfriend smokes!! andd i tryed my hardest to convince him to quit with me it didnt work he now smokes outside in the freezing cold deserves him right!

My boyfriend use to smoke around me until my mum gave him a kick up the bum! Your babys can die!! dont let them do it how selfish is it of them eh x

My fiance smokes and I'm still in the early stages of pregnancy. He hates going outside but I force him out of his own flat! If he wants to smoke, he will smoke outside during my pregnancy and the up growing of our baby. He's cut down to about 5 a day now as the cold puts him off. I keep nagging him every day and will do until the day he stops!

My boyfriend smokes and i hate the smell so much i tell him to take it outside. it makes me sick.

i heard that it doesnt matter even if they dont smoke around your baby its still in there clothes and hair

my current partner smokes :(

My mum, dad, sister and boyfriend all smoke. I can't make them quit as its not up to me but they don't smoke inside anymore so they are helping!

Luckily my boyfriend doesnt smoke but if he did the rules would deffinatly laid down when it come to the baby

my oyfriend did really well honestly considering he had been smoking since he was in year 7 of school & he's now 25. once we found out i was pregnant, he was trying to stop slowly and he has only had one since i was 15weeks im now 36. if he's determinded he will do it.

Yhh my bf smokes this is really scary didnt know it affected us.. ''/

My boyfriend has finally stopped smoking after 11 weeks of nagging him and trying to drum the idea of still borns and cot death into is head! it took a while but it worked. fingers crossed he keeps it up! xx

I smoked until I found out I was pregnant, but 3 people in my house smoke, although they all smoke outside, is this still a risk :\

Will have to show the bf this!!

3 out of 5 people smoke in my house but they go outside, i used to smoke but stopped as soon as i found out i was pregnant

My boyfriend smokes but not near me now im pregnant and not in our room where our baby will be staying.

i agree that this is just as important as the mother not smoking x

I agree the dad should give up smoking as well, just because the baby isn't born yet doesn't mean they don't yet have a responsabilty to keep it save

luckily my boyfriend doesn't smoke, he hates it. reading that story was horrible :/

My ex still smokes and said hes not stopping at all just cos theres a baby around so, he needs to change his tune :) i used to smoke like 20-30 a day and i havent touched one since the day i fund out i was pregnant! So proud of all the girls which do thiis. xx

my mum smokes in the house but has recently started going into the kitchen as its making me cough really bad when i wake up on a morning :(

my boyfrend mokes bt he said now that im pregnant he will cut down on them and smoke outside :)

Smoking is so wrong during pregnancy

Ahhh My Boyfriend & his brothers smoke.. i hate it so much

My boyfriend still smokes but luckily I don't see him much anymore so he never smokes around me. I think I can hardly call him my boyfriend now a days. xD xx

My fiancé stopped just before i got pregnant and he hasnt touched one since xxx :)

makes me glad my boyfriend doesnt smoke :)

makes me glad my boyfriend doesnt smoke :)

I'm amazed at those facts. I was trying to get my patner to quit smoking before i saw this. But as soon as i saw this, i showed him. He was amazed too. He's been smoking for 12 years, BUT slowly quitting. He's now only smoking 5 a day or less, until he can quit completely. I'm so proud. Those percentages scare me :/

My boyfriend smokes aswell but i dont let him hold my baby to a least half hour after the fag wish he would quit but he wont

i feel really bad reading this as my partner and mum smoke around me yet i dont smakoe and never have ive always noone will smoke around her when shes here but i should have stoped it while i was pregnant too :/

this is quite worying for me as i spoked quite a lot for the first 3 months of my pregnancy because i didnt know i was pregnant , i dont smoke anymore and noone smokes in the house but my partner still smokes ... he best be quitting soon lol

at the start of my pregnancy i didnt no i was pregnant and i was smoking aswell as my boyfriend but once i found out that i was pregnant at 26 weeks i stopped at once but my boyfriend still smokes and my baby movements are still normal and he is a little wriggler.

I do smoke but never smoked around my son, or when my ex was pregnant used to go out in the garden and when i came in i wash my hands before going near caden

y boyfriend smokes but not around me x

my ex smokes and its his baby i know i dont see him alot but i quit myself and scared that passive smoking when i see him will effect the baby... & hes going to smoke when the babys here x

my partner smokes and doesn't believe this :(

my boyfriend smokes :/ i dont think he'll smoke around me though

soo glad my family have respected my wishes and started smoking outsidee then!!! x

Good job my baby daddy doesn't smoke :)

my mum smoked threw all her pregnancys

my bf smokes but think its aload of c**p

this is awful both me and boyfriend smoked before we got pregnant well when we started trying for a baby he was really supportive and we both stopped smoking straight away and havent touched a cig since

i smoked wile preggies with my daughter but i havent smoked since the day i fount ou i was preggies with my lil boy but my bf smokes rwnd me all the tym x

My mum smoked all the way through having me and my sisters and we are all okay- me and my older sister were both born with open ducts in our hearts and the doctors tried to say it was due to my mum smoking when its not, it is just one of them things that occur with some new born babies. And then there is a mother I know of who smoked all the way through and her baby was born with deformed fingers- I reckon it is a case of bad luck with some smoking mums to be xx

God this is shocking, I think I am going to snap all of his fags ha xx

gunna have to get my partner to stop smoking lol x

am glad my boyfriend dosnt smoke no more ! and if he did i know he wouldnt come near me if he was smokeing it :)

im now going to get up and throw my boyfriends ciggies away haha xx

My Mum smoked all the way through with me & my brothers & sisters were all fine "/

omg my bf smokes.. gona slap him

my mum and dad have smoked all way throu us lot and theres 5 ov us and we are all perfectly fine

I an so glad that me or my boyfriend dont smoke :)

Mine started smoking again and it really annoys me :( i dont like the kids seeing it (even though they dont, they are going to realise eventually)

Me And Boy Boyfriend Both Stopped Smoking When I Was About 10 Weeks Pregnant Hope That Brings No Troubles :/ x

you are carrying their babies girls...they should respect your wishes and at least smoke outside...as for their friends thats just plain blooming rude to assume its ok to smoke around a pregnant person!!gosh men eh?

so glad i've never smoked..

Omg

:/. im glad my boyfriend gave it up then!! xx

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Really shouldn't let him or his friends smoke around you like that. It's your home so they should respect you when they come round. I think if you have to quit smoking whilst pregnant, then so should your partner. My boyfriend tried to stop the other day and went a whole day without smoking, but then 2 days later is still smoking. Might be less but he still is. But it proved to me that he can do it, so i will be on his case now :) X

mine too! i always ask him not to do it around me but when his friends come round they smoke in he flat as well. i hate it! i used to smoke but quit when i found out i was pregnant. its not just fags he smokes though :(

My boyfriend smokes. He is always saying he is going to give up but he never does. Wish he would!

this sounds really awful and my boyf smokes anall :/