Hi, for all those who know alot more about vaping, I had a question; Im heavily preggy in my third trimester and had quit the smokes (real tabacco smokes) at 20 weeks in my pregnancy, but I had trouble with cravings and finally decided to give vaping a go. Ive bought the tobacco flav e-ciggs with NO nicotine, and did a littl reading to find out if it would be harmful to vape during pregnancy. As far as Ive read so far the nicotine vapes could be harmful, but what about the non-nocotine plain flav e-ciggs? Are they safe to have?
Vaping while pregnant?
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I think you are in the great unknown with this question. I smoked five cigarettes a day when I was pregnant with my kids, and there were no problems in either the pregnancies of the kids. It was 20 years ago, and my doctor said to smoke no more than 8 per day. He did not suggest that I quit smoking at that time. It is hard to be certain that one thing or another is safe or not for pregnant women. You will have to make that decision.
Yeah I agree with sheri. There is no research into effects of vaping on fetuses. We are just starting to get results from universities on people vaping for one. My first reaction is with no nicotine you remove most harm. But without any information that doesn't carry any weight. No one can put your mind at ease about this one. Your decision.
Thanks for your reply, yeh my mum, sister and friends have smoked during their pregnancies and all babies were fine, it was more my hubby telling me I wasnt allowed to smoke anymore while pregnant, lol!!
I wonder if anyone was allowed to vape during the hospital stay after bubs is born?
I wonder if anyone was allowed to vape during the hospital stay after bubs is born?
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no worries. i have done research on it before i started vaping. it's hundred and one percent safe to inhale PG. the amount of carcinogens taken into your body is actually equivalent to the amount found in GM rice.
Althrough there is no research show it's harmful to the pregnant woman, but I suggest you don't smoke heavily, no smoking best, just for your healthy baby, just my personal opinion.
I was just wondering about this earlier today, so I started perusing the scientific literature. I could only find a few articles that decoupled nicotine intake from cigarette smoke, which is a necessary element when assessing the effects that vaping would have on a fetus. I didn't do an exhaustive search, but the articles I did find did not indicate any severe birth defects relating to the consumption of clinically pure nicotine in realistic reasonable levels without the tobacco based additives. However, I did find a couple articles indicating that there may be an increased risk of hypertension and midsection obesity (which are key factors for the development of diabetes). I would also suspect that nicotine, as an acetocolineric agonist would likely result in some (possibly mild) effects upon normal neural development. As such, I'd likely avoid any nicotine in the liquid, were I you. However, due to the ubiquity of VG and PG in daily life, I would suspect that they would provide no significant risk to an unborn fetus. Being an ex-smoker now vaper, I know how hard it is to quit smoking, thus I would strongly recommend vaping as a smoking alternative because we know how risky even a small amount of analog smoking is for fetal development. If anyone cares to read it, here's a link to one of the journal articles linking nicotine to obesity.
Obesity - Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine Causes Postnatal Obesity and Altered Perivascular Adipose Tissue Function[ast][ast]
FYI, I'm not a doctor; I received my undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and am now in graduate school, so I would still discuss this topic with my doctor were I you.
Obesity - Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine Causes Postnatal Obesity and Altered Perivascular Adipose Tissue Function[ast][ast]
FYI, I'm not a doctor; I received my undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and am now in graduate school, so I would still discuss this topic with my doctor were I you.
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I would also recommend not vaping, it is an unknown at this time, however if you do decide to vape make sure you drink more than enough water. Vaping will dehydrate you and dehydration can cause early labor as well as alot of other problems.
Pregnancy Forum - Dehydration
Dehydration has been linked to miscarriage and preterm labor. If you are dehydrated, your uterus will begin to contract. If contractions are not stopped, labor can begin and the baby could be delivered too early. Usually women become dehydrated during the second and third trimester because of sickness, extreme hear, being too active or just simply not drinking enough of the right fluids.
Pregnancy Forum - Dehydration
Dehydration has been linked to miscarriage and preterm labor. If you are dehydrated, your uterus will begin to contract. If contractions are not stopped, labor can begin and the baby could be delivered too early. Usually women become dehydrated during the second and third trimester because of sickness, extreme hear, being too active or just simply not drinking enough of the right fluids.
I'm not a doctor, only a woman who would probably continue vaping with no or low nicotine if she fell pregnant. Having said that, in France, doctors give nicotine patches or gums to pregnant women to "help" them stop smoking! I don't know whether this is accepted in the US.
I agree about drinking more water! I think that if you are struggling with cravings, it is BY FAR better to vape no nic than to slip up and smoke. The one thing I was curious about was just the oxygen level.. I once saw a tv special where a woman was hooked up to an ultrasound machine and smoked a cig. If I remember correctly, the baby's heart stopped for those few seconds that the woman inhaled. I'm not sure if that would be the case with vaping, but it's something to think about..
Now, that being said, I am one of those that struggled with cig cravings for two of my three pregnancies, and even slipped along the way, so I know exactly where you are coming from.
Now, that being said, I am one of those that struggled with cig cravings for two of my three pregnancies, and even slipped along the way, so I know exactly where you are coming from.
I'm in my first trimester with a very high risk pregnancy. I asked my maternal-fetal medicine specialist about vaping. She asked what was in the liquid & when I told her propylene glycol (sp?), vegetable glycerin & flavorings, she said as long as there's no nicotine, she's fine with it.
Smoking aside, nicotine is a known vasoconstrictor. Without even going into what effects it could cause for the baby directly, nicotine causes the mother's blood vessels to constrict (much like caffeine, more or less) and that means cutting off at least some of the oxygen/nutrients that would otherwise be going to the baby via the placenta, which can cause a myriad of problems.
I also have to say that just because a lot of people smoke while they're pregnant & their babies turn out fine does NOT mean that it's ok. Lots of extremely risky pregnancies result in healthy babies while lots of perfectly "healthy" pregnancies result in less than perfect babies, even losses. The best advice is to eliminate as many risks as possible to increase the chances of a healthy baby. There are no guarantees.
Smoking aside, nicotine is a known vasoconstrictor. Without even going into what effects it could cause for the baby directly, nicotine causes the mother's blood vessels to constrict (much like caffeine, more or less) and that means cutting off at least some of the oxygen/nutrients that would otherwise be going to the baby via the placenta, which can cause a myriad of problems.
I also have to say that just because a lot of people smoke while they're pregnant & their babies turn out fine does NOT mean that it's ok. Lots of extremely risky pregnancies result in healthy babies while lots of perfectly "healthy" pregnancies result in less than perfect babies, even losses. The best advice is to eliminate as many risks as possible to increase the chances of a healthy baby. There are no guarantees.
The anti-smokers are guilty of scientific fraud for ignoring an enormous, gold-standard study by the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke, which clearly showed that perinatal infections cause preterm births and other perinatal illness they blame on smoking. That study used placental pathological examinations. The charlatans use lifestyle questionnaires, which exploit the fact that poorer people are more likely to have been exposed to those infections, in order to falsely blame maternal smoking. And regular prenatal doctor visits don't work, because of lack of an effective intervention. That's why the rates of preterm birth have risen since 1981, despite bullying smokers and increased doctor visits. And they'll try to pull the same lies on vapers.
http://www.smokershistory.com/perinata.htm
http://www.smokershistory.com/perinata.htm
In my honest opinon, vaping wouldn't really cause pregnancy problems, my friend Sarah has vaped while pregant, and didn't have any problems when she had her baby.
Maybe, but then again, I smoked when pregnant with no problems. Lots of people here did.
LOL-I ended up with the only nurse on the maternity floor that smoked (with my second-when I had my first, smoking was still normal) and she found me a wheelchair immediately and let my honey take me out, oh, about 30 minutes after the Bug was born, while the doctors were still checking her......she was so sweet.
Yes, but some of us also smoked during pregnancy and faced devastating losses as a result. Comments like this are enfuriating to those of us who have been unfortunate enough to suffer the negative results that occur much more frequently when unnecessary risks are taken (though not every time, as you can attest) than when those risks are avoided. Smoking during pregnancy should ALWAYS be avoided if possible. Just because some people get away with it doesn't mean the person you're saying this to will.
That being said, again, my perinatologist said that as long as there's no nicotine in the liquid, she doesn't have a problem with vaping (even with my history of losses).
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Sorry for the problems you have had! The OP was asking for advice and peoples experiences and opinions!
I don't see anything wrong with the information the person you were responding! It wasn't yes do it or no don't do it! Just there experience!
My wife quit smoking when she found out she was pregnant and at her next doctor visit the doctor didn't like something he was seeing or hearing (can't remember the details but think it may have been blood pressure related) but asked her if anything major had changed recently! She said I quit smoking! He said start smoking again but just cut down as it is causing too much stress on your system and the baby! That's not the 1st time I had heard that!
People who smoke have trouble during pregnancy sometimes and sometimes not! People who do not smoke have trouble during pregnancy sometimes and sometimes not! Sometimes it's just the cards that we are dealt!
I by no means am suggesting a person should smoke or use nicotine while pregnant! My opinion would be that if you could vape 0 nic liquid and reduce some of the stress associated with the psychological addiction it may be ok but should be discussed with your doctor!
You misread me. I responded the way I did because people are too quick to embrace vaping as a safe alternative to smoking while pregnant. No one knows that, and with or without nicotine, it is probably best to avoid it. Actually, I responded exactly the opposite as you are interpreting. If you want absolute safety, don't smoke or vape while pregnant.
Wrong. The anti-smokers lie through their teeth. They blame smoking for perinatal illneses that are really caused by chorioamnionitis. That's an infection. An enormous study by the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke proved this, using pathological examinations of the placenta. They also proved that without that kind of examination, 90% of the cases are missed. The anti-smokers don't do those pathological examinations, so they miss the diagnosis. Smokers are more likely to get these infections for socioeconomic reasons, so those frauds blame smoking. There also isn't any effective way to treat those infections, so prenatal care doesn't help. That's why the rates of preterm birth have steadily risen for nearly the last 30 years!
And instead of holding those frauds accountable for lying to us, you come down on the people who didn't have any problems in their pregnancies just for saying so. What gives you the right to be furious at THEM? They didn't do it to you, and they didn't lie to you. Unlike those charlatans whose worthless advice you expect us to trust. And it's not a matter of 'getting away with it,' because smoking doesn't cause those things in the first place.
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