[natashakdm]

I am on my second transfer. I did NOT smoke before the first transfer and when I found out the transfer did not work I began to smoke cigarettes again. I had my second transfer a few days ago but still smoking lightly. I feel horrible and yes I plan to quit but I want to be sure that my light smoking won't be the cause if this transfer doesn't work.

[tickle]

Smoking causes low birth weight babies under any circumstances. Smoking is smoking no matter how much you do it.

[joypulv]

Your lack of logical thinking is mind boggling. You 'plan to quit' BUT?? Either way you lose, either way you harm your own body and hence the baby's. Quit first, and then try these very expensive procedures, which as you know very well can have a variety of reasons for not working. To single out something, one thing, as a cause shows that you aren't thinking in terms of your whole body, your entire health. Everything you do is connected to every other thing you do.

Every winter I tell myself I will cut out sugar and lose weight as soon as spring hits, then as soon as summer hits... believe me, I know too well what it's like to talk circles around myself and to procrastinate. The difference is that I am only hurting myself.

[DoulaLC]

Hi natashakdm,

Yes, it is possible that your light smoking could cause a failure of implantation. There is no way to know, however, if that would be the exact cause, only that it is known that smoking can effect the lining of the uterus, as well as the development of the placenta in early pregnancy. Smoking is a known cause for early miscarriage.

For any of these incidences, the smoking does not have to be first hand. Being in a smoke filled environment carries the same risks.

Obviously do what you can to stop smoking now... today, then you won't have those concerns to worry about.