an unintentional funny
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SimplemindedSociety — 11 years ago(July 04, 2014 07:20 PM)
'Its not the baby's problem (nor anyone else who has to breathe in that noxious garbage's smoke) if the mother can't or won't quit cigarettes.
If you have an addiction, either quit before conception or don't have a baby at all.
Choices & free will. We all have them.'
You're a naive judgemental uninformed arrogant person. It must be your 'choice' to be that way.
You haven't a clue about choices and free will, as you run your goody-2 shoes mouth off about your little ideal arrogant preceived notions. But let the lecturing began like a new-age know it-all. You do more damage to your baby every time you gobble down whatever you do while you're lonely at 2:00 in the morning. The world need not bend for you.
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fiatlux-1 — 11 years ago(March 30, 2015 09:24 PM)
How is it expected for a mother to give up an addiction just like that?
Then don't get pregnant! You don't magically get pregnant; you can certainly decide to quit smoking long before conceiving.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush. -
fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(February 24, 2016 03:18 PM)
How is it expected for a mother to give up an addiction just like that?
Um, the same way she decided to get pregnant!
If you actually care about your baby, you quit BEFORE you get pregnant.
Or don't have a child. easy enough.
Its not about the mother anymore, its about the CHILD.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush. -
Jose_Accent_On_E — 9 years ago(August 05, 2016 03:37 PM)
You're just as likely to be affected from auto emissions, than second-hand smoke
Finally! An answer which doesn't reflect the modern righteous smug hysteria concerning cigarettes. But don't ask these geniuses to cut down on their automobiling which is killing the dag nab planet! -
StaunchWoman — 10 years ago(August 27, 2015 12:51 PM)
I am sorry, but no matter the erahow could ANYONE EVER THINK CIGARETTES WERE OK?!
RIGHT?!?!? Because coughing up that black/brown lung butter is a sure sign of optimal health!
We've met before, haven't we? -
Sponiatowski — 10 years ago(February 23, 2016 02:03 PM)
I can't believe how brainwashed Americans are about smoking, drinking, etc. but it really stands out when watching a pre-hippie era film.
It wasn't the smoking, alcohol, etc. that turned Rosemary's Baby into Satan's bratit was the herbs and vitamin drinks and healthy cakes that made the baby evil.
It was the Health Food that did it!
And now, take a moment to think about what exactly all this health demagoguery is doing to you!
If your wife is a wicked witch, you're a flying monkey. -
fiatlux-1 — 11 years ago(July 07, 2014 06:04 PM)
Actually, she does drink but very lightly at the party. She drinks ginger ale after the alcoholic drink she is sipping makes the 'pain' worse.
"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush." -
nicotinequeen63 — 11 years ago(March 10, 2015 06:38 PM)
I used to smoke, hence the screen name, and during my 1st pregnancy, 25 yrs ago, my dr said it was ok, as long as I cut back. He said smoking lowered birth weight a little and made delivery easier. This used to be accepted advice, (believe it or not), back when c sections weren't so common. My daughter weighed a little over 6 lbs, but quickly caught up and was a high school/college athlete and dancer.the healthiest and most fit person I know. 13 yrs later, (so older and wiser), I quit smoking before getting pregnant with my 2nd daughter. She was a little shorter and weighed a little more, but like her sister, is as healthy as a horse. But, the main reason women used to smoke during pregnancy, (even deliberately picking up the habit), was to lower birth weight.
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moosefeathers — 11 years ago(March 13, 2015 10:56 AM)
Many children were born around smokers and drinkers and have no adverse effects.
Just a political lie made up to cause contreversay in the medical insurance field and being able to raise taxes on these items as "vice" taxes. Today's sissified society buys into all the crap and makes things difficult for everyone else.
Swing away, Merrill.Merrill, swing away -
fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(May 28, 2015 07:00 PM)
I think it should have been common sense, even then, that drinking heavily or smoking would be very bad for Baby!
But that aside, they did know
something
about it back then. Although not how serious it can be, no doubt.
I say this because in the novel Ro thinks to herself, about herself:
She'd give up her occasional cigarette, of course. And check with Dr. Saperstein about cocktails.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush. -
Em0411 — 9 years ago(May 29, 2016 04:45 PM)
I know, in the book one of Rosemary's friends gives a known pregnant Rosemary a scotch but watered down since she's pregnanthilarious. I remember dentists smoked right by the chair and didn't use gloves, they'd literally drag on their cigarette and then put their hands in your mouth. And hotel chefs would smoke in the kitchens and then mix the giant salads with their bare hands. This was normal back then. Cripes
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luna-guthrie — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 07:09 AM)
I enjoyed this passage in Levin's novel too.
I can't remember the exact phrasing, but it mentioned that Rosemary would cut out her occasional cigarette and 'ask the doctor' about cocktails.
Aaahhh, ignorance is bliss! I find it amusing thinking of a time when cigarettes and cocktails were so central a part of life.
Another favourite along these lines is in Arlo Guthrie's film Alice's Restaurant. He goes to see his father who is terminal in hospital as Huntington's disease slowly kills him. His wife lights up a cigarette and takes it from her own mouth and puts it in the old man's. And he's lying there in a hospital bed, immobile. It really does make me chuckle.