an unintentional funny
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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.
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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?
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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.