Love Your Bump

Trying to give up smoking is difficult, even if you know it is the right thing for your baby. Help is available.

Get guidance and support from trusted sources, like our stop smoking advisors. Our experienced advisors provide a friendly, confidential service to help pregnant smokers and their families stop smoking.

 

 

• You are three times more likely to quit smoking with support from a stop smoking service than on your own.
• The moment you stop smoking, both you and your baby will start to feel the benefits and your journey starts here.

 

Click on the green tab below for quick access to help.

Benefits of quitting for you and your baby

 

• You will generally feel more well, including better skin, teeth and hair.
• You are more likely to have a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby. 
• You reduce the risk of stillbirth and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as 'cot death'.
• Your baby is less likely to have problems like asthma, lung development issues, learning difficulties or diabetes.
• You will save money. The average smoker saves around £150 a month or more – nearly £2,000 a year.

 

 

Local NHS stop smoking in pregnancy services

 

Coventry Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service

Offers support to stop smoking for partners and other family members.

• Phone: 07904 984620 or 02476 189 190
• Coventry Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service on Facebook

 

Warwickshire Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service

• Phone: 07917 227 004
• Email: ssip@swft.nhs.uk
• Quit 4 Good
• Warwickshire Stop Smoking in Pregnancy Service on Facebook

 

Partners or other family members stopping smoking

Secondhand (passive) smoke is also harmful for you and your baby both before and after birth.

Even if partners or family members go outside to smoke, toxins remain on clothing for hours.

You may also find it more difficult to stop if someone around you smokes.

If your family members would like to support you by stopping smoking, they can access help too.

 

Local NHS Stop Smoking support for partners or other family members services

For Coventry residents:

• Phone: 0800 122 3780 
• Email: info@hlscoventry.org

 

For Warwickshire residents:

• Phone: 0333 005 0092 
• Text QUIT to 60777
• Fitter Futures Stop Smoking
   

 

General support & helplines

 

NHS – Smokefree: Pregnancy and Smoking

Pregnant smokers can phone the NHS Smokefree Helpline free on 0300 123 1044. Opening hours are 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 11am to 4pm at weekends. They offer free help, support and advice for smokers who want to stop, including in pregnancy.

 

NHS – Your pregnancy and baby guide

 

Start4Life

Weekly pregnancy and baby emails including expert advice, videos, tips and information about pregnancy, birth and beyond.

 

Tommys

A charity providing midwife-led pregnancy health information and support.

• Facebook: facebook.com/tommys

 

 

 

 

 

*‘Love Your Bump’ was developed by Hertfordshire County Council and is licensed to Coventry and Warwickshire LMNS*