My mother smoked during pregnancy with me.  Just wondering if there could be a relationship?  I doubt it, but when I come out to them in May, my mother will blame herself and the smoking.

I want to be able to say, nope. Not that.

I was born in 1961. Everyone in the maternity room was probably smoking! 

Two packs a day whether she needed them or not.

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on March 16, 2016, 09:57:04 AM
I was born in 1961. Everyone in the maternity room was probably smoking! 

I was born in 1962 - I have pictures of my mom holding me in one hand as a very young kid with a cigarette in the other hand. EVERYBODY smoked back then including EVERYBODY in my family. That's probably why many of them are not around these days.

I had severe allergies to cigarette smoke as a kid so I never wanted to pick up the habit. I dreaded long car trips in the summer with the windows up and everybody chain smoking.

Hey, it was 1954! The doctor probably smoked in the delivery room after all, who didn't back then?

Doubt there was/is any correlation to smoking and being trans.

Love,
Clare

Yes, she did.  My father didn't.  Unfortunately, smoking became connected with dysphoria in my mind so when the dysphoria got bad I always started smoking again.  The mind makes weird connections.


Sapere Aude

My Mom did, and she would "rather fight than switch" (boomer & gen x reference), but I don't hold it against her, since it was the culture of the time; she wasn't a drinker and did not use any other substances, though.

In 1955 I think it would of been hard to find many women that didn't smoke. Yes she did, and it was a two pack a day thing. But thinking about it, I don't think it has much to do with me being transgender. Longing to be a female has always been a part of me,a battle everyday. Now it is almost over!

Nope. My parents hate smoking. My mom especially hates it because of her father's addictive nature. I was born in 1986, so I guess it was a dying trend by then as well.

I was born in 1954 and there is a picture of my mother in her hospital bed holding me or one of my siblings in one hand and a cigarette in the other. Yeah, not much to do with being trans, otherwise there would be a lot more of us.


Claire (née Dori)

my mother died of lung cancer. born in 1951

1957 model, even footballers smoked then!My parent's smoked for many years.

So..... this topic got me thinking. I did a quick search on the net and found mention of estrogenic compounds like cadmium and benzoapyrene in cigarettes that were studied and were found to be endocrine disruptors. One study is entitled "Effects of cigarette smoking on reproduction" - it is a study done by oxford journals if you want to search for it.

Maybe there is something to this? Who knows what chemicals the cigarette companies were adding to cigarettes back then, or what chemicals the farmers were using on their crops? There was no EPA back then.

I was born in '86. My mom smoked, I believe throughout the duration of the pregnancy.

No, but she smoked when she wasn't pregnant and for most of my life, and I was raised around smokers.

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No one in my family smokes and they never have; the only time I was around smoking was when I went to friends' houses.  The only addiction my mom had when I was a fetus was Cheetos and Dairy Queen.

My mom says she didn't, but I somehow suspect that isn't exactly the truth. She's smoked for my whole life basically.

My mom & dad have smoked their whole lives, even while my mom was pregnant. It's amazing that I've been so anti-smoking my whole life

I know both of my parents used to smoke, but not sure about if my mom was smoking around the time I was born. But in the end, both of my parents quit smoking, and instead ended up getting addicted to energy drinks(my family struggles with addiction, one of the reasons I avoid smoking, and am likely going to avoid drinking).

Quote from: Avinia on March 17, 2016, 12:31:08 AM
I know both of my parents used to smoke, but not sure about if my mom was smoking around the time I was born. But in the end, both of my parents quit smoking, and instead ended up getting addicted to energy drinks(my family struggles with addiction, one of the reasons I avoid smoking, and am likely going to avoid drinking).

In the words of Abraham Lincoln

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues"