Did the grandparents of your PA child smoke?

Yep, my mom did, and still does. She's a chain smoker, always has been.

It's water under the bridge now...but I did have 3 miscarriages. I was going to ask you to post the link, but I think I'd rather not read it. We have 3 wonderful kids now so there's no point in looking back for me [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img] Meg

My mom smoked around me my whole life, quit for many years and has just started again. I have had 2 miscarriages, have 2yo twins (1 w/ FA) and another baby coming any day.

Hi,

My dad smoked until I was 3ish. My Mom until I was 10ish. My husbands family mom didn't smoke father smoked until my husband was about 25.

Nichele
DS 5 PA, TNA
DD 1 ??????

opps forgot to say I was lucky no mis-carriages.

Nichele

DH was looking at another thread over my shoulder and then saw this thread and said, "Well, didn't they all?"

Good point.

None of my child's grandparents smoked.

neither of my parents ever smoked when i was growing up...or now for that matter...
i did have 2 miscarriages before DD...
DH's parents both smoke though & have since he was a kid

I heard this study...my parents did not smoke(cigarettes at least...if you know what I mean!!!)
no miscarriages for me either.
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Chanda(mother of 4)
Sidney-8 1/2(beef and chocolate, grasses, molds, weeds, guinea pig, hamster & asthma)
Jake-6 1/2(peanut, all tree nuts, all seeds(sesame, sunflower, poppy, pine nut) beef, chicken, eggs, coconut, green beans/all beans, trees, grasses, weeds, molds, cats, dogs, guinea pig & eczema & asthma)
Carson-4 (peanut, tree nuts, milk, soy, egg, beef and pork, cats, dog, guinea pig, hamster, grass, mold, dust mite and EE)
Savannah-1 1/2 (milk, beef and egg, dog(avoiding peanuts, tree nuts, strawberries, seeds, legumes and corn)

[This message has been edited by chanda4 (edited September 04, 2007).]

My mom did till I was a freshman in high school. My dad's parents did.

DHs dad did and his paternal granddad did.

I've had no miscarraiges, however almost lost Aidan.

I have never smoked at all.

I also had in my 8 month a horrible rash (hives) down my legs. So it mighta been that.

My MIL read a thing on omega 6 definciency has led to hyper immunity hence the widespread allergies...and flaxseed can help.

IDK...gotta read more into it...very interesting.

oh DH did smoke like a year before I met him.

Quote:Originally posted by McCobbre:
[b]DH was looking at another thread over my shoulder and then saw this thread and said, "Well, didn't they all?"

Good point.[/b]

Exactly.... because you couldn't 'prove' that hurt anybody's asthma... (hack hack)

[img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/rolleyes.gif[/img]

All but my mother.... but of course, you [i]did[/i] if you lived with a chain-smoker like my dad.

Nobody has ever smoked around my kids-- either when I was PG or after they were born.

My MIL was a social smoker in her twenties, just wanted to fit in and look cool, even though she was a nurse, they just had no idea. Other than that my parents never did, and my FIL never did.

Both my parents smoked. My Dad was a couple of packs a day. My mom smoked on and off for years--many attempts to stop. I believe my mom smoked while she was pregnant with me, but I am not sure (I was born just before the surgeon general's warning).
I never had a miscarriage, never had any problem with my pregnancies other than morning sickness.
No one has ever smoked around my kids, and all their grandparents have stopped at this time.

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My mother didn't smoke but my dad smoked cigars (YUCK). I did have two miscarriages. There is 7 years between the two I have now. What a blessing they are.

NO smokers on either side --

Quote:Originally posted by booandbrimom:
[b]There was an interesting study that showed the rate of miscarriage increased among women who grew up in a home where one parent smoked. Obviously there may be additional direct affects of second-hand smoke in the next generation.

Parents of FA kids, did your parents or your DH's parents smoke around you growing up? [/b]

My father smoked half of what he lit, and the other half burned in a continual pyre throned by a tan or clear glass ashtray.

Remember those?

We had a barely 900 square foot home, and there was always a thick layer of smoke hanging a ways down from the ceiling.

But no, I've been pregnant three times, and delivered three babies. Currently 16 weeks pregnant now.

I did, however spend some time on several different occassions in the hospital as a child with bronchitis in a croupette tent.

I won't accept blaming the "mom" for peanut allergy, and I won't accept blaming the last generation either. LOL.

Or would you be talking about Calvinism? .....That there might be scientific evidence for visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the third and fourth generations? (Exodus, Deuteronomy)

slurping down a tremendously tasty cup of decaf....

Yes, my dad smoked around me when I was a kid. After I went to the allergist as a young teen and tested positive for an allergy to tobacco (among other things), he started going outside to smoke, thank goodness. Quitting would have been better, but at least the rest of us got to quit with the second-hand smoke.

My DH's parents both smoked for a time, but I'm not sure how old he was when they quit.

My dad smoked until I was in my teens and I've had 3 pregnancies, 2 that gave me my son's and 1 ectopic angel.

Both my parents and my husband's parents smoked. My husband smoked and I smoke.

No miscarriages.

Best wishes! [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img]

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There but for the Grace of God, go I.

Quote:Originally posted by Mookie86:
[b]Nobody has ever smoked around my kids-- either when I was PG or after they were born.[/b]

Mookie, the question was whether anyone smoked around *you* when you were a child. The theory is that cigarette smoke somehow damaged the eggs of the mothers of FA children. Were your parents smokers?

Corvallis, to answer the question, the rate of smoking in 1965 was 42%. It was down to 37% by 1970 and 33% by 1980. (Anybody younger than that shouldn't have kids yet!)

This very unscientific poll shows that 2/3rds of us who answered grew up in homes with a smoking parent. Certainly higher than the 42% smoking rate in the general population.

Perhaps if another 100 people answer, we'll have something statistically significant.

We really need a poll feature on this site.

The link, if anyone is interested:

[url="http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/%7B7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256%7D/Smoking2006.pdf"]http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/%7B7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256%7D/Smoking2006.pdf[/url]

What does this have to do with allergies?

We can come up with crazy theories and weird coincidental stuff that may cause allergies until we're blue in the face.

My father smoked around us when we were kids. All 3 of my siblings are smokers. Of those of us who have been pregnant, none of us have miscarried.

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Cheryl, mom to Jason (10 MFA including peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, coconut, sesame, squid)
Joey (8 NKA)
Allison (4 milk allergic, suspect shellfish, avoiding PN/TN for now)
Ryan (1) nka *knock on wood*

Quote:Originally posted by Corvallis Mom:
[b]
Exactly.... because you couldn't 'prove' that hurt anybody's asthma... (hack hack)

[img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/rolleyes.gif[/img]

All but my mother.... but of course, you [i]did[/i] if you lived with a chain-smoker like my dad.[/b]

and

Quote:Originally posted by The #l Mouser!:
[b]
I did, however spend some time on several different occassions in the hospital as a child with bronchitis in a croupette tent.

I won't accept blaming the "mom" for peanut allergy, and I won't accept blaming the last generation either. LOL.

Or would you be talking about Calvinism? .....That there might be scientific evidence for visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the third and fourth generations? (Exodus, Deuteronomy)

slurping down a tremendously tasty cup of decaf....

[/b]

I'm raising my hand here. I had pneumonia a couple of times by the time I was two. I had bronchitis almost monthly half of the year until 7th grade or so. I developed asthma (finally) when I was in 5th grade. No wonder.

Dad smoked and quit. My mother still smokes (quit for a while, but my nephew's death drove her to it again).

No one smoked in the car, and they limited smoking to one room in the house pretty much. But I don't understand why after seeing me in a tent in the hospital (oh, and did I mention after developing asthma I made at least one ER trip per year for a shot of Epi??) the smoking continued.

We threw out every bit of peanut butter at the drop of a hat.

Why would it be so hard to get rid of this addiction?

Both of my parents smoked at one time but they both had quit long before they ever got married and had kids. I can't even picture my mother smoking since as long as I've been alive (and longer) she's detested ciggarette smoke.

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Why would it be so hard to get rid of this addiction?

I think I can raise my hand and tackle this one, too.

Because I was never [i]addicted[/i] to peanut butter. Or eggs. But as someone who clearly [i]never[/i] should have (or would have been predicted to) smoke myself.... Whoah, are those early role modelling constructs ever some [i]powerful[/i] ones.

And this is one mean monkey to shake. I'll be a nicotine junkie as long as I live. No joke.

(Note, though, I quit loooong before ever having my DD-- and I never smoked in my house.)

Also amusing to me-- how many of us did numerous school 'art' projects back in the day whose final product was.... ta-da-- an ASHTRAY to take home???? [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/rolleyes.gif[/img] Me! But my dad loved his ten pound Tijuana glass monstrosity. Loved it.

[This message has been edited by Corvallis Mom (edited September 05, 2007).]

No. Neither my parents, nor grandparents smoked.

No.

Count me in.

My mom smoked until I was about 2. She even tells the story of how she and her OB sat and had a nice smoke while they were in the hospital waiting on me to come. YIKES!

My dad smoked until I was probably 10.

We spent tons of time with my grandfather who smoked like a chimney. It was a constant stream of Lucky Strikes at his house.

No miscarriages for me, but my cousin who spent as many hours at his house as I did tried unsuccessfully for about 12 years to have a child and had countless miscarriages. (Her Dad did then and still smokes.)

So, for what it's worth. Always a new theory. I'm not against them, but I'm also not jumping in with both feet.

Patty

My parents never smoked.
Dh's father smoked, but quit years before dh was born.

edited to add: no miscarriages, but dd was born 3 1/2 weeks early and was diagnosed with tachypnea. She stayed in the NICU for a week.

[This message has been edited by Lori Anne (edited September 07, 2007).]

for me, both of my grandfathers smoked, and both of my parents smoke. I smoke too, you wouldn't believe how much my sensitivity to air (pollen) allergies decreased when I started smoking.

my mom smokes and has since her early teens. mt husbands parents do not, but my hubby has off an on since his teens (though never inside and never around the kids and he always changes as soon as he's done.)

i have had zero miscarriages.

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Erin, mama to Sarah (11/29/04) allergic to peanuts and soy, and to Simon (2/26/07) who has no known allergies

Nobody in my family has ever smoked.

I had two early miscarriages but they were related to an undiagnosed hypothyroid condition I had at the time.

[This message has been edited by SFMom (edited September 10, 2007).]

My father smoked until I was twelve. I have had four miscarriages, but they were related to two clotting disorders I have (one autoimune, one genetic)so there is no connection there.