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Q: I Did Drugs And Then Relized I Could Be Pregnant
asked by: kathaleen on May 18th, 2005
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Hi,
i have a very serious topic. My last period was on 4/10/05 I havent one one since but most the time my period is never regular. Anyway I have a feeling I could possible be pregnant, which isn't a problem is far as that goes but before I possibly missed my period I drank and did cocaine a few times,but since I have stopped when I thought there would be a possibility. So what should I do? I am going to take a home preg test today after work, but will everything be ok if I stay healthy? I do not do drugs on a regular basis. It was just recently. Please help. I have wanted to be preg for a long time and I dont want anything to go wrong :(
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BaByMaMa2005
replied on May 18th, 2005
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It is always a guessing game, one of my friends did excstasy when she was pregnant and the baby was just fine. Of coarse she had no idea she was pregnant and just like you dreaded the worst but when her son was born he was perfectly healthy. If I were you I would ask steen what kind of effects that a one time use of cocaine and alcohol could do to a developing fetus, when he tells you, if the side effects are just to great and to much to bear then I would think about terminating the pregnancy. Not only because you could not handle it but because you would never want to make a child suffer for the rest of his/her life with some horrible handicap.
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steen
replied on May 18th, 2005
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From what I know, cocaine is especially a problem if the kid is born with cocaine in the system. Their detox is pure hell. Surprisingly, though, while they probably will have some problems in life, they do much better that anybody ever expected. They are a lot of work, though. I am not so sure about cocaine early in pregnancy. As far as I know, it is not causing any birth defects, but I could be wrong. I know that it doesn't cause cancer, though.

As for alcohol, the when and how much is somewhat important. We do know thta there has not been a lower limit to where we have not detected effects of alcohol, but on the other hand, occationally having a glas sof wine simply has not been shown to be detrimental. So any drink is worse than none, but being drunk all the time is not the same as a few drinks either. Alcohol effects are mainly due to the fetal body not being able to eliminate it well. It kind of sticks in the system and can "pickle" the brain in large amounts, which is what causes the fas. Fas is a birth defect, in a sense. But the alcohol level ingested always seems to be higher than what we would expect.

But from what you describes, I don't know of any major risks and don't see any major reason to be worried. You most likely can stop worrying and begin getting excited

you might want to check up on early cocaine exposure and birth defects, because I simply don't know much about it. But again, pay attention to doses and time of exposure when you get your reply.
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jessamyn
replied on May 18th, 2005
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I read in what to expect when you are expecting that if you drink, do drugs, or say take birth control in the first few weeks of a pregnancy although very bad for you and your baby the chance of it truly affecting the baby is small
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kathaleen
replied on May 18th, 2005
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Can They Tell If Anything Is Wrong Right Now?
Thank you very much what you both said kinda made me feel better. I will be going to the doc soon. Will they be able to tell if anything is wrong right now??? :?:
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steen
replied on May 18th, 2005
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This likely is way to early to find any problems. But the ob should know if early use is a problem or not. I have not heard of it being a problem, while I have heard a lot about use late in pregnancy, so my gut feeling is that there is no problem.
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katie_33
replied on May 18th, 2005
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Re: I Did Drugs And Then Relized I Could Be Pregnant
kathaleen wrote:
hi,
i have a very serious topic. My last period was on 4/10/05 I havent one one since but most the time my period is never regular. Anyway I have a feeling I could possible be pregnant, which isn't a problem is far as that goes but before I possibly missed my period I drank and did cocaine a few times,but since I have stopped when I thought there would be a possibility. So what should I do? I am going to take a home preg test today after work, but will everything be ok if I stay healthy? I do not do drugs on a regular basis. It was just recently. Please help. I have wanted to be preg for a long time and I dont want anything to go wrong :(
so did you do the drugs and drink after 4-20 or before b/c if you did it before then you most likley weren't preggo then but if you did it after I still wouldn't worry to much.. I have had friends that drank and stuff in the begin of there pregnancy before they knew and all there babies are fine so I wouldn't worry about it I think when things like that have an effect on the baby is when you do alot throughout your pregnancy and don't take care of yourself.. So I wouldn't worry about it I think you found out soon enough to start taking care of yourself and avoiding those type of things... Good luck and don't worry...
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NICKIESBABY
replied on May 19th, 2005
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In my time of ob rotation at the hospital I seen a lot of women who had ingested alcohol and drugs that were concerned about ther babies and the answer was always the same from the attending physicians..." do not worry about what you did before you knew that you were pregnant, the chances of it harming the baby before the knowledge of the pregnancy is none but keep all of your appts. And have the afp done at 16-18 weeks." the afp will show any type of abnormalities to the baby. As for right at this moment there are really no ways to tell at this point if anything is wrong. In my opnion, I would remain clean and stay healthy for my baby and keep all of my appts. So get excited about you new miracle and relax. Good luck
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