I Did Drugs And Then Relized I Could Be Pregnant Posted: 05-18-05 13:54pm
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
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 433 Location: Houston, TX
Posted: 05-18-05 14:21pm
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
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Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 1797 Location: Upper Midwest
Posted: 05-18-05 14:41pm
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
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Posted: 05-18-05 14:49pm
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
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Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 2 Location: syracuse
Can They Tell If Anything Is Wrong Right Now? Posted: 05-18-05 14:49pm
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
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Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 1797 Location: Upper Midwest
Posted: 05-18-05 15:39pm
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
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 172
Re: I Did Drugs And Then Relized I Could Be Pregnant Posted: 05-18-05 22:28pm
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
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 33 Location: tennessee
Posted: 05-19-05 08:17am
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
