It's bad news. It can cause your membranes to burst early. It's a drug and no drugs are good for growing babies and nearly everything you do they get the effects of. Imagine how smoking a jibber makes you feel, would you want your baby to feel that way?

Sure, why not. What fetus doesn't like to party and get high.

Will you let your baby smoke pot when he's born? Or maybe you could just blow the smoke in his face.

it's not good at all and i'd quit right now

how about not....You know that if they find it in your blood screaning they will take your kid away? Don't cha?

Google it. If you can't stop smoking weed while pregnant then you should not be keeping this baby.

I smoked a huge amount of herb before getting pregnant and quit cold turkey the second I found out. Literally.

ok, here's some details. Getting pregnant is going to be harder in the first place. Usually, male partners abuse the same substances that their female counterparts do. In men, marijuana decreases testosterone, sperm count, and potency. Needless to say, not a winning combination for conception. Women who smoke marijuana have increased risk of abnormalities in ovulation and therefore more infertility. This risk is enhanced when the use is within one year before attempting conception. This risk did not change with frequency or length of use. So, that means that even occasional use of small amounts of marijuana can decrease women's fertility.

But many women overcome those hurdles. Then, they go on to have higher rates of spontaneous abortion, pregnancy complications, and problems with labor and delivery. Birth defects are associated with marijuana use. Fathers' use lead to higher rates of certain heart abnormalities. Mothers' use is associated with mutant lymphocytes--deranged immune cell factors--which could later lead to higher rates of childhood cancers.

But wait--there's more. Their newborns can experience mild withdrawal and some nervous system effects. And the toxic effects of pre-natal marijuana exposure is the gift that keeps on giving. Effects are often not readily apparent in newborns. Still, psychologists who have studied these babies have found neurological delays. Likewise, few negative effects are apparent between the ages of 1 and 3. But a woman shouldn't be fooled if she has heard of a study where the very young kids show no ill effects. Pre-natal marijuana exposure effects what are called "higher cognitive functions" which don't express themselves until later. At four years old, decreases in verbal ability and memory can be found in those kid exposed to pre-natal marijuana use. At ages 5 and 6, more problems with attention span are found. Needless to say, none of this sets the kid up for a great experience in grade school. At ages 9-12, the same problems persist and compound. Pre-natally exposed to marijuana kids have lower impulse control, don't do as well on certain types of analysis and reasoning tasks, and have lower reading and language skills.

So best advice--quit. Ideally, a woman and her partner should quit long before they try for conception. Should a woman find herself pregnant while still using, she should seek out a treatment program immediately. Quitting any substance abused is difficult, but pregnancy is the strongest motivator for women. There are treatment programs geared towards women, and some even geared towards pregnant women.

http://www.Estronaut.Com/a/pregnancy_with_ marijuana.Htm

That is a great point genipher. They do drug screens on women when we are admitted to have babies. I would be horrified if I had drugs in my system.

I'm not comparing weed to other drugs, by any means but.....
My sister is a labor room nurse and she talks about babies that are born addicted to various drugs and how pathetic the poor little things are when they are having dt's. Maine is known as the "methadone capital of the world" and my sister says that they suffer something awful after they are born shaking, sweating, and it's painful.

i was born addicted to heroin. And I was in the hospital for months. I turned out ok but it's hard on little babies bodys. Ooohhhh this is making me feel violent.

I'm curious how much is a 'small amount' if you are doing it daily. Using the term 'daily' makes it sound as if you have a problem with it.

Let me ask you this: would you allow your children to smoke pot when they are 1? 2? 3? Why not?

How about you ask your doctor if he thinks you should be smoking a 'small amount daily' and see what he has to say about it. Or better yet, call child protective services and ask them if exposing your unborn child to .M.J. Is going to be a 'problem'.

Wow im going to sound extremely rude and I cant help it but " come on what makes you think that its ok to do drugs while pregnant?? Why would you ask people who care about their babies a question like that and expect them to say its ok! Sorry I feel bad for saying that.. . But anyhow hun think about it.. Would you put pot in his bottle??:.. If you breast feed and still are doing drugs you are still transfering the drugs.. Drugs can cause so may birth defects... For all the examples go online and look up the effects or even go to the library... Babies who do make it can be addicted to and have difficulties with the withdrawal after birth.. Anyhow my best advice is not to do anything, not even take anything except tylonol. Also do some research on the topic and see how you could be hurting your baby!

Maybe this is a troll trying to stir up drama? Anyone with at least four functioning braincells knows pot is bad in pregnancy.

I unfortunately know a bunch of girls (my mil included) who smoked during their pregnancies. (that's why I don't blame all of mikey's stupidness on him alone-lmao) some of them say it eases the nausea (like when you have chemo and you smoke) but really, it's not an excuse to smoke while preggo.

If I can quit cold turkey, anyone can. Trust me.

*sigh*

yep.. Burn baby, burn.

i laughed so hard after reading this.