I am looking for any opinions on smoking
marijuana( a very small amount daily)
during pregnancy
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Mommy35
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Posted: 02-08-07 11:47am
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?
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Bridget
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Posted: 02-08-07 11:48am
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.
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seksiHily
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Posted: 02-08-07 11:48am
it's not good at all and i'd quit right
now
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Genipher
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Re: Marijuana In Pregnancy Posted: 02-08-07 11:49am
gamommy
wrote:
i am looking for any
opinions on smoking marijuana( a very
small amount daily) during
pregnancy
how about not....You know that if they
find it in your blood screaning they will
take your kid away? Don't cha?
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 02-08-07 11:49am
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.
Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3166 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 02-08-07 11:55am
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.
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Genipher
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Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 26 Location: sunny florida
Posted: 02-08-07 11:57am
mommy35
wrote:
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.
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Ingi
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Posted: 02-08-07 12:01pm
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'.
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meggan
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Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 490 Location: westchester
Posted: 02-08-07 12:22pm
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!
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 02-08-07 12:25pm
Maybe this is a troll trying to stir up
drama? Anyone with at least four
functioning braincells knows pot is bad in
pregnancy.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 02-08-07 12:44pm
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.
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