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Smoking weed dr k

Posted 07/29/2014
So I have never smoked marijuana ever in my life but I keep hearing ladies on my birth board saying their dr gave them a green light to smoke weed to calm their nausea and help them eat. Also that there is no proven negative affects on babies in the womb. It is my understanding that drs " do no harm" so how can they advise their patients to smoke it? Doesn't it lessen oxygen to the babies?
Also if the dr knows they are smoking it, aren't they mandated to test them and call cps? I read the last weed post ,I think it was today, but it didn't address my questions.

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Posted 07/30/2014

MARIJUANA â€” Although marijuana is the most commonly used illicit substance during pregnancy, it appears that there may not be any prenatal effect of marijuana on birth weight or gestational age of exposed offspring.

â—In a longitudinal prospective study, head circumference, weight, and length at birth were compared between infants of mothers who consumed alcohol, used marijuana, or smoked, and infants of generally abstinent women. There was no difference in these physical parameters associated with prenatal exposure to marijuana.


â—In a retrospective study of 417 mothers who reported only marijuana use during pregnancy, there was no association between marijuana use and prematurity or congenital anomalies.


â—In the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childbirth (ALSPAC), 2 to 3 percent of the 12,000 pregnant women surveyed reported using marijuana (cannabis) during pregnancy. Marijuana use was not associated with an increase in preterm birth, neonatal intensive care unit admission, or perinatal mortality. Sustained weekly use, but not occasional use, appeared to be associated with a trend toward a slight decrease in birth weight, even after adjusting for multiple confounding factors. Mean birth length and head circumference were not affected.


â—Marijuana has not been shown to affect general IQ, but it has been associated with deficits in problem-solving skills and deficits in learning and memory.


In the neonatal period, one observational study of adolescent mothers reported that 26 term infants with isolated neonatal exposure to marijuana (ascertained by analysis of maternal hair and neonatal meconium, and maternal review) were more likely to be hyperexcitable, irritable and jittery, and have an increased arousal response compared with nonexposed healthy infants.

It is unclear whether prenatal marijuana exposure affects neurodevelopmental outcome. In the above mentioned longitudinal prospective study, patients were subsequently evaluated for neurodevelopmental outcome through childhood and adolescence. These studies suggested that prenatal marijuana exposure does not affect global intelligence, but may impair sustained attention, visual memory, and analysis and integration in exposed preadolescents and adolescents.

In contrast, a prospective study of 648 prenatally exposed children reported that heavy marijuana use had a negative impact on intellectual development at six years of age. Heavy use during the first trimester was associated with lower verbal reasoning scores, second trimester use with composite, short-term memory and quantitative scores, and third trimester use only with quantitative scores.

harmonyib · Original Poster
Posted 07/30/2014
Thank you dr k. This is much easier to sift through than a million biased blog posts.

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