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Smoking weed during pregnancy

Posted 10/24/2013
Okay...so anyone should know that smoking anything is bad for you while you're pregnant right? I know there's some ladies on here who think that it's okay, and who's doctors let them think it's okay. But it's not. Every pull you take, your baby doesn't get the oxygen he needs. If you're so set on getting high while pregnant, find a different way to do it. You could eat it? But then it's going to your babys stomach which isn't good either. All around it's not good! Which is why I'm here ranting about this girl in my school who is probably about 7 months now and smokes weed pretty often. and acts like it's no big deal! She doesn't try to do it secretly so no one thinks anything of it, she brings all her friends along and go do it. I'm not against weed, I used to smoke prior to pregnancy, but not during! The second I saw that pregnancy test I quit everything. So I'm wondering what possessed this girl to think it's okay to do it? Doesn't the hospital test for THC or other drugs in the baby? Can't CPS be called? Why doesn't anyone think of this? Why don't they think of their babys health? Ugh. I feel bad for that poor little boy :(

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Posted 10/24/2013
This has been done.
Posted 10/24/2013
She's a selfish immature child. There's no other way to put it.
Heaven help the baby..
Posted 10/24/2013
Some hospitals check the babys first dirty diaper for drugs. And from there they can call cps.

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Posted 10/24/2013
If you can't quit smoking for the sake of your baby, you don't deserve that baby. Enough said!

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Last edited 10/24/2013

I was here. 

Not your body, not your business. If you need to make it your business, Call CPS yourself and let them handle it. DID you call? If you didn't you have no right to ask why nobody else has. 

ETA: We all know it's probably not good for the baby. & it is very selfish.. but really.. This is the 100th post about this, and if you are going to say something should be done.. be the one to do it. 


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Posted 10/24/2013
Yes they test you and your newborn for drugs while in the hospital. Atleast in Michigan. And if baby tests positive for drugs, including marijuana, the hospital does contact cps. They come to the hospital and talk with you. My friend went through this, for marijuana, and had to drug test once a week for 6 months after. One test failed and they placed her children with family members. She can now only have supervised visits with them. If she passes drug tests for a year and completes counseling and parenting courses she may then have her kids back. If she doesnt complete all of that then the kids go to foster care. Getting high is not worth losing your kids and if you are willing to take the risk then you should have used protection during sex. Your kids deserve better. ( not toward op but in general)
Posted 10/24/2013

From a purely medicinal standpoint in all honesty there are few medicines that are deemed to be pretty much unquestionably safe to use or take during pregnancy. Pot unfortunately isn't one of those - and like most medications it's with good reason - but like lots of medicines if it's being used for a medicinal purpose I'm sure that somehow there are situations in which the benefits may outweigh the risks (I only know of a few applications for THC that would involve someone who doesn't have cancer and many involve consumption in forms other than smoking), such as someone who may have chronic seizures that aren't otherwise well controlled by traditional medications. That being said, again, it's situational.

I'm kind of thinking this isn't the case here.

So, that being said, I agree with PPs: Not your body, not your choice. If you're concerned, call CPS and then let them handle it.


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Posted 10/24/2013
Thanks for the moralizing rant, but as well-meaning (I think) as your thinking is, you are incorrect about your assumptions on the physiology of pregnancy. When you eat something, anything, it does not end up in the baby's stomach. It ends up in your stomach, and intestines, where it is broken down into chemical components. If anything crosses the placenta into the baby's bloodstream, like THC let's say, at least a percentage of the drug floating around the mother's bloodstream will end up in the baby's liver.

Studies on marijuana use during pregnancy are notoriously inconclusive. Studies often involve confounding variables (it's hard to find women to study who just smoke pot, to the exclusion of alcohol and tobacco, and they tend to be younger, less educated and less wealthy) and therefore the exact effects of THC are difficult to examine seperate from all these other risk factors. That said, it is very unlikely that the girl you are speaking of is making a well-researched decision or understands the potential risks. But still, I think you should mind your own business.
Posted 10/24/2013

oh boy. this post is sure to cause drama... BUMP.

i also used to smoke pot every so often before i got pregnant. but as OP said she did, as soon as i got a positive pregnancy test i vowed to not put anything that is even POTENTIALLY harmful to my unborn child, into my body. yes, the results are inconclusive, but that also means that negative effects have not been ruled out. many studies show that if you smoke while pregnant frequently, the child can be born with "withdrawls" and grow up to have behavior issues. kinda makes sense. i mean, the THC and cannabanoids enter your bloodstream, which goes straight to your baby. if she/he is growing used to the drug being in THEIR blood, then what happens when they are out of your tummy and they obviously aren't recieving these chemicals any longer? if you smoke while pregnant, i think its stupid to say you don't want your kid to smoke. because when they are out, its their decision. you can influence and give them advice and information all you want, but in the end they can physically do as they wish. whether being a bad decision or not, you can only do so much to prevent it. i believe there is a bunch of evidence from studies to suggest obvious benifits to some people, not with child, who smoke. as in cancer patients, people with AIDS, or other ailments that cause failure of some bodily systems, extreme/persistant pain, loss of appetite...

but smoking while pregnant, your unborn child has no say in this decision whatsoever. and i find it very selfish to smoke while pregnant, not to mention immature. when this baby is born, i do not plan on going near the people who smoke weed that i used to hang out with, nor to engage in smoking myself again. why go back when i'll have her to bring the things that are associated with this drug? happiness, sleepiness, euphoria.... my child will give me more than enough of all those things. i've matured becoming a mother, and don't plan on wasting money on frivolous things, just to gain these few emotions i can get now FOR FREE, with no bad effects.

(sorry for typos, this is a heated topic....as we will soon be able to tell in future comments.)

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