Marijuana use throughout pregnancy????
Posted on 14 November 2011 by smokeandtoke6123
Question by Shay: Marijuana use throughout pregnancy????
Everyone would seem to have their own viewpoint when it comes to this topic. Some people say it’s so terrible and you should not do it. Some say it is how you us it (smoke, vaporizer). Some ppl say it stunts your development or your baby can have sleep problems. I truly don’t comprehend the sleep problem when marijuana is acknowledged to calm you and is one particular sort of medicine/drug that is not as addictive and isn’t a extremely tough to withdraw from. I hear men and women, even individuals who perform in the medical area use marijuana whilst pregnant to aid deal with morning sickness and pressure. They have mentioned it was the only way they could even eat and it would remain down. Also for tension, every person is aware of that if you anxiety lots it can cause a miscarriage. All of these folks have healthy, intelligent children who do not have sleeping problems. I have never ever heard any person say that they utilized marijuana and it harmed their child or they lost their infant. I study about studies carried out on pregnant ladies of Jamaica and it proves lots of this as details. I wonder if the US says it’s so undesirable because it is illegal. I believe if marijuana would become legal, the pharmaceutical business would decline significantly. I don’t assume it is all that poor as the US makes it appear. We use many diverse sorts of herbs to heal and loosen up (herbal tea) and it is established that it is healthier than the substitutes. Why when it comes to marijuana it really is not as healthy to these people. It is all natural and has been utilised by presidents such as Abe Lincoln as a medicine and lots of men and women believe that he was quite successful. I actually don’t recognize America.
What is your view about pregnant females who use marijuana???
Opium and cyanide are not herbs. Herbs are extremely wholesome for you and are identified in lots of drugs….
An herb is a plant that is valued for flavor, scent, medicinal or other qualities other than its meals value.[one] Herbs are employed in cooking, as medicines, and for spiritual purposes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb
There is a big difference between employing it for recreation and medical good reasons.
breathing troubles…thats when diverse techniques to use marijuana can come into effect..consume it or vaporizers…how would that cause breathing issues???
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Solution by *Laura*
I didn’t do it,but a lot of men and women I know smoked while pregnant,and their babies are/had been 100% fine. My mom did it when she was pregnant with me the complete time,the drs knew,an mentioned nothing at all to her about it since from what they knew back then even it wouldn’t harm anything at all. I’m fine with females generating this alternative,but like every thing else in pregnancy,if they select to do it,it must be done in moderation,just b/c if they smoke it,any smoke is negative for the infant. The smoke itself and not what it contains with marijuana. I asked my dr about it and she told me that is the only evidence they’ve found of it becoming harmful (I asked b/c I had close friends that had been pregnant and smoking it) is that the smoke itself isn’t great for the child,but she’d rather a mom smoke marijuana than cigarettes. That cigarettes while less of a risk than made out a lot of the time have a lot more of a likelihood of harming anything at all.
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Tags | Marijuana, Pregnancy, throughout
its just stupid to risk it. A girl i know did this had 4 kids 1 is albino and 1 is def whether its realated or not she will wonder that for the rest of her life.
don’t its not good i did weed before i got pregnant and i’m 14 years old but no matter what don’t do drugs or drink when you are pregnant unless you want to go to jail for having drugs or beer in your baby
I think they are selfish…….
But i don’t do or take anything while pregnant, for example I don’t eat chocolate, because it contains caffeine.. I just want to give my baby the best and healthiest start possible… If there’s the slightest risk why take it..
I have two VERY smart children, I didn’t abuse it but used it especially in morning for nausea! Good luck!
My personal view on any sort of drug use (over the counter or not) during pregnancy is this; if the doctor didn’t prescribe it, then I don’t use it. I don’t even drink herbal teas that aren’t ok’ed by my midwife. I would rather be safe than sorry.
I don’t know the actual health consequences so I won’t comment on that, but I do know I would not want to be arrested and thrown in jail, especially while pregnant.
i know many people that has smoked marijuana while pregnant & their kids are smart. however they are smaller than their age group. hope this helps.
Well, first of all, marijuana is a drug that alters your way of feeling and thinking and should NOT be used by pregnant women whether you smoke it or eat it. The pregnant women that used it who ended up with healthy babies just got lucky. Also, pregnant women shouldn’t eat certain cheeses, have caffeine, and several other things, why would marijuana be ok whatsoever? Its easy to think one thing when your not pregnant, but if you ever are, you will want the best for your baby.
There are plenty of drugs that are 100% legal but that are not recommended and/or known to be harmful during pregnancy. (Consider alcohol…)
The general rule for ANY drugs (licit or illicit) during pregnancy is that if you don’t have to take it — don’t.
You are very correct that there is little evidence of harm to babies when mothers use marijuana lightly/occassionally during pregnancy. But that doesn’t mean that such harm isn’t possible.
As for ‘it’s all natural’ — so is opium. And cyanide.
I am not at all opposed to the idea of medical marijuana — but medical drugs are regulated by the pharmacuetical industry — do YOU know how much THC is in that joint you just smoked? Didn’t think so.
There are certainly many far worse things that a pregnant woman can do than smoke marijuana. But if you don’t have to use it — why not just skip it? (And if you can’t just skip it, maybe you ARE addicted.)
EDIT: All herbs are safe? Really? As you say,an herb is simply a plant that can be used for flavor or medicinal purposes — and any substance used for medicinal purpses is a *drug* — and drugs can and do have dangerous side effects. Consider foxglove (digitalis — used to treat heart ailments but can also STOP your heart). Cyanide comes from peach pits — you knew that, right? Cant’ get more natural than that.
Back when Abe Lincoln was president I’m sure they did use marijuana as medicine — they also used hemlock, mercury (calomel — a cure all for practically everything) and many other potentially dangerous substances. Narcotics were freely available over the counter, and used in all sorts of medicines.
If you live in a state where medical marijuana is legal — go for it. But dosing yourself with pot is no more safe than dosing yourself with moldy bread in the hopes of getting enough penicillan to treat your sore throat.
I think alot of the problem is its ot always just straight marijuana. It could always be laced with something else. Also are the people growing it using pesticides? The fact that it is illegal plays a huge part in how people look at it. If it was legal and everyone had read the studies done it probably would not be so frowned upon.
Studies have shown that women who smoke marijuana during pregnancy are at a higher risk for having babies with birth defects, low birth weight, and other complications. Many women like to claim that they smoked while pregnant and their babies were fine, so therefore the statistics can’t be true, but there is a big difference between “increased risk of” and “will definitely have”. Just because one women has a healthy baby doesn’t mean the statistics aren’t true.
Personally I have very little respect for women who use marijuana while pregnant. To me it seems incredibly selfish to put your child at risk just to indulge your own desires, ESPECIALLY if, as you say, marijuana is “not as addictive and not very difficult to withdraw from”. I struggled through years of infertility and finally became pregnant with twins, only to learn that one of them had severe developmental defects and would not survive. I went into labor very early and ended up losing them both (one stillborn and one at 10 days old). So I am one of those women who has been in a place where I would have given up anything — ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING — to have a healthy, living child. And having had that experience, I simply can’t understand or respect someone who would be willing to risk their child’s health, or even life, purely for their own recreation.