Drug Test while Pregnant

[alwaysthedvs1]

I am 17 weeks pregnant and have to take a drug test soon. I haven't smoked in 2 weeks now. Im wondering if it takes longer to get clean while pregnant and if there is anything I can do to get clean faster.

[lizka4200]

why do u need to take a drug test...and im guessing it probably takes longer (dont take my word) becasue u have more fat tissue and that keeps the thc in longer..just my guess

[kinetic theory]

youre 17 weeks pregnant? you shouldnt have smoked for 17 weeks then, not 2.

dont smoke while youre pregnant, seriously...thats horrible.

[lizka4200]

i think a lot of women smoke whil they are preganant...i think cigg and alchol are way worse....i think weed is ok in moderation....never been pregant though so dont know how i would feel when i was

[alwaysthedvs1]

kinetic theory.... do some research before telling me not to smoke... marijuana helps with morning sickness. Heres an article to help you not be so closed minded http://cannabisculture.com/articles/1375.html
As for everone else thanks for the answer!

[tylerkane]

An article on a marijuana site.
SMOKE = BAD
Doesn't matter if it's from a cig, pipe, or forest fire.
If you need to take drug test's while your pregnant, that already says something about you.

[420purplehaze420]

An article on a marijuana site.
SMOKE = BAD
Doesn't matter if it's from a cig, pipe, or forest fire.
If you need to take drug test's while your pregnant, that already says something about you.
exactly, that website may have a couple facts in it, but i hope most women have common sence, smoke definently is in no way good for your baby, anything you breathe, eat, or sniff goes to your baby and i doubt your baby needs "help to take the focus off of the outside world" so just remember depriving your kid of oxygen and restricting bloodflow is what you are doing to make it easier for you

[kinetic theory]

Morning sickness? I dont think thats a legitiment excuse to smoke while pregnant at all. Dont take what you hear off the internet as your first general source, ask your doctor if you havent already at least. I personally think smoking anything at all, is rediculously stupid while pregnant...its smoke, its not harmless, and for your still developing kid its worse.

it may make you feel better in the mornings but why even risk that, it could make your kid retarded for all you know.

[XxMaDxX89]

lol your fucked up how do you think your baby feels? i dont even think you considered it and i dont think your fit to be a mother..

[lizka4200]

god u guys dont know anything...none of u are women and dont know what to do or not do while pregnanat

[stonerpoet]

I have two beauitfull baby girls. One is 6 and the other is 5 months. I had my oldest when I was 16 years old, and I never once smoked thru either of my pregnancys. It's not good for your baby. Some doctors will tell you that its okay in small doeses during the first tremester but thats only if your having serious difficulty putting the weight on and even then they tell you not to smoke alot.
And yes it does take longer to get out of your system because it's also getting out of your UNBORN childs system.
But I'm not going to critize you because I know how it feels to be pregant. And I know alot of women who did smoke well they were pregant. I only know 2 including myself that did not. I've also seen how thouse children are now; years later. They dont have phycial dissabilitys but they do have mental ones; but not all of them.
You could be doing alot worse then smoking weed, I hope your not. But for the sake of your child you shouldnt.
You gotta remember an unborn child has no choice in what you do to it, it has no way of telling you that they dont like that, or that it's hurting them. You can either wait for the aftermath of the situation or you can do the best thing for your baby and take care of your self for your baby. Hell your almost 4 months in so whats 5 months of not smoking weed. I did it.

[jmdogg88]

thats seriously messed up that you smoke while your preganat. It's cool if you smoke cuz thats your decision but the baby has no say in this. Don't mess up the baby. Believe it or not, THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN WEED! A baby is one of thoses.

[Storm Crow]

OK, you GUYS ought to check out druglibrary.org/crl.default.htm (sorry, I'm a computer dummy and don't know how to link you to it) and read the article about the study on pregnancy and pot. Turns out that it has NO bad effects on the babies! One study suggested that the babies of pot smoking mothers ended up to be more socially advanced than those of nonsmoking mothers. The only problem with smoking is the carbon dioxide and monoxide produced with smoking. My late father was in the navy on submarines. The navy made him take vitamin E daily because vitamin E protects against a high carbon dioxide environment. I took it (400 units a day) throughout both of my pregnancies and smoked right up to delivery. I have two fine sons--one of whom just landed a job as computer tech for the county schools. No brain damage there! I think that most of you commenting are male. You have never experienced morning sickness, or feeling like you are black and blue on the inside from the kicking of little feet or being bloated 30 pounds and your back is killing you. Hey, you no playa da game, you no makea da rules! And if she feels like smoking in moderation, I think she has the right. Another route she could go is to eat it. Let us gals figure out what is right for us and our children.

[Stoner Kitten]

You don't fuckin smoke when your pregnant. Its gonna come out premature or some shit. Don't do that to your poor baby just to enjoy yourself, come on!

[lizka4200]

sorry but smoking weed while your preganant is ok

[lizka4200]

you just need to do it in moderation

[jakenthegentiles]

dude i cant wate top have a kid im guan be the coolest dad ever get my kid wasted and stoned and shit it willbe freeken sweet

[benagain]

If you're gonna get high while a preggo, use a vaporizer. Smoke of any kind is bad. Getting high might not be, but smoke is. I don't care what doctor told you differently. I'm sorry you're in pain or whatever, but that's part of it. I'm a guy so I'll never really understand how it feels and I'll get that thrown into my face, but you've got to ask yourself if it's worth risking harming your unborn child to feel relaxed for an hour or two.

[benagain]

oh, and I didn't even ask what I wanted to ask when I read the title. Why are oyu being drug testes when you're pregnant? I have never heard of such a thing in my life. Is it for a job or what?

[Crow Shindle]

Hey, you no playa da game, you no makea da rules! I'm not a "scientist", but I did stay at a holiday inn last night & i know that humans don't reproduce asexually. For those of you that didn't stay at a Holiday Inn that means guys do "playa da game". You should read the NIH website, turns out carcinogens are bad.

[beachguy in thongs]

If you think that smoking weed while you're pregnant is okay...think again.

Babies are meant to be born without Melatonin and have to rely on their Mother's Breast Milk to get it, the first 3 months, until their Pineal starts producing it naturallly, through Amino Acids.

Smoking Weed raises your Melatonin Levels 4,000%, two hours after smoking a joint.

This is off of Melatonin.com:

Should certain people avoid it?

Yes. "Those include women who are pregnant or nursing (since no one knows how excessive exposure to the hormone might affect a fetus or infant); people with severe allergies or autoimmune diseases (melatonin could exacerbate such conditions by stimulating the immune system); people with immune-system cancers such as lymphoma or leukemia (for the same reason), and healthy children (who already produce it in abundance). Women trying to conceive should also think twice about taking the hormone, since high doses can act as a contraceptive." As with any substance introduced into your body, if you have a medical condition you should always consult your physician first before taking melatonin.

[stopmybreath]

An article on a marijuana site.
SMOKE = BAD
Doesn't matter if it's from a cig, pipe, or forest fire.
If you need to take drug test's while your pregnant, that already says something about you.

my best friend is pregnant and her doctor told her that it doesn't hurt the baby at all to smoke weed in moderation.

[nitemarehippiegirl]

I'm sorry that's just crazy. I am no md but my common sense tells me-- it's not Okay! If you need to smoke more than you care about your baby's well being, well, that's just sad! I am a woman and I am a mother, as soon as I knew I was pregnant I stopped smoking. Even now, I'm cautious about not smoking around my son and keeping our house well ventilated. It's cool that you want to smoke, just take a little break for the sake of your child. please.

[birdgirl73]

I completely agree. If indeed a physician really did tell a woman that "it doesn't hurt the baby at all to smoke weed in moderation" (and I'm not sure I believe a qualified doctor would say that), he's a fool at best. Doctors don't fully know how weed affects babies in utero because no one is irresponsible enough to do any large-scale tests on pregnant women. The small studies and tests that have been done seem persuasive that women should abstain from smoking while they're pregnant and lactating. That period doesn't last forever, but sometimes mothers are so self-centered that they can't put their own grass use aside temporarily to benefit their babies.

There are plenty of people who justify weed and alcohol use during pregnancy to try and make it OK. Just as there are plenty of non-pregnant people who justify meth use and various criminal behavior of other kinds in the same way. Just because they can justify it for themselves doesn't make it OK--and doesn't make it right for their babies. The lucky pregnant weed smokers have babies with no apparent negative effects. But why would someone risk that in the first place?

[ronjohn420]

please, be mature smokers......... YES POT IS NOT NECESSARLY BAD DURING PREG. but if you are smoking it, you cause the pot to create over 400 extra chemicals during its combustion into smoke (one of these chem. is proplyene glycol which is found in prestone antifreeze) and those 400 are harmful to you and that child....... Any kind of smoke is bad, "its not like its MAGICAL POT and no bad can ever come from it"

in theory.... youre putting your child in a smokey room and youre forcing them to take the chemicals into their body

CANT YOU SEE!!!!!!!! its like taking light or oxygen from a plant in veg. state, you cant tell anything is wrong, but the bud is usually affected quality wise and you see problems later down the line...

its the same here.

and all of you who are "cheering her on" are terrible and have no room to make that childs decsion up for them

and NO this is not my 2 cents, its a FACT:confused:

[jlsgirl]

It is your choice to smoke or not to smoke, personally I wouldn't because I think it is a VERY selfish thing to do. You are only thinking of your self in that situation. Let's just think about this.... Say you have your baby and something is wrong, they don't know why or what it came from, I think you will feel terrible for the rest of your life that you couldn't put it down for 9 months! Personally I am DISGUSTED!

[MsStrawberrySwisher]

Even though it's your choice to smoke or not, plz give your baby the "choice" to come out healthy. At least use a vaporizor. I watched discovery health channel and they had the mother smoke, did you know on the ultrasound screen showed the baby and her heart stop moving for 7 seconds? Lungs are barely developed. If you don't believe me, look up discovery health channel archives and you'll find that episode.

Smoke is smoke, regardless if it's from ciggs, weed, crack or smog. I'm a female with a 6 year old and a chronic smoker. 10 month dry spell did not kill me. Even till this day I don't smoke around her. Smoke plays a big role in developing children. Why do you think smog is bad?

But anyway, at least you are informed. Good luck for you and the baby.

[MsStrawberrySwisher]

Oh I wanted to add this, to at least answer your question:

What is the test for? You are in a delicate situation, so the usual detox methods we say on this site might not work (water dillution, xtra vitamins, niacin, etc), most of all might harm the development baby. All I can say is use the substition method (using a sample from a friend or ordering synthenic urine). Make sure the urine is of right temperture (94F-100F) and your good.

[Chillum1887]

put your baby up for adoption and give him a fighting chance at life because obviously you are too unfit and irresponsible to raise a child if your biggest concern is passing a drug test while PREGNANT. If not, thanks for producing another broken-homed, birth defected, welfare raised baby bred for crime; our prisons are full enough as it is and we don't need your future offspring in there too.

Maybe i'm being too 'closed minded' and making too many generalizations about this, but the abortion laws were developed specificly for people like you.

[Lolo69]

If you are 17 weeks pregnant, you should be getting over the morning sickness. (My mom had morning sickness in the afternoon with me.) Saltine crackers and ginger ale or any non-caffeinated bubbly drink work just as well. Why, I've helped many a female pregnant co-worker get over morning sickness on the job with this remedy, and they've thanked me for it.

Your doctor is fucked. The first trimester is when the baby's brain is being formed. Any type of narcotic (booze, pot, coke, Tylenol, etc.) can interfere with brain development.

I had a dear friend who drank alcohol the first weeks of her pregnancy (not knowing yet that she was pregnant). Her baby was born with just a brain stem and died. It was horrible. Thankfully, she went on to have two more, beautiful, healthy children.

This is an extreme, but abusing any kinds of drugs, even OTC pain relievers, can lead to other developmental disabilities in your child.

I have a friend who is currently pregnant and loves weed, but she is abstaining until her baby is born in December. We plan to have ourselves a big ol' weed party then.

[Babba Booey]

Why the hell are you smoking when you are pregnant ?? Thats nuts although it may not be as harmful as tobacco or alcohol, its still SMOKE .. You are still inhaleing smoke into your lungs and damagining your lungs...ANY AND EVERY KIND OF SMOKE IS BAD FOR YOUR LUNGS EVEN POLLUTION.. Your unborn fetus is still inhaleing smoke filled air, that is totally wrong .. I'm all abotu the smoke but for god's sake dont smoke while you are preganant eat a bud brownie if you feel that it helps morning sickeness you are damaging your unborn childs UNDEVELOPED LUNGS ...freaking nuts ..

[firemanjonnie]

Wow, for a group that does so much research and is all into the legalization of marijuana you all seem awefully quick to jump to your preconcieved notions on this on.

There have been studies done on the children of women who smoked through their pregnancy.

The study watched the children until funding was cut when the kids were around 5 or 6. The only difference found between the THC moms vs. the control was that the ones who had experienced THC in utero had on average 10 points higher on IQ tests. (the gov't cut the funding for fear that people will think that marijuana could be good for anything.

I have to say that I am really shocked my all you people who sit there and say, "well I'm no MD, but I know that shit is bad for you" Its way better for your baby than eating McDonalds or Perdue chicken while pregnant.

[firemanjonnie]

Oh and for babies in utero, they don't breathe with their lungs! If they did all they'd breath is amneotic fluid. A feotus gets its oxygen along with everything else--- through the umbilical cord. Fetal alcohol syndrome and the low birth weight of babies from moms that smoke tobacco products are curtesy of the chemicals supplied from those drugs (nicotine and alcohol). Before you blast a pregnant woman do your research.

If you don't even know how a baby developes in utero, you really can't make judgement.

[MsStrawberrySwisher]

Don't really matter anyway what we all say.

She gonna do her regardless.

IMHO: I just know smoking anything doesn't help the situation. I seen to many babies die/deformed over silly BS that many of us can prevent. I mean what is so wrong with giving someone who cannot think/speak for themselves a chance? is that so wrong to think that way or are we "overrating" and being "judgemental" because we all want the girl to have the greatest chance of having a healthy baby?

I guess "caring" is a dead weight nowadays... who needs it.

[Smokeychik]

Wow, for a group that does so much research and is all into the legalization of marijuana you all seem awefully quick to jump to your preconcieved notions on this on.

There have been studies done on the children of women who smoked through their pregnancy.

The study watched the children until funding was cut when the kids were around 5 or 6. The only difference found between the THC moms vs. the control was that the ones who had experienced THC in utero had on average 10 points higher on IQ tests. (the gov't cut the funding for fear that people will think that marijuana could be good for anything.

I have to say that I am really shocked my all you people who sit there and say, "well I'm no MD, but I know that shit is bad for you" Its way better for your baby than eating McDonalds or Perdue chicken while pregnant.

Thank you, this was the smartest thing I read within this post. Yes smoking CIGS are bad, it has been proven that NICCOTINE passes through the placenta, but they, NO ONE has been able to prove this with REEFER, it does not appear at this day and age that THC passes through the placenta AT ALL, trust me I researched this the entire time I was pregnant, and yes I blazed here and there, and my 4 year old is PERFECT, smartest in his class. Flame me all you want, but once a week or so, hell yes, I poofed a little.

I am 31, have many friends who have smoked while preggo, and the babies/kids are FINE. To the person who posted about the ONE alcoholic beverage causing the no brain stem, that is freaking rediculous. Do you know HOW many people in the world get pregnant and don't know for 4 weeks or so, and continue their lifestyles as normal? That poor fetus would have died anyway, it had nothing to do with the alcohol. Now, alcohol is terrible to drink while pregnant, I know this, but ONE drink is not going to make that happen. Things like that just happen in the first trimester, unfortuneately. AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA, Morning sickness lasted for ME the ENTIRE FUCKING PREGNANCY, so unless you have been rpegnant you just have no clue what you are saying and you sound ignorant to be quite honest, or maybe just really young, and that is cool, but come ON now, pregnancy is not "By the book" everyone is different. I threw up nearly every day for NINE MONTHS, so yes, some of these posts have irritated me, :( sorry


Chill out people, we advocate all the time how weed is harmless, and how it is natural, well, let up on this chick, she is only poofing once in a while she said, has not smoked for 2 weeks, we do not know anything more than that about her, let her be, if she was feeling anything like I was, I know why she was smoking. And I want to say sorry again, this is a seriously touchy subject for me, and I was surprised there are so many closed minded folks here...:smokin:

[mightymarijuanabuds]

Wow, for a group that does so much research and is all into the legalization of marijuana you all seem awefully quick to jump to your preconcieved notions on this on.

There have been studies done on the children of women who smoked through their pregnancy.

The study watched the children until funding was cut when the kids were around 5 or 6. The only difference found between the THC moms vs. the control was that the ones who had experienced THC in utero had on average 10 points higher on IQ tests. (the gov't cut the funding for fear that people will think that marijuana could be good for anything.

I have to say that I am really shocked my all you people who sit there and say, "well I'm no MD, but I know that shit is bad for you" Its way better for your baby than eating McDonalds or Perdue chicken while pregnant.

that is an outright lie.

i have seen the studies that say that pot is ok during pregnancy, and (i'll chime in with the 'I'm not an MD', coz i am NOT an MD, but i AM a doctor) i think it's a load of shit. the study in fact did show very little difference between the pot babies and the control group, but there was a difference, and the pot babies were not smarter, how stupid you have to be to buy that obvious fabrication... smoking pot while prgnant is stupid, it may not cause any major damage, but in most cases your kids will be slightly dumber.... of course you will think they are 'fine' if you were dumb enough to smoke during pregnancy in the first place.

in the studies i am familiar with, the pot babies were not deformed, or have any type of real 'disability' but they were DUMBER than the control babies, they took significantly longer to complete the same tasks when they were tested, annually up until they were 5 or 6 years old.

smoking pot while pregnant may not cause the same detrimental effects as tobacco or alcohol or crack, but that still doesn't make it ok. it doesn't take a fucking genius to figure out that carcinogens are bad for the baby. even if you wanna eat or use a vaporizer your are causing some form of, albiet minor, damage. babies need to get melatonin and cannabinoid compounds that occur naturally in breastmilk, and you fuck up that natural process by ingesting cannabis in any way. smoking pot won't cause a premature birth, or mental retardation, but it will cause "DEE DEE DEE" (for the mencia fans :D ) shame on all you for defending this stupid bitch, lady give up your kid if you want it to have any decent chance in life, or grow up real fast.

[kiekie420]

my best friend is pregnant and her doctor told her that it doesn't hurt the baby at all to smoke weed in moderation.

I think your friend needs to get a new doctor!!!!!!!!!!!

[invision]

well my GF smoked through her entire pregnancy her doctors and everyone knew about it he said the smoke could be bad but we have a vaporizer so she mainly used that after that he never said a word and neither did the hospital after birth.

theres nothing wrong with him hes a extremely happy 7 month old he does all the things a baby should do his age he is very alert about everything he almost never cries about anything the world to him is a awsome place.

hey you can trash me if you want my GF had problems in her pregnancy like eating, feeling sick, body pain stuff like that and herb took most of it away i think its pretty sad you people here would cut down someone so quiclkly about nothing you know.

we all smoke herb here but are we running around thinking its bad for us.....nope so what the hell is with you people ive know many people who smoked pregnant theres babies/children are fine i have never heard a case directly linked to a birth defect from herb its not alchohol people jesus.

i am a male and males judge way too quiclkly about shit they dont even know about why dont some of you try and be on her level instead of being a complete prick a woman goes through more than a man will ever i myself will give my GF the world if it made her feel better....good day

[FakeBoobsRule]

I am 17 weeks pregnant and have to take a drug test soon. I haven't smoked in 2 weeks now. Im wondering if it takes longer to get clean while pregnant and if there is anything I can do to get clean faster.

BTW, the answer to her original question a year ago is pregnancy increases your body's glomerular filtration rate.

Someone said something about exposing the baby's lung to smoke. Babies do not get oxygen from breathing air. They get it from amniotic fluid and the umbilical cord. Think about it for a minute. How does a baby in a womb breathe air?

As a matter of fact, basically the only thing the baby is being exposed to is the THC, not the smoke.

Also, someone said that cigarette smoke and pot smoke are just as bad. Even though any smoke is bad for your lungs, cigarette smoke is far worse than pot smoke in many different ways!

Not advocating pot smoking while pregnant but there are some outlandish statements in this thread.

[RainyDayWoman]

that is an outright lie.

i have seen the studies that say that pot is ok during pregnancy, and (i'll chime in with the 'I'm not an MD', coz i am NOT an MD, but i AM a doctor) i think it's a load of shit. the study in fact did show very little difference between the pot babies and the control group, but there was a difference, and the pot babies were not smarter, how stupid you have to be to buy that obvious fabrication... smoking pot while prgnant is stupid, it may not cause any major damage, but in most cases your kids will be slightly dumber.... of course you will think they are 'fine' if you were dumb enough to smoke during pregnancy in the first place.

in the studies i am familiar with, the pot babies were not deformed, or have any type of real 'disability' but they were DUMBER than the control babies, they took significantly longer to complete the same tasks when they were tested, annually up until they were 5 or 6 years old.

A doctor...huh?
DUMBER isn't even a medical term.

A number of studies reported low birth weight and physical abnormalities among babies exposed to marijuana in utero. However, when other factors known to affect pregnancy outcomes were controlled for-for example, maternal age, socio-economic class, and alcohol and tobacco use-the association between marijuana use and adverse fetal effects disappeared. Numerous other studies have failed to find negative impacts from marijuana exposure. However, when negative outcomes are found, they tend to be widely publicized, regardless of the quality of the study.

Also used as evidence of marijuana-induced fetal harm are two longitudinal studies, in which the children of marijuana users were examined repeatedly. However, on closer examination, the effects of marijuana appear to be quite minimal, if existent at all. After finding a slight deficit in visual responsiveness among marijuana-exposed newborns, no differences were found at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, or 24 months. At age 3, the only difference (after controlling for confounding variables) was that children of "moderate" smokers had superior psycho-motor skills. At age 4, children of "heavy" marijuana users (averaging 18.7 joints/week) had lower scores on one subscale of one standardized test of verbal development. At age 6, these same children scored lower on one computerized task-that measuring "vigilance." On dozens of others scales and subscales, no differences were ever found.

In another study, standardized IQ tests were administered to marijuana-exposed and unexposed 3 year-olds. Researchers found no differences in the overall scores. However, by dividing the sample by race, they found-among African- American children only-lower scores on one subscale for those exposed during the first trimester and lower scores on a different subscale for those exposed during the second trimester.

Although it is sensible to advise pregnant women to abstain from using most drugs-including marijuana-the weight of scientific evidence indicates that marijuana has few adverse consequences for the developing human fetus.

Lynn Zimmer Associate Professor of Sociology, Queens College John P. Morgan Professor of Pharmacology, City University of New York Medical School The Lindesmith Center, 1995
Origin: www.crl.com/~dftflngr

[RainyDayWoman]

Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica:
An Ethnographic Study
Melanie C. Dreher, PhD; Kevin Nugent, PhD; and Rebekah Hudgins, MA


ABSTRACT.

Objective. To identify neurobehavioral effects of prenatal marijuana exposure on neonates in rural Jamaica.

Design. Ethnographic field studies and standardized neurobehavior assessments during the neonatal period.

Setting. Rural Jamaica in heavy-marijuana-using population.

Participants. Twenty-four Jamaican neonates exposed to marijuana prenatally and 20 nonexposed neonates.

Measurements and main results. Exposed and nonexposed neonates were compared at 3 days and 1 month old, using the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale, including supplementary items to capture possible subtle effects. There were no significant differences between exposed and nonexposed neonates on day 3. At 1 month, the exposed neonates showed better physiological stability and required less examiner facilitation to reach organized states. The neonates of heavy-marijuana-using mothers had better scores on autonomic stability, quality of alertness, irritability, and self-regulation and were judged to be more rewarding for caregivers.

Conclusions. The absence of any differences between the exposed on nonexposed groups in the early neonatal period suggest that the better scores of exposed neonates at 1 month are traceable to the cultural positioning and social and economic characteristics of mothers using marijuana that select for the use of marijuana but also promote neonatal development. Pediatrics 1994;93:254-260; prenatal marijuana exposure, neonatal outcomes, Jamaica, Brazelton scale supplementary items.