prenatal ganja?

[bluebunny]

This is my first kid, and Iâ??m completely clueless on whether to continue smoking or to quit. I'm not sure if it will harm the baby or not. Someone please help me with my dilemma.

[Euphoric]

well..it's not going to be as bad as alcohol or even having a poor diet. Keep your body healthy and dodge stress.
my friends who experienced prenatal exposure to cannabis seem fine to me.
medical reports may contradict the idea that cannabis could improve the developing fetus. but how many doctors are biased against it?
THC is a natural componet of breast milk.
I say, toke up with moderation. :stoned:

[hempman666]

i say keep it clean till u hav the lil dweeb then smoke and get knocked the fuk out!!!!!!!

[ILoveYouMaryJane]

sounds good to me^, but what do i know

[Lit Up]

ive actually encountered this situation before, i dated this preganant girl(which at the time i thought it was mine), i do believe she smoked 5-6 times during, not sure. she did smoke cigs everyday not alot but prob 5 or more, she even drank a lil like a beer or two now and then. all in all in the end baby Kadance (my name i picked) turned out fine 19 inches 9 lbs 2 ozs and not mine.

[Lit Up]

hope that helps some

[BDubz26062]

i say wait also..then blaze up

[kramllehctim]

My wifes doctor actually suggested she samoke a little weed to help her appitite, she was super skinny though, 80 lbs! My opinion is moderation. Just don't get BLOWN AWAY when u smoke. Just a little for some relaxation.

[Storm Crow]

Blue Bunny, Don't worry about smoking pot. I did it almost daily through both of my pregnancies and my boys are fine (now 26 & 30 years old). Some suggestions. First take 400 units of vitamin E each day. I don't know if they still do it, but the US Navy used to require that all their submariners take that does to protect them from low oxygen levels. It also makes your skin more flexible. I didn't have an episiotomy for either birth and (1st pregnancy) I was the only gal up and walking within an hour of giving birth (2nd time was even easier). Second, take a deep breath or 2 between hits. Third, moderation. And remember, there are such things as pot brownies--check out the cooking section on various pot boards! If you eat it, there's no smoke. Watch your diet, exercise, avoid caffine, tobacco and alcohol-- these are more important that whether you have a little herb now and then. And you may not want to smoke during delivery--I found it slowed contractions and thus prolonged the labor. It did help with the pain and kept me more mellow during it all, so I'd call it a bit of a trade-off. Where I found it to be the most help was those last couple of weeks of the pregnancy. Those weeks are long, you feel bruised on the inside, clumsy, and you get cranky. Pot made my husband's life more bearable during that time by mellowing me out a bit. Take care of yourself, Blue Bunny. You are about to hit some of the toughest and the best times of your life.

[BentOnDatGanj]

ive actually encountered this situation before, i dated this preganant girl(which at the time i thought it was mine), i do believe she smoked 5-6 times during, not sure. she did smoke cigs everyday not alot but prob 5 or more, she even drank a lil like a beer or two now and then. all in all in the end baby Kadance (my name i picked) turned out fine 19 inches 9 lbs 2 ozs and not mine.

damn that sux...haha...thass sum "Maury" type shit rite there...

[daima]

The dean at University of Iowa School of Nursing tells us that if a woman wants to smoke a little cannabis while pregnant to leave her alone. She has been a target of the government because she refuses to buy into the propaganda that cannabis is somehow harmful to the unborn/born. I believe that her name is Melanie Drier. She has done extentsive reasearch on the subject.
My sister-in-law used cannabis during her 3 pregnacies and never a problem. I have known several women in my life who share the same outcome.
I would suggest that because cannabis makes you hungry that you try your best to eat a healthy diet. After all, you are feeding two now and you want the nutrition that you deliver to your baby to be the best possible.

dai*ma :thumbsup:
A study completed in Jamaica that forcused on Ganja using parents informed us that parents who used ganja while pregnant, and then continued to use it with their children, were more bonded with their children than the non-ganja using parents, and spent more time reading and doing other activities with their children than non-ganja using parents did. :dance:

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

smoke it, you'll increase your appitite, which is healthy for the baby, and the pot helps your metabolism speed up, so you wont gain as much weight after the pregnancy.

[daima]

Tension
Tension
I got tenstion and it's all that i know
There's tension in pregnacies
There's tension in our nursery
I got tension and it's everywhere i go

dai*ma

Education is the answer. I say that we ask congress to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anyone from learning anything in the usa. If this plan works as good as the drugwar has worked we will have the smartest people on earth in no time. :o

[stonercarebare419]

with son i smoke up to 8 months. and hes three now, and doin fantastic. he has a fantastic memory, he can count, tell his colors, and he know his abc"s. i know a few other girls that smoke through out there entire pregnancy. i would say listen to your body, it may not take it cause your pregnant. um, be safe, smoke some ganja, and congrats on the upcoming arrival!!!

[rysk8er420]

[QUOTE=bluebunny]This is my first kid, and Iâ??m completely clueless on whether to continue smoking or to quit. I'm not sure if it will harm the baby or not. Someone please help me with my dilemma.[/QUOTE

Let me ask you this.....would you blow hit in your baby's face??

Fuck No! So why would you even consider smoking while pregnant? :confused: :confused:

[daima]

Blowing smoke in babys face is a different matter. Dont try to hype things up with bill oreilly style tactics here. Let me know if i need to explain the difference to you. You wouldnt be the first uninformed person i have taken by the hand to teach them what they obviously lack.
For you pregnant women out there? Enjoy yourself while pregnant, even if that includes a hit of ganja, daily.

dai*ma :p

[daima]

Number of children who die in the womb due to tobacco smoking mother per year in america = 17,000+

Number of children who die from cannabis using mother per year while pregnant = zero

Number of children who had developemental problems due to cannabis using mother = zero

Source ; World Almanacs; World life insurance aturials, U.S. Surgeon Generals Office

dai*ma :smokin:

[mikomomma]

The lady who asked you if you would blow in your babies face will love me after this. She is saying no to pot, but would she say no to cetain meds and rx's during pregnancy just because her doctor said it was ok.

I will tell you this. The best thing you can do for yourself is research. First, find a website like pubmed and some cannabis sights that show research studies. Make sure you see who it was paid for by, and if it is a reliable study (how many people and if they were only smoking pot). 2nd, read through as many as 10-20. Some will be for and some against. What you will find is that most that i read that were against don't have relaible studies (they use various ages, people who smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol) They just aren't specific and the government substitute, is just that. A substitute. It isn't natural and it is man made.

There is nothing harmful in THC itself, that any research has found. It is in the smoke. The more smoke, the less oxygen to yoru baby. Answer, don't smoke a lot. Enough for you to smoke a little toke in the morning to pass morning sickness and a little at night to help with heartrate an sleeping should not have (in my opinion) have any ill effects. The medications they give woman to overcome morning sickness are far more dangerous and can have many terrible side effects.

Do make sure you are eating well. Unfortunately, smoking gave me the munchies and I had to substitute my candy for frozen fruit, or fruit or something creative. Large amounts of sugar, especially at bedtime will possibly lead to blood sugar problems for you and baby.

As for after baby is here. You need to understand that everything you do nursing can sometime be more harmful than when pregnant as youdon't have the placenta to help you filter it out. Drinking alcohol while pregnant isn't a good idea, but in moderation (one or two) is nto as harmful as drinking one or two when nursing. 100% of the alcohol you drink while nursing, goes right to baby.

[mikomomma]

I am not trying to rub it in, but you don't know a lot about how marijuana can help. For your information, blowing marijuana in your child's face isn't the answer, but can be better than many things we do to our children every day. I baked cookies with MJ oil on a regular basis and it helped with my son's bipolar and ADHD symptoms. We had tried diet change and so many meds he was ready to give up. He got to eat cookies and get Earth's meds at the same time and it reduced his medications by half. People, parents, and pregnant woman, even doctors use it in Tea all the time in Jaimaca and many other countries worldwide.

[daima]

great points ! research will lead to better decison making.

dai*ma :)

sam stone
came home
to his wife and family
after serving in the conflict overseas
and the time that he served
had shattered all his nerves
and left a little shrapnell in his knee
and the morphine eased his pain
while the grass grew around his brian
it eased his mind in the hours that he chose
while the kids ran around wearing other peoples clothes

There's a hole in daddys arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothing i suppose :rasta:

[sexylicious]

Hiya,

I decided that the stress of giving up would be worse then a bedtime smoke- sleep is precious (my boy is 6months now so I know!) so is relaxing time so just enjoy your pregnancy, see your friends and have a smoke if it makes you feel good cause nothing can prepare you for the first month at home together! Chances are you won't fancy puffing in that time cause its just too much!

I didn't know I was pregnant and life continued as normal (smoking and "having fun!") I can report no problems here at all if you are worried about side affects in my case it did no harm. Anyway all this is just my opinion, you should do whatever causes YOU the least stress- MUM KNOWS BEST!!!!

hth xx

[rysk8er420]

I am not trying to rub it in, but you don't know a lot about how marijuana can help. For your information, blowing marijuana in your child's face isn't the answer, but can be better than many things we do to our children every day. I baked cookies with MJ oil on a regular basis and it helped with my son's bipolar and ADHD symptoms. We had tried diet change and so many meds he was ready to give up. He got to eat cookies and get Earth's meds at the same time and it reduced his medications by half. People, parents, and pregnant woman, even doctors use it in Tea all the time in Jaimaca and many other countries worldwide.

Fuck You Daiema or Diahrrea or whatever the fuck it is you pompus asshole.

Ok so you prolly smoked while pregnant, and your son has Bipolar and ADHD, what a surprise, you prolly drank too.

I am proud of the fact that my mother had me without the use of any drugs, legal or illegal. My mother had my brother and I and we are both currently college students with good grades. And i have been smoking for over 8 years, so don't try to tell me i know nothing about weed.

And yes smoking while pregant is the same as blowing a hit in your baby's face. How is it not.... i mean obviously the fetus is inside the mother...duh. So when you get high, say youre an average size woman (140lbs.), imagine how incredibly rediculously fucked up the underdeveloped fetus will get???

Obviously it depends on which trimester the pregant woman is in, which determines the babies weight, and development, but just think how much THC it would take to get a 6 pound little baby fucked up...not much.

Good to see great advice from someone who used drugs while preganant and now has a kid with serious problems. Yea I think i'll be taking your advice.....

[daima]

you speaky of the education you have but you dont speaky very well.
Perhaps you would like to share with us a website where we can see and read about all of these children who have suffered at the hands of their parents who used cannabis while they were pregnant. I'm sure that you can point just one of them out to us, cant you?
Anger is no substutute for brilliance young man. Oh, me think of me girl oh so constantly. Your mom sounds like a wonderful woman. I wish that she never left me for your fathers brother. I miss her.
Under developed fetus getting fucked up? wowie.
I am sure that when you are old enough to get a hard-on that you too will be more like mom and think of all of the harm you are causing your undeveloped sperm.
I never smoked while pregnant because male humans dont get pregnant. Are you suggesting that cannabis may make me pregnant? oh my!!! i look like shit in paternity clothing. yikes. THC is a molecule that doesnt cause deformities and it doesnt kill. It's safer than potato's. BUT if you smoke too much you may turn into half man and half animal. You will become a Manimal !!! oh my goodness.
dai*ma
"after researching evidence presented to me by both sides of the issue, i have concluded that cannabis is one of the safest substances known to man"
DEA Judge Francis Young (Reagan Appointee)

[daima]

ps,
dai ma is a 10,000 year old symbol /word , used by the Chinese. Dai (meaning Great)and Ma (meaning Hemp). You smart guy you.
dai*ma

[1234abcd]

I agree with rysk8er420. Dont smoke anything if your pregnant. Give your child a chance.

[daima]

there are many people who used cannabis while pregnant and thier childs lives are full of chances. If you're looking for something that really does take away ones chances try looking at Poverty, Racism and War.

dai*ma

[daima]

hey 1234abcd,
Hypothetical here.....
tell me EXACTLY what you would put in your body or on your body , as a pregnant woman?
just curious,
dai*ma

[beachguy in thongs]

CLAIM #6:

MARIJUANA HARMS SEXUAL MATURATION AND REPRODUCTION

Marijuana has been said to interfere with the production of hormones associated with reproduction, causing possible infertility among adult users and delayed sexual development among adolescents.

THE FACTS

There is no evidence that marijuana impairs male reproductive functioning.

The Jamaican and Costa Rican field studies detected no differences in hormone levels between marijuana users and non-users.

In epidemiological surveys of marijuana users, no problems with fertility have emerged as important.

In 1974, researchers reported diminished testosterone, reduced sexual function and abnormal sperm cells in males identified as chronic marijuana users. 34 In a laboratory study, the same researchers reported an acute decrease in testosterone, but no chronic effect after nine weeks of smoking; they did not evaluate sperm volume or quality. 35 In other laboratory studies, researchers have been generally unable to replicate these findings, 36 although by administering very high THC doses - up to 20 cigarettes per day for 30 days - one study found a slight decrease in sperm concentrations. 37 In all studies, test results remained within normal ranges and probably would not have affected actual fertility.

Severe adverse consequences have also been produced in male laboratory animals, although only with extremely high daily THC doses. 38

More importantly, in both the human and animal laboratory studies, all observed changes were reversed once THC administration was halted.

The claim that marijuana impairs female reproductive functioning in humans has no support in the scientific literature.

There have been no epidemiological studies indicating diminished fertility in female users of marijuana, and a recent survey found no impact of chronic marijuana use on female sex hormones. 39

Animal studies show hormonal changes and depressed ovulation following extremely high daily doses of THC. As occurs with males, these changes disappear once the experiment is completed. 40 In addition, when THC was administered to female monkeys for an entire year, they developed tolerance to its hormonal effects and normal cycles were reestablished. 41

Almost immediately following publication of the few studies showing a marijuana impact on reproductive hormones, warnings about marijuana's potential impact on adolescent sexual development began to appear.

Other than one case report of a 16-year old marijuana smoker who had failed to progress to puberty, 42 there has been nothing to indicate that such a potential exists. In whatever other ways one might consider marijuana to be bad for adolescents, it does not retard their sexual development.

CLAIM #7:

MARIJUANA USE DURING PREGNANCY HARMS THE FETUS

A powerful accusation in anti-drug campaigns is that children are permanently harmed by their mothers' use of drugs during pregnancy. Today, it is commonly claimed that marijuana is a cause of birth defects and development deficits.

THE FACTS

A number of studies claimed reported low birth weight and physical abnormalities among babies exposed to marijuana in utero. 43 However, when other factors known to affect pregnancy outcomes were controlled for - for example, maternal age, socioeconomic class, and alcohol and tobacco use - the association between marijuana use and adverse fetal effects disappeared. 44

Numerous other studies have failed to find negative impacts from marijuana exposure. 45 However, when negative outcomes are found, they tend to be widely publicized, regardless of the quality of the study.

It is now often claimed that marijuana use during pregnancy causes childhood leukemia. The basis for this claim is one study, in which . 5% of the mothers of leukemic children admitted to using marijuana prior to or during pregnancy. A "control group" of mothers with normal children was then created and questioned by telephone about previous drug use. Their reported .5 % marijuana use-rate was used to calculate a 10-fold greater risk of leukemia for children born to marijuana users. 46 Given national surveys showing marijuana prevalence rates of at least 10%, these "control group" mothers almost certainly under-reported their drug use to strangers on the telephone.

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 six months, 12 months, 18 months, or 24 months. 47 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. 48 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. 49

In another study, standardized IQ tests were administered to marijuana-exposed and unexposed three 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. 50

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.

[beachguy in thongs]

34. Kolodny, R.C. et al, "Depression of Plasma Testosterone Levels After Chronic Intensive Marijuana Use," New England Journal of Medicine 290:872-74 (1974).

35. Kolodny, R.C. et al, "Depression of Plasma Testosterone with Acute Marijuana Administration," pp 217-25 in M.C. Braude and S. Szara (eds), Pharmacology of Marijuana, New York: Raven Press (1976).

36. Mendelson, G.D. et al, "Plasma Testosterone Levels Before, During, and After Chronic Marijuana Smoking," New England Journal of Medicine 291:1051-55 (1975); Schaefer, C.F. et al, "Normal Plasma Testosterone Concentrations After Marijuana Smoking," New England Journal of Medicine 292:867-68 (1975).

37. Hembree, W.C. et al, "Changes in Human Spermatozoa Associated with High Dose Marijuana Smoking," pp 429-39 in G.G. Nahas and W.D.M. Paton (eds), Marijuana: Biological Effects, Oxford: Pergamon Press (1979).

38. Fijimoto, G.I. et al, "Effect of Marijuana Extract Given Orally on Male Rat Reproduction and Gonads," Proceedings of Sixth Annual Meetings of Endocrinology Society (1978); Okey, A.B. and Truant, G.S., "Cannabis Demasculinizes Rats But Is Not Estrogenic," Life Sciences 17:1113-18 (1975).

39. Block, R.I. et al, "Effects of Chronic Marijuana Use on Testosterone, Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Prolactin and Cortisol in Men and Women," Drug and Alcohol Dependence 28:121-8 (1991).

40. Smith, C.G. and Asch, R.H., "Acute, Short-Term, and Chronic Effects of Marijuana on the Female Primate Reproductive Function," pp 82-96 in M.C. Braude and J.P. Ludford (eds), Marijuana Effects on the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems, Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services (1984).

41. Smith, C.G. et al, "Tolerance Develops to the Disruptive Effects of Delta 9 Tetrahydrocannabinol on the Primate Menstrual Cycle," Science 219:1453-55 (1983).

42. Copeland, K.C. et al, "Marijuana Smoking and Pubertal Arrest," Journal of Pediatrics 96:1079-80 (1980).

43. Tennes, A., "Effects of Marijuana on Pregnancy and Fetal Development in the Human," pp 115-23 in M.C. Braude and J. P, Ludford (eds), Marijuana Effects on the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems, Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services (1984).

44. Astley, S., "Analysis of Facial Shape in Children Gestationally Exposed to Marijuana, Alcohol, and/or Cocaine," Pediatrics 89:67-77 (1992); Day, N. et al, "Prenatal Marijuana Use and Neonatal Outcome," Neurotoxicology and Teratology 13:329-34 (1992); Linn, S. et al, "The Association of Marijuana Use with Outcome of Pregnancy," American Journal of Public Health 73:1161-64 (1983).

45. Hayes, J. et al, "Newborn Outcomes with Maternal Marijuana Use in Jamaican Women," Pediatric Nursing 14(2):107-10 (1988); Streissguth, A.P. et al, "IQ at Age 4 in Relation to Maternal Alcohol Use and Smoking During Pregnancy," Developmental Psychology 25: 3-11 (1989); Richardson, G.A. et al, "The Effect of Prenatal Alcohol, Marijuana and Tobacco Exposure on Neonatal Behavior," Infant Behavioral Development 12: 199-209 (1989); O'Connell, C.M. and Fried, P.A., "Prenatal Exposure to Cannabis: A Preliminary Report of Postnatal Consequences in School-Age Children," Neurotoxicology and Teratology 13: 631-39 (1991); Fried, P.A. et al, "60- and 72-Month Follow-Up of Children Prenatally Exposed to Marijuana, Cigarettes and Alcohol," Journal of Developmental Behavior and Pediatrics 13: 383-91 (1992); Dreher, M.C. et al, "Prenatal Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica: An Ethnographic Study," Pediatrics 93: 254-60 (1994).

46. Buckley, J.D. et al, "Occupational Exposure of Parents of Children with Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia: A Report from the Children's Cancer Study Group," Cancer Research 49:4030-37 (1989).

47. Fried, P.A., "Postnatal Consequences of Maternal Marijuana Use," pp 61-72 in T.M. Pinkert (ed), Current Research on the Consequences of Maternal Drug Abuse, Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse; Fried, P.A. and B. Watkinson, "12- and 24-Month Neurobehavioral Follow-Up of Children Prenatally Exposed to Marijuana, Cigarettes and Alcohol," Neurotoxicology and Teratology 10: 305-13 (1988)

48. Fried, P.A. and B. Watkinson, "36- and 48-Month Neurobehavioral Follow-Up of Children Prenatally Exposed to Marijuana, Cigarettes, and Alcohol," Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics11: 49-58 (1990).

49. Fried, P.A. et al, "A Follow-Up Study of Attentional Behavior in 6-Year-Old Children Exposed Prenatally to Marijuana, Cigarettes, and Alcohol," Neurotoxicology and Teratology 14: 299-311 (1992).

50. Day, N.L. et al, "Effect of Prenatal Marijuana Exposure on the Cognitive Development of Offspring at Age Three," Neurotoxicology and Teratology 16: 169-75 (1994).

[daima]

give your child a chance? many kids of impregnated cannabis users have many many chances in life. I can name a few in our society who could use your enthusiam when it comes to the well being of another. Like um...those who dont get chances because of Poverty, Racism, and War. Go get'em tiger
dai*ma

[mikomomma]

Actually, the son i was referring to is my stepson who my husband and I have full-custody of. We must be doing something right. The meds that our western medicine puts him on have 10 times as many side effects as my oil any day of the week. The oil i gave him is harmless even by the standards of western medicine in the fact that THC has NO proven negetive side effects. It is the smoke inhalation that CAN cause damage.

In fact in many other cultures with symptoms of ADHD, they give these patients cannabis as a cure.

For someone so educated, you make poor points and get very angry without having any TRUE knowledge.

Don't forget, I have also explored this website and saw that you were the one who recommended that a 15-year-old with DOUBTS should keep smokin as it would get better. You are a fool.
By the way, it is mikomomma not daima

[mikomomma]

I forgot to mention to ryker something or other that when you compare what Ididn't put in my body while pregnant than you can talk. I ate mostly organic food, no coffee, no cigarettes, no alcohol, few sweets, exercised as much as possible. I was also told by a doctor to take vicodine during my pregnancy as I was in a major car accident early on and had major damage to my lower back and hip area. Giving vicodine to pregnant women in our culture is common practice in some places. I did the research and I made a choice based on lagitamite findings and studies. I didn't let someone else tell me what was best for my daughter, I did! I also had her at home without any interventions and she was over 8 pounds and breastfed for a year. Don't critisize just to critisize. When you really want to know about marijuana, you;ll go to sights and learn how to really read a "study". It matters who paid for it, and how many people were involved, and how they did the study. 70% of all marijuana smokers, also smoke cigarettes and in many of those studies about its negative effects, they are using people who smoke both. The government has banned much of the testing. Have you asked yourself why? I have been trained on how to read a study. I am a trained doula, childbirth ed, and lactation educator and have been taking care of children for over 10 years.

[mikomomma]

I just went back over and read all of that. You sound so young. Please don't talk to me like yoiu are a parent. You know very little about a pregnant body and how THC affects it. Have you heard of a placenta? I only wanted to add that smoking Weed doesn't mean you understand it. I say this because I too started smokin young, but for all the wrong reasons. I didn't start again until later and didn't even come close to understanding it until recently in my life. People like you end up threatening people with your attitude and words and then no one listens. It is ashame that you feel you are so mature but can use the F word at a complete stranger for having an opinion of their own. One day, when you are mature, you will understand what I am talking about. Do me one favor, broaden your horizons and learn a little more before you judge so harshly. Ask more questions before developing such strong convictions. If you don't, you will only have your mother.

[beachguy in thongs]

Smoking Weed does not cause damage. It's the best way to obtain all of the drug's effects.

[mikomomma]

I agree, I just didn't have the emotional energy to go into all the statistics and exacts with the angry young adult from before. Smokin is the most efficient and they are beginning to come out with more devices that eliminate some or all of the negatives. I was talking more from the placenta standpoint of carcinagens versus cigarettes. This kid in college was talking about how smokin while pregnant is the same as blowing it in your childs face. I just needed him or her to understand, that yes, the smoke can be dangerous but the amount you need to smoke to get high truly doesn't create enough smoke, therefore not enough carcinagens (i am not spelling that right, sorry) to make the negatives outway the positives.

[wintermaiden]

I work with Special Ed. kids, and my advice is this: it is sooooo not worth the risk! Even if you know people who have smoked while pregnant and it turned out fine, you never know what will happen in utero. A life of caring for a kid with special needs is not worth a few months of sobriety...and think of how WONDERFUL it's going to feel when you finally smoke again!

[psychocat]

Smoking anything during pregnancy is a bad idea for the simple reason that what gets into your bloodstream gets into the babies,,would you give a 4 year old a J?? Then why would it be good to give it to an unborn child?? Simple really.


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.

I have one question regarding this quote, please define "FEW" since it implicates that there were adverse effects therefore it can't be "harmless", can it?

[Strikerrr]

I'd chilll if i were you. Just make sure you let your kid smoke for me.

[Storm Crow]

For years the doctors have been saying that synthetic and natural vitamins are equally good for you. If that is true, then synthetic cannabinoids should have the same effect as natural and vice versa. Please go to Cannabisnews.com and check out the first comment by FOM on NORML's Weekly news bulletin. It seems that in mice prenatal exposure to cannabinoids actually promote the proliferation (growth) of neurons (brain and nerve cells). So, although the actual smoke from marijuana may be bad for your baby, the cannabinoids are helpful and build the brain. Back to brownies? No smoke involved, if you eat it. And get as much sleep as you can--you are going to need it. Have a Happy Holiday and a Happy, Healthy baby.

[kiki]

pleeeaaaase don't smoke while you're pregnant. stay away from all substances (even caffeine!!) i spent all summer working with kids with disabilities caused by exposure to harmful teratogens, it is so sad because all of their disabilities are totally preventable. if you smoke your baby could be born premature and/or have a low birth weight. there is also a chance he/she could have brain damage. just wait and then afterwards you can celebrate and get really stoned.

[psychocat]

pleeeaaaase don't smoke while you're pregnant. stay away from all substances (even caffeine!!) i spent all summer working with kids with disabilities caused by exposure to harmful teratogens, it is so sad because all of their disabilities are totally preventable. if you smoke your baby could be born premature and/or have a low birth weight. there is also a chance he/she could have brain damage. just wait and then afterwards you can celebrate and get really stoned.


Well said !!

[robert42]

At the end of the day it takes 5 mintues to get high, takes 9 months to have a baby ISIT WORTH THE RISK JUST TO GET HIGH?

If u think its worth the risk then should you really be the kidna person that deserves a kid?

sorry just my opinion