Question for the women

[pumpkin]

Have any of you ever been pregnant and continued to smoke either cigarettes or marijuana throughout your pregnancy? My baby is a good healthy size but I'm still a little paranoid about what might happen if I continue to smoke? :confused:

[muncheemama]

i stopped smoking ciggerettes during pregnancy, and i have "heard" that smoking weed while pregnant is not a bad thing...i know it helps with morning sickness, and high blood pressure, and there really is no eveidence that it causes problems....google "ganja babies"

[Lucy BooH]

Hey Pumpkin :)

I can't say I've ever been in the same boat as you, as I'm only 18 (with no kids!)

I'd have to completely disagree, You might want a toke, but does your unborn child get a say in this? :( It's really not worth it, you've got the most precious thing you can imagine growing inside of you, and anyone with any common sense would not do anything to jepordise that.

[pumpkin]

With all due respect, I do believe I have common sense. Perhaps this question was meant for women who actually ARE pregnant or have been pregnant and know what it's like :)

[muncheemama]

oh snap....!

[muncheemama]

check this out...other cultures are alot less rigid about being pregnant, and the rules...and, there aren't retarded "areas" of the world...of course retards exist, but I would wager that weed has noting to do with it...check out "on a serious note" in the main forum....go past all the closed minded blabber...read ashantiwa's response....good stuff....

[beachguy in thongs]

In the study, pregnant rats were injected with a low dose of an artificial cannabinoid. Offspring exposed to the drug during gestation showed hyperactivity during infancy and adolescence, as measured by how many times they broke infrared beams crisscrossing their cages.

This stopped when they reached adulthood, but was replaced by problems with memory retention. The researchers showed reduced levels of a messenger chemical called glutamate in the hippocampus, part of the brain associated with learning and visual ability. They also found disruption of electrical processes associated with learning in this region.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/drugs-alcohol/dn3543-marijuana-use-in-pregnancy-damages-kids-learning.html

[birdgirl73]

I didn't smoke anything during pregnancy--and wouldn't have dreamed of doing so even if I'd wanted to. Cigarettes contribute to low birth weight and other health problems like a propensity toward asthma, and there's just not enough proof that mj is beneficial to risk it. Of the three babies I've ever known of born to mothers who got high during pregnancy, two of those kids were developmentally delayed, and the other has hyperactivity but seems of normal intelligence.

I'm curious why you'd even be considering doing something that might remotely harm an unborn baby. In the scheme of things, 40 smoke-free weeks isn't a huge sacrifice for a healthy child, is it?

[pumpkin]

Thanks to those who gave an unbiased answer, it's appreciated. :) :thumbsup:

I just wondered what some people here thought :)

[Shelbay]

I didn't smoke anything during pregnancy--and wouldn't have dreamed of doing so even if I'd wanted to. Cigarettes contribute to low birth weight and other health problems like a propensity toward asthma, and there's just not enough proof that mj is beneficial to risk it. Of the three babies I've ever known of born to mothers who got high during pregnancy, two of those kids were developmentally delayed, and the other has hyperactivity but seems of normal intelligence.

I'm curious why you'd even be considering doing something that might remotely harm an unborn baby. In the scheme of things, 40 smoke-free weeks isn't a huge sacrifice for a healthy child, is it?
YWhen you say got high" you are referring to MJ use correct? That you knew 2 kids whose development was delayed because of MJ use? Maybe MJ would be better for Mothers & babies than modern drugs used for various treatments during labor & birth also...I have seen "crack" & heroin babies but NEVER a baby that was challenged because of MJ use only but I don't think I would expose the baby to the side effects..but when the baby gets in the birth canal..thats a different story using mj as a med then..it should be available for the Woman.

[baisez le monde.]

oh dont smoke AT ALL!!!!

come on..... at least not ciggs.... shit.

[muncheemama]

hey beach guy....you should be able to understand how science has tried to pin something on weed....
there are alot of things that cause problems in pregnancy...coffee has been linked to miscarriage...certain veggies contain toxins that can be harmful..when women forn aversions to certain foods, its natures way of telling them not to eat it...
there have been a few things in this world found to be a definite problem for unborn children....alcahol, accutane, ciggarettes, crack, heroin..etc...these things come with strong and convincing evidence...but as a person getting high since conception, I can say that my siblings, nor have I, have suffered in any way...for the most part we are contributing members of society...but like i said before...its a culture thing

[birdgirl73]

YWhen you say got high" you are referring to MJ use correct? That you knew 2 kids whose development was delayed because of MJ use?
Yeah, both those women were heavy grass smokers and didn't use any other drugs. But who's to say their kids wouldn't have been developmentally delayed anyway? One of the women was so intent on keeping up her weed-smoking habit throughout her pregnancy that I'd almost venture to say she herself was developmentally delayed. Still, it's not a risk I'd take. Or one I'd recommend to others.

[beachguy in thongs]

hey beach guy....you should be able to understand how science has tried to pin something on weed....
there are alot of things that cause problems in pregnancy...coffee has been linked to miscarriage...certain veggies contain toxins that can be harmful..when women forn aversions to certain foods, its natures way of telling them not to eat it...
there have been a few things in this world found to be a definite problem for unborn children....alcahol, accutane, ciggarettes, crack, heroin..etc...these things come with strong and convincing evidence...but as a person getting high since conception, I can say that my siblings, nor have I, have suffered in any way...for the most part we are contributing members of society...but like i said before...its a culture thing

Well, that study is more than three years old, and it does say:

They argue that rat studies can be very useful in assessing human effects, because studies of people can be hampered by complex confounding factors. These could include cigarette smoking, wealth or urban living.

They, also, don't include Love & Emotion, Higher-Thinking, and evolutionalized intuition.

[beachguy in thongs]

Recreational drug (marijuana, lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD, speed, cocaine, and "other") exposures of women with primary infertility were compared with those of a matched control group of women with proven fertility. Women who reported smoking marijuana had a slightly elevated risk for infertility due to an ovulatory abnormality (RR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.0 to 3.0). The risk was greatest among women who had used marijuana within one year of trying to become pregnant (RR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.1 to 4.0). No consistent frequency or duration of use effects could be demonstrated, and the risk was confined to low-frequency users. Risks associated with the use of other drugs were not elevated. The risk of infertility from a tubal abnormality associated with cocaine use was greatly increased (RR = 11.1, 95% CI = 1.7 to 70.8). Our results are consistent with animal studies suggesting that smoking marijuana may cause a transient disruption of ovulatory function. The possibility that cocaine exposure influences the development of tubal infertility needs further investigation.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=2081252&dopt=Abstract

[muncheemama]

Recreational drug (marijuana, lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD, speed, cocaine, and "other") exposures of women with primary infertility were compared with those of a matched control group of women with proven fertility. Women who reported smoking marijuana had a slightly elevated risk for infertility due to an ovulatory abnormality (RR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.0 to 3.0). The risk was greatest among women who had used marijuana within one year of trying to become pregnant (RR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.1 to 4.0). No consistent frequency or duration of use effects could be demonstrated, and the risk was confined to low-frequency users. Risks associated with the use of other drugs were not elevated. The risk of infertility from a tubal abnormality associated with cocaine use was greatly increased (RR = 11.1, 95% CI = 1.7 to 70.8). Our results are consistent with animal studies suggesting that smoking marijuana may cause a transient disruption of ovulatory function. The possibility that cocaine exposure influences the development of tubal infertility needs further investigation.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=2081252&dopt=Abstract
and hear I am wasting $30 a month on birth control....but wait...I smoked weed when I got pregnant, 3 times...Oh and my mom has six kids...she could smoke you under the table....on your best day
sometimes the great things in life can never be explained...the one conclusive thing they have found about weed, is that they cant conclude a fucking thing

[beachguy in thongs]

she could smoke you under the table....on your best day


What's up with the personal attacks? :smokin:

[WeedFaerie420]

It seems people are somehow not processing that with smoking weed, you're inhaling smoke into your lungs and altering your consciousness (yea i know, you knew that), so how could that possibly be good while being pregnant? You should purify your body as much as possible. If I were you I wouldn't risk it, although I can imagine how daunting 9 months of sobriety will be. And beachguy, I found your posts in this thread to be informative and helpful.

[muncheemama]

What's up with the personal attacks? :smokin:
its less of a personal attack on you, and more about props to mommy!! shes a hard ass:stoned:

[muncheemama]

It seems people are somehow not processing that with smoking weed, you're inhaling smoke into your lungs and altering your consciousness (yea i know, you knew that), so how could that possibly be good while being pregnant? You should purify your body as much as possible. If I were you I wouldn't risk it, although I can imagine how daunting 9 months of sobriety will be. And beachguy, I found your posts in this thread to be informative and helpful.
well, all of my pregnancies have been difficult, and I was amazed to see how many CHEMICALS they pumped into my body without blinking.... the pain medication you recieve "alters your consciousness".... I was given haldol, morphine, demoral, fetanyl, and other muscle relaxers to stop labor...not to mention random steroids, nausea medicine, magnesium sulfate, pitocin, etc....

[poorprincess]

I have a friend who smoked ciggarettes during pregnancy twice. Her babies came out beautiful and fine but she worried through both pregnancies and is still worried to this day that some bad affects could still turn up in her children and the guilt is the worst thing thats happened to there family so far.





I didn't smoke while I was pregnant because of all the research about it thats proven it's bad for the baby.



I didn't smoke pot while I was pregnant even though there isn't all that much research publicized about it because a.I can do what I want to MY body but my thaught is that it'd be rong to fuck with the underdeveloped mind of a fetus.

[beachguy in thongs]

It seems people are somehow not processing that with smoking weed, you're inhaling smoke into your lungs and altering your consciousness (yea i know, you knew that), so how could that possibly be good while being pregnant? You should purify your body as much as possible. If I were you I wouldn't risk it, although I can imagine how daunting 9 months of sobriety will be. And beachguy, I found your posts in this thread to be informative and helpful.

Thanks, 420Faerie, if I were to be pregnant, I'd wake up, everyday, with pain and a baby growing inside me. My vision would be double and that's why I need to smoke Weed in the morning, though, I wait until I need it.

The Weed should help with my morning sickness, my morning pain, and my morning fog. If I was pregnant, I'd cut out the "extra" hits that I pack when I'm bored.

Weed has shown no negatives, with heavy use, on adult minds. Besides, an empty wallet. But, it does show a negative, for heavy use, on the growing mind [ http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/abstract/166/7/887 ], still, "light-use" is a positive.

Your baby needs Melatonin until it's three months old. The biggest negative factor on pregnancy is the effect cannabinoids have on modulating the embryo's cells. I'm not even sure that it does that, but, if Marijuana can modulate every other cell, in your body, then it would have an effect on the embryo, or whatever, I'm not an abortion clinic.

Upstate New York is beautiful, I hope you've seen it all, Ms. Faerie.

[weedheaduknow]

your dumb for smoking while pregnant but i admit that i've seen a couple bitches that did that and their kids seem fine.

[JuggaloAtTheDoor]

oh snap....!


lmao

[zero2104]

stop smoking cigarettes right now, and bud iono if that fuck u up or not

[pumpkin]

your dumb for smoking while pregnant but i admit that i've seen a couple bitches that did that and their kids seem fine.

WTF is wrong with you? Are you really so rude that you cannot state your opinion any other way? I don't think I've ever been rude to anyone on this site but-you my friend, can fuck off.