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Just to clarify... I meant "ignorant" in the strict sense, as in not knowing any better. Not an assault on the OP's intelligence, as if I were to use the term "stupid", which was not implied.
But, you are right, this is not the thread for this discussion.
http://www.medicalcannabis.com/pregnancy.htm
I think you may actually find this interesting.
And just to let you know, I don't smoke weed only to "get high". I happen to have a very serious anxiety problem and an eating disorder and do not have regular health insurance where I can go see a doctor and get prescribed medicine for it. And personally, I would prefer to smoke weed over drinking the poison that people call alcohol or smoking ciggarettes that have added chemicals in it that have been PROVEN to cause cancer.
Thanks for the link, but it seems to not be working.Quote:
Originally Posted by angelfairy16
Also, again, I apologize for being so "in your face" rude. It's a bit of a touchy subject for me. So, I will do some quick searching on your original issue (wrt testing and such). Good luck!
Yikes, an eating disorder is not something to fuck around with during pregnancy!
I'd talk to an attorney, or if you are not comfortable with that, a womens' advocacy group, who can point you in the right direction for good legal advice. If you have your anxiety and eating disorder documented by a medical professional (which, no doubt, you do by now with pre-natal visits?), that may be in your favor; but, again, that is something that an attorney familiar with your state's laws can help you with.
Here's somewhere to start anyway:
National Women's Law Center: Stay Connected with the National Women's Law Center
Edit: One of my acquaintances works for a womens crisis center as a legal advocate. I will ask her next time I see her how this is handled in my state. Although she deals more with women who are in troubled times, that must be a subject that comes up frequently. I'm also thinking that since that will be the only substance, they hopefully would not be bothered to go through the expense and disruption of any action on it?
Angelfairy,
First of all, I don't have ANY doubts that your baby will be born healthy. :) I have two very close friends who both smoked the "green" during their entire pregnancies, and their babies/children were born perfectly fine and healthy. In fact, one of my friends TOLD her gyno when she was still in her 1st trimester that she was smoking pot due to morning sickness, and her doctor didn't bat an eye - even stating that she had quite a few patients who used weed as a method to relieve their nausea as it was the only thing they could find that eased this symptom of pregnancy.
I work in the legal field, and have never heard of such a law as you have described... Is this perhaps a "state" law? As far as detoxing goes... How soon do you have to pass the "at home drug test?" If you are pregnant and need to detox quickly and safely, then of course, the best person to ask is your doctor - have you thought about asking him/her about this issue, i.e. how to safely detox while pregnant, specifically? I don't figure it would hurt since your doc already knows you've been smoking... If your doc won't give you any suggestions, all I can say is that drinking lots of PURE cranberry juice and water for a few days is the surest method I've used to detox quickly, and I wouldn't think this method would hurt your baby. Another suggestion - have you thought about calling a local health food store (preferably not a GNC, but a locally owned one) and asking (obviously anonymously) if any of the detox products they sell are safe for use during pregnancy? I know some of these "natural" detoxes simply contain vitamins/herbal ingredients (which does not necessarily mean they are safe for pregnant women, although you could, if necessary, get a list of everything in it and do an internet search on each one to find out if any or all are safe for you).
Since you've been smoking your entire pregnancy and are not too far from delivery, you do not have much time to detox (as you are well aware, I know). However, since you HAVE stopped smoking for a week already, if social services DOES have to get involved due to the new law, I think you still have a fighting chance at keeping your baby. If you can pass a drug test after delivery, I would think that will be in your favor. If social services does become involved, it's possible that you might just be put on some type of probation period wherein you would be randomly screened to ensure you have maintained abstinency from the substance (provided there are no other potential issues SS could use against you if they investigated extensively).
I wouldn't stress too too much over all of this. I know that's easier said than done, but the last thing you need right now is ANY type of stress. I'm with Weedhound on this, though, and think consulting an attorney would not only be in your best interests (and your child's, of course) but will empower you with valuable knowledge so you will at least know what to expect when the time comes, and that alone can help put your mind at rest and ease your anxiety - which is SO important for you right now!
Good luck!! I wish you the best! :thumbsup:
Wow, I feel really sorry for you. Talk about catch 22, you smoke to relieve your anxiety and this is the time you really need it. I don't personally think it's a good idea to smoke anything whilst pregnant, but I wish you all the best, hope it works out.
Angelfire, I'm hoping you're already in the process of letting yourself come clean and wanted to reassure you that you're not really going to be de-toxifying in the same way you would if you were coming off a narcotic drug with true physical addiction potential. You're simply letting cannabis metabolites clear from your system, which can happen safely by simply ceasing to use and waiting for your body to clear those metabolites, which takes time depending on how much cannabis you're accustomed to using.
I'm not expressing this hope because of your baby's potential danger, although I do think it's inadvisable, no matter what you're using cannabis for, to smoke during pregnancy, despite the fact that numerous people have done so without incident and will continue to do so. I'm expressing this hope because that law does seem to be on the books in Louisiana and I know you need to be clean in order not to risk losing your baby if you and the baby are drug-screened when you give birth. One of my cousins is a family attorney in north Louisiana and he said that statute is normally used to remove minor children when drug use is habitual and combined with a criminal drug history and more often when it involves substances that are much more dangerous than cannabis. Trust me on this. The entire obstetric and social services community in the uniquely substance-laden state of Louisiana (my native state, incidentally) are well aware that young mothers and babies sometimes test positive for cannabis. The thing you don't want to do is bring down any unnecessary scrutiny on yourself or invite any further examination of your circumstances because it sounds like you're also dealing with some other health issues that might make a social services agency question your fitness for parenting or at least cause them to believe you'd merit a closer evaluation.
I think Stinky's suggestion to talk to an attorney is a good one. If you call the nearest law school to you (LSU has a big law clinic) or the parish legal aid society in your area, you should be able to consult with one for free. You can also probably get some answers about how the social services professionals at the hospital or clinic where you plan to deliver might react by asking one of your friends or relatives to call that hospital's social work department and simply asking what their standard policy is for neonates (newborn babies) who test positive for cannabis. They should be able to provide a fairly clear answer, as could your parish's child protective services office.
Best of luck to you and your baby.
Have a natural home birth! I wish I had and will with my next. As for the pot use I was told by a midwife to use it for a collection of reasons, and even my Doctor told me it would be worse for me to stop using it, especially considering the legal meds I would need without it.
i think your fine, you could always play dumb til the end! You can say (and its up to the state to PROVE its not) you dont smoke and if the test they took is a false positive and stick to your guns and tell them sometimes people that your around sometimes smoke and might of inhaled 2nd hand smoke..
fuck the man and never admit to ANYTHING to the man!!
p.s. if your smoking for something that can be handled/treated temporary in another way, it would be good..
dont think weed or any drug to be taking durning preg is ever good.
i am a son of pot. my mom quit drinking and smoking, but she smoked pot several times while she was pregnant with me.
i am fine, albeit the auditory hallucinations, and TV watches me, but that's a separate matter! :D
and only recent too so nyeah.
anywyas... she drank a little with my sister, and my sister has one leg shorter than the other.
that was just a LITTLE drinking.
but she smoked more pot with me and i came out perfect by all standards, otehr than my umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck...
but my sisters was twice!!