PREGNANCY AND MARIJUANA USE...HELP!

sorry, studies or not, that just sounds like a bad idea.

why would you take a depressent that fucks up your mental state while you are holding a developing human in your stomach? everything you do affects him so why in the world would you take drugs for fun during your pregnancy? that makes no sense at all. pregnancy is not about YOU or YOUR fun, it is about your child and nothing else. Cannabis may be rather healthy in the field of drugs but that doesn't mean it isn't mind altering.

BTW, you might have cannabinoid receptors making it not harmful to be eaten, but what makes you think that baby has his or hers developed yet? and for that matter, what makes you think you arent giving that baby waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much thc? he is practically the size of a small basketball at 3 months...

and poiuyt summed it up nicely. supervisor this is your damn kid, you have all your life to smoke, why would you not at least try to stay healthy as possible during your pregnancy. and just cause pregnant women have caffeine does not make it right. legality has nothing to do with this. come up with some better arguments if you really wanna debate this nonissue..

i will smoke when im pregnant.
the studies done more often than not show no adverse effects to the developing child, and it has been shown to be helpful for morning sickness and other nasty pregnancy things.

i read a study somewhere that explained why smoking marijuana doesnt even get to the fetus, ill look it up when i can get back into my school database.

and just because an article is ONLINE doesnt mean it has no credibilty, it just means its accesible.

and logic is a wonderful thing, but just because you think something is logical doesnt make it so. honestly, i think anyone who claims that LOGIC says so is only using that as a scapegoat so as to avoid admiting they dont know what the fuck the are talking about and are using their own moral misconceptions as a valid argument.

I would stop if I was you. Even if there is only like a 1 in 10000000000000 chance something could go wrong why would you risk it? Its 9 months of sobriety or the chance for a lifetime of regret.

eating to much fish can harm a fetus.
drinking anything with caffeine can harm a fetus.
being rear ended at a traffic light can harm a fetus.
your pet dog jumping on you to say hello can harm a fetus

one of the most common causes of stillbirth is being infected with streptococcus b. a COMMON infection.

anything you do in your life can and will adversly affect an unborn baby. the most mundane tasks are more than likely more risky than lighting a bowl on occassion, and if your argument is 'avoid all that MIGHT cause harm' please, when your pregnant or your girlfriend or whatever is pregnant, refrain from driving/walking and eating anything bu organic and unseasoned food.

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Originally Posted by sailboat

i will smoke when im pregnant.
the studies done more often than not show no adverse effects to the developing child, and it has been shown to be helpful for morning sickness and other nasty pregnancy things.

i read a study somewhere that explained why smoking marijuana doesnt even get to the fetus, ill look it up when i can get back into my school database.

and just because an article is ONLINE doesnt mean it has no credibilty, it just means its accesible.

and logic is a wonderful thing, but just because you think something is logical doesnt make it so. honestly, i think anyone who claims that LOGIC says so is only using that as a scapegoat so as to avoid admiting they dont know what the fuck the are talking about and are using their own moral misconceptions as a valid argument.

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learn what a study means. also, please calm yourself down and be civilized, im not in the mood and im sure ppl here dont wanna read a flame war.

a study is never conclusive, a study shows that the evidence points toward something or that there is a positive correlation between two things. that doesnt mean what somethng says is law or is going to happen all the time. i know logic is GREAT isnt it!

also, if all those silly little things like caffeine and fish harm a fetus, why do you think marijuana isn't going to do anything? it's just as much of a drug as caffeine is, it has different effects, but it has effects... and so do fish obviously. i dont mean you should be OCD and stay in your house all day eating vegetables, but doing things that are not natural occurances to your body that also happen to affect your brain are very unnecessary when you are pregnant.. you can live without it.

i am a male and i happily here and now vow something to all of you cannabinauts. when my wife and i, some day in the maybe near or maybe distant future, decide to have a kid, I will not let her smoke marijuana with my consent. BUT for those nine months i hereby promise to quit my marijuana usage and unnecessary vices that I have and go along for the ride with her.

Yes that doesnt mean shit to u but i think it means something to me, I really do.

i give you props for vowing to quit to... it's commendable, and i didnt mean to come up so aggressive but i do get frustrated with certain 'it's logic' arguments.

caffeine is a drug, alcohol is a drug, thc is a drug but besides that, these three 'drugs' have few things in common....thc for instance isnt a processed drug it occurs naturally and requires no special treatment besides growing, picking, drying. it's absorbed diffeently than caffein and alcohol... besides a general classification, it's drastically different.

im not saying 'smoke to get high and get fucked up all the time because your dependent on it' but it HAS been proven to help things like morning sickness. morning sickness is a bitch, ask any one who has dealt with it. if a bowl helps, and there is little valid proof of permanent harm, im going to opt for the bowl. not for the sake of a party, but for my own well being and comfort.

I wouldn't risk it. Just like how some people still have a glass of wine every now and again when pregnant. Sure your probably fine. But I wouldn't want to risk it. What if something DOES happen, I couldn't live with myself.

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alcohol is 100% harmful, easily proven with little room for debate. i understand the 'if one then the other' bu really, besides both being mind altering, they are completley different...

just a thought, really... to each his own on this one.

Yeah but im just saying, why risk it? I couldnt live with the guilt if something I did left my child with a disability or something. Especially if somehow I could have prevented it. I dont even drink in the first place. And im sure weed is safe for pregnancy its just that when im pregnant im going to everything in my power to be 100 percent safe and to keep my future child safe.

and im not arguing with that:)

i just dont think smoking in moderation should be condemned the way it is.... i know so many wome whove used it as a therputic drug during pregnancy and it realy helped them through something so physically and mentally draining.