PREGNANCY AND MARIJUANA USE...HELP!

[headbanger4eva]

I just asked for a opinion....not some smart ass remark, I did quit as soon as i found out...i've only gotten high 1 or 2 in my whole pregnancy. And it does worry me....and just because i'm not married doesnt mean shit, that doesnt mean that i'm not going to be a good mom and i need to go have an abortion...THATS KILLING A BABY, and i'm totally against that...anyone who suggests somthing like that really is a moron, i would atleast have it and give it up for adoption before i'd kill an innocent life, just because I got high 1 or 2 times doesnt mean that i'm not gonna change my mind and decide to quit for the rest of my pregnancy.....thats why I ASKED FOR AN OPINION......NOT A SMART ASS REPLY

[headbanger4eva]

Well thanx for everyones opinions...I have done my best to eat healthy, not drink much caffeine, and i've quit smoking....I felt bad after getting high when i did cause i had went 3 months without smoking any and i guess i just got alittle weak when its put in my face and everyones getting high around me, i guess from now on i'll just have to avoid those situations...cause i dont want to take a chance on anything happening to my baby even tho marijuana is a all natural plant and i dont find it to be harmful, i dont know for sure what its doing to my baby, and this point of time this baby is the most important thing in my life. I couldnt live with myself if somthing happened to it, which things can happen even if you do EVERYTHING HEALTHY possibly. It doesnt help either when my boyfriend smokes all tha time and keeps it around me, so i guess i'm gonna have to ask him to stop just outta respect for me and his baby until he has it......OH AND TO THE SMART ASS WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT ME BEING UNMARRIED, JUST CAUSE YOUR NOT MARRIED DOESNT MEAN ANYTHINGGG ABOUT BEING A GOOD MOM, THEIR ARE MANY UNMARRIED PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD....AND YOU DONT EVEN KNOW MY WHOLE STORY TO BE JUDGING ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE WAS PLANNING ON GETTING MARRIED A MONTH OR TWO AFTER MY BABY IS BORN SO I HAVE TIME TO LOOSE SOME OF THA WEIGHT....
and i need to keep my medicaid cause having a baby is very expensive these days
but thanx to everyone

[Rest Assured]

Two of my mates smoked a joint a day (just one) throughout their pregnancies and their kids are all fine

[birdgirl73]

Even though I know you got some strongly opinionated replies, as smart-ass remarks go, you got relatively good input here, Headbanger. This is a topic that generates a lot of passionate feelings, as you clearly can see in your own response.

I don't think you should worry or beat yourself up for one or two instances of smoking. Relatively few studies have been done one marijuana use during early pregnancy, and that's as it should be since the unknowns are still greater than the knowns. Chances are it's as harmless as has been shown in the Jamaican and other studies. But no one knows for certain because no one with any ethics is going to conduct large-scale medical testing on pregnant mothers and their fetuses. Also, at a very basic level, no one wants carbon dioxide cutting into the baby's oxygen supply. It's a fairly easy question to settle when you ask yourself whether you'd hot-box an infant or blow smoke in a baby's face. Most people with good sense wouldn't. Glad you'll abstain for the rest of your pregnancy just as a precaution, even as harmless as smoking might be. Hope the rest of the pregnancy goes well and that you'll feel great.

[Storm Crow]

Eva, about the weight thing- nurse your baby! Every calorie that goes into the baby comes out of you. I loved it when I was nursing! I could eat anything! To lose that pregnancy weight, all you have to do is eat sensibly and nurse exclusively for 6 months or more.

And about not being married. What freaking difference does it make if the "local shaman" has spoken the "magic" words or not! My hubby and I got married for two reasons- #1- It got the parents off our backs! #2- Great excuse for a party! The ceremony (trip as it was) was just something to mark the fact that we were already a couple. We were "married" long before the ceremony! Don't pay them any mind. You just do what you feel is best for you and your family. (You will anyway!- lol) - Granny:hippy:

[birdgirl73]

Great post, Granny, as usual, in your loving and supportive style. I'm working on an email reply to you very soon!

[my_bong_is_my_friend]

wow. just think about all the things that preggos put into their bodies everyday that are supposedly "safe." i'm sure you wouldn't say shit about one of them having soda or a cup of coffee. if cannabis was legal and it was socially acceptable you wouldn't even think twice about it.

i have a baby who is now four months old and i smoked before i knew i was pregnant and that was at about 5 weeks pregnant. nothing harmful happened to her thankfully but i stopped as soon as i found out.. just in case. i also didnt drink any soda or coffee until my doctor told me that it is actually good to have some caffeine. about one soda or half a starbucks coffee. still though, when i see pregnant women drinking soda or coffee i do think twice about it and i thought twice about it too when i drank them. so as much as i like cannabis, if there arent any actual proven statistics out yet then be safe... like someone said earlier, if you want to take the risk then thats on you but not smoking for 9 months is something i would much rather do than have something wrong with my child for their entire life.. im not saying it wont happen but im also not saying that it will. and the way i am , if it did happen... i wouldnt know if it was from the weed or not so i would feel bad all the time. i do agree though that there is probably nothing wrong with it..i know people who have smoked their entire pregnancy (cannabis) and their children are fine.. it is up to you i guess.

[x-Lollypopcicle-x]

so that means u must not care for your unborn child coz you still smoked a spliff even though u didnt know if it would harm the baby. gosh its not hard not to smoke weed especially if there is a good reason for it..

[silkyblue]

My friend smoked 5 to 7 times a day she had a baby girl but the baby had asthma not sure if it was caused by the herbs she smoke cigs too Id say it was the cigs

I couldnt smoke anything whilst prego
was way to ill blah!

good luck ~~


babies rock~~

sb

[BudPages]

use common sense... if smoking is bad for you, it's bad for the baby inside of you. no reason to compromise the future of your child.