Drug Test while Pregnant

[Babba Booey]

Why the hell are you smoking when you are pregnant ?? Thats nuts although it may not be as harmful as tobacco or alcohol, its still SMOKE .. You are still inhaleing smoke into your lungs and damagining your lungs...ANY AND EVERY KIND OF SMOKE IS BAD FOR YOUR LUNGS EVEN POLLUTION.. Your unborn fetus is still inhaleing smoke filled air, that is totally wrong .. I'm all abotu the smoke but for god's sake dont smoke while you are preganant eat a bud brownie if you feel that it helps morning sickeness you are damaging your unborn childs UNDEVELOPED LUNGS ...freaking nuts ..

[firemanjonnie]

Wow, for a group that does so much research and is all into the legalization of marijuana you all seem awefully quick to jump to your preconcieved notions on this on.

There have been studies done on the children of women who smoked through their pregnancy.

The study watched the children until funding was cut when the kids were around 5 or 6. The only difference found between the THC moms vs. the control was that the ones who had experienced THC in utero had on average 10 points higher on IQ tests. (the gov't cut the funding for fear that people will think that marijuana could be good for anything.

I have to say that I am really shocked my all you people who sit there and say, "well I'm no MD, but I know that shit is bad for you" Its way better for your baby than eating McDonalds or Perdue chicken while pregnant.

[firemanjonnie]

Oh and for babies in utero, they don't breathe with their lungs! If they did all they'd breath is amneotic fluid. A feotus gets its oxygen along with everything else--- through the umbilical cord. Fetal alcohol syndrome and the low birth weight of babies from moms that smoke tobacco products are curtesy of the chemicals supplied from those drugs (nicotine and alcohol). Before you blast a pregnant woman do your research.

If you don't even know how a baby developes in utero, you really can't make judgement.

[MsStrawberrySwisher]

Don't really matter anyway what we all say.

She gonna do her regardless.

IMHO: I just know smoking anything doesn't help the situation. I seen to many babies die/deformed over silly BS that many of us can prevent. I mean what is so wrong with giving someone who cannot think/speak for themselves a chance? is that so wrong to think that way or are we "overrating" and being "judgemental" because we all want the girl to have the greatest chance of having a healthy baby?

I guess "caring" is a dead weight nowadays... who needs it.

[Smokeychik]

Wow, for a group that does so much research and is all into the legalization of marijuana you all seem awefully quick to jump to your preconcieved notions on this on.

There have been studies done on the children of women who smoked through their pregnancy.

The study watched the children until funding was cut when the kids were around 5 or 6. The only difference found between the THC moms vs. the control was that the ones who had experienced THC in utero had on average 10 points higher on IQ tests. (the gov't cut the funding for fear that people will think that marijuana could be good for anything.

I have to say that I am really shocked my all you people who sit there and say, "well I'm no MD, but I know that shit is bad for you" Its way better for your baby than eating McDonalds or Perdue chicken while pregnant.

Thank you, this was the smartest thing I read within this post. Yes smoking CIGS are bad, it has been proven that NICCOTINE passes through the placenta, but they, NO ONE has been able to prove this with REEFER, it does not appear at this day and age that THC passes through the placenta AT ALL, trust me I researched this the entire time I was pregnant, and yes I blazed here and there, and my 4 year old is PERFECT, smartest in his class. Flame me all you want, but once a week or so, hell yes, I poofed a little.

I am 31, have many friends who have smoked while preggo, and the babies/kids are FINE. To the person who posted about the ONE alcoholic beverage causing the no brain stem, that is freaking rediculous. Do you know HOW many people in the world get pregnant and don't know for 4 weeks or so, and continue their lifestyles as normal? That poor fetus would have died anyway, it had nothing to do with the alcohol. Now, alcohol is terrible to drink while pregnant, I know this, but ONE drink is not going to make that happen. Things like that just happen in the first trimester, unfortuneately. AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA, Morning sickness lasted for ME the ENTIRE FUCKING PREGNANCY, so unless you have been rpegnant you just have no clue what you are saying and you sound ignorant to be quite honest, or maybe just really young, and that is cool, but come ON now, pregnancy is not "By the book" everyone is different. I threw up nearly every day for NINE MONTHS, so yes, some of these posts have irritated me, sorry


Chill out people, we advocate all the time how weed is harmless, and how it is natural, well, let up on this chick, she is only poofing once in a while she said, has not smoked for 2 weeks, we do not know anything more than that about her, let her be, if she was feeling anything like I was, I know why she was smoking. And I want to say sorry again, this is a seriously touchy subject for me, and I was surprised there are so many closed minded folks here...:smokin:

[mightymarijuanabuds]

Wow, for a group that does so much research and is all into the legalization of marijuana you all seem awefully quick to jump to your preconcieved notions on this on.

There have been studies done on the children of women who smoked through their pregnancy.

The study watched the children until funding was cut when the kids were around 5 or 6. The only difference found between the THC moms vs. the control was that the ones who had experienced THC in utero had on average 10 points higher on IQ tests. (the gov't cut the funding for fear that people will think that marijuana could be good for anything.

I have to say that I am really shocked my all you people who sit there and say, "well I'm no MD, but I know that shit is bad for you" Its way better for your baby than eating McDonalds or Perdue chicken while pregnant.

that is an outright lie.

i have seen the studies that say that pot is ok during pregnancy, and (i'll chime in with the 'I'm not an MD', coz i am NOT an MD, but i AM a doctor) i think it's a load of shit. the study in fact did show very little difference between the pot babies and the control group, but there was a difference, and the pot babies were not smarter, how stupid you have to be to buy that obvious fabrication... smoking pot while prgnant is stupid, it may not cause any major damage, but in most cases your kids will be slightly dumber.... of course you will think they are 'fine' if you were dumb enough to smoke during pregnancy in the first place.

in the studies i am familiar with, the pot babies were not deformed, or have any type of real 'disability' but they were DUMBER than the control babies, they took significantly longer to complete the same tasks when they were tested, annually up until they were 5 or 6 years old.

smoking pot while pregnant may not cause the same detrimental effects as tobacco or alcohol or crack, but that still doesn't make it ok. it doesn't take a fucking genius to figure out that carcinogens are bad for the baby. even if you wanna eat or use a vaporizer your are causing some form of, albiet minor, damage. babies need to get melatonin and cannabinoid compounds that occur naturally in breastmilk, and you fuck up that natural process by ingesting cannabis in any way. smoking pot won't cause a premature birth, or mental retardation, but it will cause "DEE DEE DEE" (for the mencia fans ) shame on all you for defending this stupid bitch, lady give up your kid if you want it to have any decent chance in life, or grow up real fast.

[kiekie420]

my best friend is pregnant and her doctor told her that it doesn't hurt the baby at all to smoke weed in moderation.

I think your friend needs to get a new doctor!!!!!!!!!!!

[invision]

well my GF smoked through her entire pregnancy her doctors and everyone knew about it he said the smoke could be bad but we have a vaporizer so she mainly used that after that he never said a word and neither did the hospital after birth.

theres nothing wrong with him hes a extremely happy 7 month old he does all the things a baby should do his age he is very alert about everything he almost never cries about anything the world to him is a awsome place.

hey you can trash me if you want my GF had problems in her pregnancy like eating, feeling sick, body pain stuff like that and herb took most of it away i think its pretty sad you people here would cut down someone so quiclkly about nothing you know.

we all smoke herb here but are we running around thinking its bad for us.....nope so what the hell is with you people ive know many people who smoked pregnant theres babies/children are fine i have never heard a case directly linked to a birth defect from herb its not alchohol people jesus.

i am a male and males judge way too quiclkly about shit they dont even know about why dont some of you try and be on her level instead of being a complete prick a woman goes through more than a man will ever i myself will give my GF the world if it made her feel better....good day

[FakeBoobsRule]

I am 17 weeks pregnant and have to take a drug test soon. I haven't smoked in 2 weeks now. Im wondering if it takes longer to get clean while pregnant and if there is anything I can do to get clean faster.

BTW, the answer to her original question a year ago is pregnancy increases your body's glomerular filtration rate.

Someone said something about exposing the baby's lung to smoke. Babies do not get oxygen from breathing air. They get it from amniotic fluid and the umbilical cord. Think about it for a minute. How does a baby in a womb breathe air?

As a matter of fact, basically the only thing the baby is being exposed to is the THC, not the smoke.

Also, someone said that cigarette smoke and pot smoke are just as bad. Even though any smoke is bad for your lungs, cigarette smoke is far worse than pot smoke in many different ways!

Not advocating pot smoking while pregnant but there are some outlandish statements in this thread.

[RainyDayWoman]

that is an outright lie.

i have seen the studies that say that pot is ok during pregnancy, and (i'll chime in with the 'I'm not an MD', coz i am NOT an MD, but i AM a doctor) i think it's a load of shit. the study in fact did show very little difference between the pot babies and the control group, but there was a difference, and the pot babies were not smarter, how stupid you have to be to buy that obvious fabrication... smoking pot while prgnant is stupid, it may not cause any major damage, but in most cases your kids will be slightly dumber.... of course you will think they are 'fine' if you were dumb enough to smoke during pregnancy in the first place.

in the studies i am familiar with, the pot babies were not deformed, or have any type of real 'disability' but they were DUMBER than the control babies, they took significantly longer to complete the same tasks when they were tested, annually up until they were 5 or 6 years old.

A doctor...huh?
DUMBER isn't even a medical term.

A number of studies reported low birth weight and physical abnormalities among babies exposed to marijuana in utero. However, when other factors known to affect pregnancy outcomes were controlled for-for example, maternal age, socio-economic class, and alcohol and tobacco use-the association between marijuana use and adverse fetal effects disappeared. Numerous other studies have failed to find negative impacts from marijuana exposure. However, when negative outcomes are found, they tend to be widely publicized, regardless of the quality of the study.

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 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, or 24 months. 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. 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.

In another study, standardized IQ tests were administered to marijuana-exposed and unexposed 3 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.

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.

Lynn Zimmer Associate Professor of Sociology, Queens College John P. Morgan Professor of Pharmacology, City University of New York Medical School The Lindesmith Center, 1995
Origin: www.crl.com/~dftflngr