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?

pumpkin Reviewed by pumpkin on 06-30-2006. Question for the women 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: Rating: 5

[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/...-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.