please help.taking vicodin and pregnant

[lenore261]

I am 6 months pregnant and have been taking vicodin everyday for the past 2 months. i only take 1-2 vicodin 10/325.
i started out with only half of one but it has progressed to 1 sometimes 2 a day. i think i am getting addicted to them because i know i shouldnt be taking them but i cannot resist the urge. i have bad hip and back pain but even on days when its not that bad and i could do without i still take them. i am really ashamed and have alot of guilt from it. i dont tell anyone iam taking them everyday. my fiance knows i take them every once in a while, but not everyday.
i still have alot left and have thought about throwing them away but im afraid i will really need them and not have them or be mad at myself and just get more. and i think the part of me that is addicted doesnt want me to throw them away.
im not depressed im so happy im having this baby, i dont smoke. drink or anything. i eat healthy. its just this one thing that is like my dark side and i feel so awful about it. but i found this site and i really need to stop taking them because im afraid my baby will have problems and i dont want to struggle with this addiction later in life and let it hinder my abilities as a mother.
i am hoping i can find people that will not judge me and tell me what a horrible person i am. i really would like to know someone that can understand what im going through and help me get through this.

what are some tips in having more self control so i can stop taking these?
has anyone else been down this path while pregnant?
did you baby come out ok? did he/she suffer any problems due to vicodin?
will me baby be okay from what ive taken so far?
please offer any advice ou can give id really appreciate it.

[scaredOFreality]

you do need to stop taking them...you will never really know if it is going to harm your unborn child so why take the chance...either way it's going to drive you crazy to think that YOU could be harming your child...i smoked weed for a good amout of my pregnancie(i was throwing up so bad and not getting the nutrients for my baby...no excuse but that is why i was smoking it)...felt guilty the whole time to the point of being mentally sick...i finally said ******* and quit 3 months before i had my little angel. And it is not fun to raise your child while being addicted to pills...i sure regret it...and still do. If your able to rest then rest instead of moving around to much when your hip and back do hurt. You said that even when the pain isnt there you want to take them... You are getting addicted..you were taking half of a pill and now you take 1-2 a day? your tolerance is getting higher...you dont need the pills. You can stop it's early in the game YOU CAN DO IT!! i have faith in you...Please stay in touch...and it's wonderful that you had the courage to admit this to strangers. i know exactly how you feel about the guilt will being pregnant.

[1234betterlife]

i sent you a pm

[lucyred68]

my dr. prescribed it for me while i was pregnant for the back pain that the pregnancy brought on.  my daughter was perfect and strong.  she was lifting her head up off of my stomach the day she was born.  she is 20 now and a smart, sociable, responsible young woman.  She works with elderly residents of a resthome, especially with those who have speech problems. i am so proud of her, and thankful every day that she is healthy and strong.  for your own sake, and for the sake of the baby, you do need to address this, as you feel uncomfortable with the reason you are taking the meds.  the baby will be fine if you don't escalate the amount and do without the last two weeks of pregnancy, but do you want to be hooked while taking care of an infant?  hang in here, and keep on reading the horror stories of addiction, and maybe that will give you the strength to quit before you are truly physically addicted. now it seems to be a mental thing, but much longer or at a higher dosage, it could also become physical addiction.  take care of yourself and that wonderful gift the Lord has blessed you with.

Luv, Lucy

[GoingToMakeIt]

Send a PM to 1234betterlife, she trained as RN in OBGYN and has helped many in your shoes.

[JAXX55]

My prob was not pills, however ANY kind of drug is unsafe for an unborn child. If you think it's a problem, it probably is. STOP NOW!!! Your child is not asking to be addicted to drugs. It's not fair. Seek help if you need it to stop. Taper, do something, just STOP NOW for the Baby and yourself. Good Luck! =)

[worried878]

That is a low dose///the scary part is the fact that u r feeling the need to take them...if u r beginning to worry about it...get out while the getting is good...for u and the baby....addiction is a progressive disease...it is disabling if left untreated

[usarmymedic1]

forgot it has not been proven that it won't effect the baby either so basicly unknown how it effects. but if the dr. gave it to you they feel that the benifits out way the risk.

[usarmymedic1]

well it has not been proven that hydro's effect the baby's development but there have been cases were it went through W/D once born. the best thing I can tell you is to slowly taper your use down to nothing so not to ge in to that sever of W/D.. the Dr put my wife on Tnyl-3's while pregnant with my daughter becouse of severe headaches and leg pains, back. hip, big daughter small wife ....lol but she is just fine but not abuseing the meds you are not taking alot so W/D if you taper should be minimal.