Good for you ! And pleeeease don't hate yourself, it will only make things harder for you. Instead feel proud that you CARE, and that you are weaning off. Yes, they drug test your baby and you will probably have her taken away if she comes up positive. Your plan sounds good, and 10 wk.s should be plenty of time to get the drugs out of her system (as long as you don't have her prematurely.) You know your Dr., does she/he seem like someone you can be honest with ? If not, you could be shooting yourself in the foot if your Dr. will over-react and report you to child services anyway. Med. professionals are mandated reporters, meaning we are required by law to report any suspected child abuse or neglect to C.S....it just depends on whether your Dr. would judge this to be abuse or neglect. If you can stick to your plan and get off, you might choose to keep it to yourself.
they do do random drug tests on newborns. your best option is to taper but speak to ypur dr about the problem. if they know about it now and can help you quit safely for yourself and the child then even if she comes back with small traces depending on ur "treatment" the likelyhood of loosing your little one is less because tthere is physical proof that your getting help for the both of you...
Thank you all for the advice and the support! as of today i am proudly down to 11.25 mgs of oxycodone. i have sucessfully tapered from 18.75 to 11.25 in one week! i am right on schedule with my taper plan and i am feeling confident and motivated. i know the first couple days of the 11.25 taper will be a little hard, but i can do it!!! thank you!
Inbox me if you need more help!!!! Please dont be ashamed to ask for help anymore!!!
I am currently on 20mg oxycontin 2xs daily that my ob/gyn is giving me, i also have back problems but ive had mine since i was 16 im now 24... had a fusion done last year and i swear it made my back issues worse! Im sp sorry to hear that your going threw this! Believe me i know how your feeling! Please please start tapering yourself off of them! I finally went from 3 30mgs a day to 2 20mgs! Its a big acomplishment after being on such a high dose for over a year! If you can speak to your doc! They have to help you! I understand your fear as i have the same fears even tho my meds are prescribed to me
THANK YOU everyone, for taking the time to respond to my post. it means a lot. i will take all the advice i can get! after doing plenty of research on this. i have come up with a tapering plan, which i after tonight, i will be 3 days down...successfully! believe me...there is NO turning back from here. i WILL be off the oxycodone by 30 weeks. and with the detailed tapering plan i have come up with, i believe it will be pretty much painless! and that the baby most certainly will not be affected! i am almost positive that when i am off them completey, that the 30 week marker will give me plenty of time to have both our systems clean of this demon, and that my little girl will not be born with any withdrawaling. would yous agree?
again, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH for taking the time to respond. reading everyone post has just motivated me that much more!! yous have no idea!
god bless you all.
xoxo
THANK YOU everyone, for taking the time to respond to my post. it means a lot. i will take all the advice i can get! after doing plenty of research on this. i have come up with a tapering plan, which i after tonight, i will be 3 days down...successfully! believe me...there is NO turning back from here. i WILL be off the oxycodone by 30 weeks. and with the detailed tapering plan i have come up with, i believe it will be pretty much painless! and that the baby most certainly will not be affected! i am almost positive that when i am off them completey, that the 30 week marker will give me plenty of time to have both our systems clean of this demon, and that my little girl will not be born with any withdrawaling. would yous agree?
again, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH for taking the time to respond. reading everyone post has just motivated me that much more!! yous have no idea!
god bless you all.
xoxo
I agree with pricefamily, they do random drug tests, more likely if they suspect drug use, and almost 100% of the time if you are on state insurance. I was on state insurance when I had my son and they tested him, they don't need your consent, and they won't tell you until after, and my nurse just came in and told me about his hearing test, and he came back negative for drugs, and I was like ohh I didn't know that was routine now, and she explained it to me. You need to discuss this with your doctor, and be honest, it will be hard, but better you come clean than have him/her find out later and think you were hiding it for obvious reasons, good luck hun!
JUST AN FYI NOT TO SCARE YOU BUT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO SERIUSLY GET OFF OF THEM, WHEN YOU HAVE THE BABY THEY DRUG TEST THE BABY TO SEE IF THERE ARE DRUG IN THE BABY'S SYSTEM IF SHE COMES BACK POSITIVE YOU WONT BE LEAVING THE HOSPITAL WITH YOUR LITTLE GIRL, THIS HAPPENED TO MY BEST FRIEND, SHE DIDNT KNOW THAT THEY DRUG TEST YOUR BABY AND SHE WAS DOING PILLS AND OTHER THINGS AND HER BABY WAS POSITIVE SO SHE WENT STRAIGHT TO FOSTER CARE AND IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR TO GET HER BACK, THANK GOD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH HER LITTLE GIRL BUT IM JUST LETTING YOU KNOW BC YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HER BEING TAKEN AWAY
I had been on percocet for about 4 yrs when I got pregnant. It was very hard to ween myself off, and it still is difficult to stay away from it. I'm 28 wks now, and have been off it since I was 18 wks, but I didn't want my baby to go through with drawl. If u need someone to talk to, feel free to email me. I've dealt with a lot, and am a good listener. Good luck & let me know if ud like to talk.
If you were to continue taking the meds until the birth of the baby then she will def be born addicted to the medication. You best option is to taper as you have described.. It minimizes your chances for early labor and withdrawral symptoms. You need to do this for you baby!!! If shes born addicted to the pills then she will go through the withdrawrals (think of how you felt it will be 100x worst for her) and need to be weaned off of it. Then theres a huge chance of children services being involved.
Be strong for you and your baby. She needs you and you need to do this for her! Good luck! I wish you the best of luck.
I cnt really say to much because I smoke cigs from the 16th of Aug I smoked like 6-7 a day now I'm down to 2 its hard kicking a habit. Please talk to your ob about it those purple pills r strong took those after my c section. Good luck
Yu need to discuss it with yer doctor because only he can tell yu what is best for yu and baby...sorry I wasn't more help
Good.luck