is marijuana safe

[kaylahdee]

i have had hyperemesis gravidarum since i was 9 weeks pregnant. in and out of hospitals so many times its ridiculous. i have been to the point where i puked up so much blood and none of their medicines like phenergan or zofran or reglan would stop it so they had to knock me out. i almost died that day, it was the worst, most painful day of my life. well i found out that taking a few hits of weed makes the nausea and/or vomiting immediately go away.  i've looked it up and it seems there are no proven medical illnesses or conditions that come from smoking marijuana while pregnant, but still, i get panic attacks thinking i might be harming my unborn son. i know i'm taking a risk smoking, but i know cigarettes are worse and i stopped that way in the beginning.  if i dont smoke, i end up in the hospital getting the same ole meds shoved in my IV that DONT WORK. i am tired of this i want to stop smoking, but i cant just tell my doc i smoke weed to make it stop, or i fear my baby may be taken away from me.  i have ibs, a very bad acid reflux, and gastroparesis.  they say all these reasons on top of the hyperemesis is why i am puking, as well as the baby limiting the space in my belly. what do i do? puke my guts out to the point of almost dying, or smoke weed?? maybe if i puke so bad again they will induce me, but i doubt it. help!

[honey1982]

if when you deliver and there is drugs in the baby's system then they may take him away from you becuase you and the baby has drug in your body weed is still an illegela narcotic thats what they are going to be looking at not just ooh its weed thats nothing. so i wouldnt tell the doctor they report all type of stuff all day long. and once you tell thenm that that they will report it. but goodluck and try to stop smoking weed you can do damage to the baby brain cells/

[alaysha]

I know that you are 35 weeks... but I think I would switch doctors even this late in the game if they weren't doing everything they could to help you.

[ExpectingaRedhead]

Are you able to switch doctors? Is there anything else they can do?

[kennedydp5]

were you at the hospital or your regular OB?  i know sometimes hospital staff are no where near polite sometimes (just my experience).  how far along are you?  if it was your OB can you maybe see a different one?  

[kaylahdee]

by the way, i want to tell my doctor but i am terrified of having my son taken away from me. i would die. if i tell, is their a chance they will take the baby away?

[kaylahdee]

i feel like such a bad mother now after reading all of this. it's just like doctors around here dont care or something. the one time i was really sick, they gave me three shots of pehnergan and three shots of zofran and i was still puking...they sent me home and were like i dont know what to tell you, we've given you enough medication to medicate a horse.  they say oh that sucks, deal with it. so how do i get them to really see how sick i am?