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methadone addicted newborn

by claire254, Jul 25, 2008 04:07PM
If a pregnant mother is taking daily methadone, and is 7 months pregnant, I know the baby will be addicted to methadone.  How serious is the withdrawal process for this little infant.  Will there be long term effects?  If the mother is considering of giving up the baby for adoption, how do you prepare the adoptive parents for this?
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by avisg, Jul 25, 2008 04:12PM
clare ,I wish I new all of the answers but I don't . I am hoping someone will be able to help more I just want to say there is tons of support here .
avis

by extrmeski, Jul 25, 2008 05:31PM
The answer is yes the baby will be addicted and will have to withdrawl.  There are medications that are used to help the infant, but addicted babies typically are lower birthweight, constantly crying and fussy even after they are withdrawn from the drugs.  I'm not sure of the long term effects but I am sure that there are others here that have some insight into that.

by Marebears, Jul 25, 2008 05:39PM
To: clair254
My daughter was born on methodone and she is almost 2 years and very smart! i know about 50 of the same mothers! I go to a clinic 4 methodone. do u wanna talk? e mail me back! Got a ton of truthful info for you.

by genix, Jul 25, 2008 05:43PM
**** thats heart breaking for both mother and baby, im a grown man and methadone withdrawal is a nightmare it nearly killed me!! so so sad

by Marebears, Jul 25, 2008 05:55PM
To: claire254
MY daughter never was any fussier than my other 3 children, her birth weight was normal if u breast=feed your baby will go home with u and only 2% of m-babies go through sever withdraws or even any withdraws at all! you can taper your baby down on your own around 3 months! Please DONT listen to hear say about it. Thats what will stress u out and put u in early labor! My email address ***@****! Got a number to a nurse u can call! She was my life line through my preg. and runs the program i was in!
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