percocet and pregnancy

[leolion1]

I am 25 weeks pregnant and I am taking percocet 3-4 times a day for a severe back injury....I take them because i need them and never to get high.....My ob said not to discontinue, i was just wondering if anyone took this med while pregnant and Is it 100% my baby will be born addictede?

[lauslv]

Thanks for your support you know sometimes I can take just a few and it makes  me have a horrible headache it seems like that would tell me but I stayed in such pain with my back for so long I cant even stand to have feeling in it. To spite the fact  they had me on such strong meds for so long I would really be sick now. My OB will have my insurance maxed out before this is over there sending me threw alot of stuff I have already done and is in my files they just cant see it at my age when alot of it is genetics      
and the disc nobody can pinpoint which fall, wreck, or job would have caused it!  

[Carebear215]

If you need support come here and we will do what we can.
If your doctors told you to keep taking them then follow what they tell you.
I thought I was pregnant a couple months ago and was so worried because of the meds I take. But I wasn't. I had tubes tied but even the doctor thought I was he said he had just recently had a patient in that had her tubes tied and 10 yrs later she was pregnant.
Don't really want to start all over again but hey who am I to question the man upstairs.
We deal with the cards we are dealt and try to make the best of them.
You are doing what you can and you want what is best for your child.
keep up the good work.
And visit us often to let us know how you and baby are doing.

[lauslv]

Thank you so much and I will stay in touch. I feel like that my only responsibility is to make sure this baby is healthy and strong and I dont feel like Im doing that right. I worry if totally quit the baby will be in to much stress from my pain and withdraws. Niether can be healthy. Everyday I wake up and for god to help me strong and make it thru the day I seem fine until 12 hours have passed and I have not taking anything. I am relly glad I found you guys. Thank you all!  

[leolion1]

Thank you for the reply last week....No one else has answered me on this...I went to the babycenter.com website and read some of the threads on other mothers who took meds while preg...The babies were all fine...I need someone to tell me a experience from taking percocets..How many they took for how long through pregnancy and if baby was effected.....

Do u know how many days it takes for baby to show withdrawal symptoms? He is perfectly fine now, good weight and very strong...I dont think i can taper down anymore I am just into much pain here in mt last few weeks.....

Please help me i am so anxious and wooried

[FLaddict]

hey there.. I didn't see this post til just now.. sorry...

I would think that they baby would show signs within the first 12 hours if it was gonna have withdrawl..I will look up some info for you and try to find out...I will be on most of the night til about midnight est time.. so post me if you need to dear..

[FLaddict]

This site states that it can be seen as soon as 24 hours or as late as 10 days after birth depending on the substance. I would think with percasets short half life any symptoms would be seen within 12-24 hours.. It also says that 3-50 percent of babies born have this.. opiates especially cause withdralw in half of the babies that mothers used prenatally...