37 weeks and getting completely off 16 mg subutex

[KyPlus2]

Hi, I'm 37 weeks pregnant and I took my last half of subutex
this morning my doctor had me on 16mg of subutex throughtout my pregnancy, ever since I found out I was pregnant every single doctors appointment I would tell her I want to get off this medication completely I do NOT want my baby born addicted I can't let that happen!! Her response is next time u come in we will have a plan for you... That never happened and I'm fed up i know I'm going to go though horrible withdrawl I have been on this medication for a long time... But I don't want to give birth knowing that my baby will come out addicted and shaking going through withdrawals everytime I think about it I cry, so with that said I'm just so fed up not getting any answers I don't think that "weening" me off is going to help bc the addiction is there and I will end up conjuring a way to take "more" bc that's what I'm used to. I feel that I just need to go through the withdrawl and stop... Completely. Has anyone done this and succeeded? Or is going through this and has some answers? My main concern is the baby!

[jjE2423]

Update?

[Kelly98_]

Withdrawl is not an option for your baby! Idk what to say! I have had 4 children and was addicted to oxycontin when I found out I was pregnant with my 4th so I had my doc put on percocet and I took 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon and 2 in the evening! I didn't withdrawl and my doc told me the baby only gets 4 percent of what I was taking! I was lucky my son came out with absolutley no withdrawl! I'm not saying this will work for u I'm just saying withdrawl could be very harmful for your baby!

[Julia M Aharonov, DO]

At this point it is probably too late to taper from Suboxone safely and comfortably. Acute withdrawals may hurt the pregnancy and three weeks is not enough to completely taper off the 16 mg you are on. Suboxone has been used safely in both pregnancy and nursing and as long as you nurse your baby, s/he should not go through the withdrawals. Baby will wean slowly with you as you gently taper while nursing or when s/he weans down from nursing.
Do communicate with your doctor or midwife so that you are on the same page. So, to reiterate, as long as you are nursing, the baby will not go into withdrawals.  Good luck to you and my best wishes.