How long does marijuana stay in the placenta?

[Dani582]

I smoked marijuana UNTIL I found out I was pregnant, in fact I smoked such a small amount that it didnt even show up at the required drug test at my first appointment. I am now terrified because my friend told me that it doesn't matter if you smoked once or a thousand times, marijuana will show up in the placenta and in the babies poop. Does anyone know if this is true? Will DCFS be contacted?

[missdale2012]

I was going to ask the same thing..cuz i smoked up until i was 16 weeks and a lady from social services came and told me that my drug levels was high.. i got scared and quit..but the last week of November..i slipped up and smoked a little bit and haven't touched it since..and im due on the 11th..im hoping that everything comes back negative cuz i haven't seen her in a while..this is my first baby and i don't want cps coming to my house..

[Dani582]

Im 24 weeks along and wasnt worried about this at all until my friend told me abour the placenta thing. I dont want cps coming to my house either. I wish it didnt cost so much to ask a doctor this question so we could know for sure.

[MamacitaTP]

I don't think they automatically test everyone..
But I can tell you (kinda more of a cool fact) that some people get "false positives" when tested for marijuana use even if they smoked it months earlier. Some of the THC can be stored in fatty tissues. When you work out, and you happen to work off the fatty tissue the THC is stored in then it can show up in your system. To what extent you'd need to smoke, gain weight and work out I'm not too sure.

You'll be just fine! :D

[AshleyGibson0713]

Dani: you're fine just don't do it again.
Missdale: when I had my first child (before I was a minister) I smoked weed until I was 6 months pregnant. It showed up on all my drug tests but they didn't tell me. After 3 or 4 months, the thc will stay in your babies meconium (poop) anyways they didn't tell me my drug tests were positive and when my baby was born a nurse came in and told me that I couldn't change his first diaper but didn't tell me why so I got mad and when he pooped I changed him anyways and they had put a small little pack with some kind of stuff in it in his diaper. Since they didn't tell me what it was I assumed it was nothing and threw it away. Turns out they were drug testing his poop and didn't tell me so I wouldn't try to tamper with it, but I didn't know what it was and threw it away so long story short, the nurse was really upset with me but there was nothing they could do. I spent the next month at home terrified that someone was going to come take my baby away... DO NOT smoke weed with your baby... They WILL try to harass you about it! After about 3 or 4 months, it WILL show up in babies system! Please listen to me this is no joke.

[AshleyGibson0713]

Also not all doctors drug test you, but if you have medicaid be prepared for them to test you. They can and will. Sadly to say people on medicaid usually get treated differently than people with insurance.

[Des92]

This really doesn't have anything to do with the actual post.. But as to what Mamacita said that is true.  I weigh a normal amount so I can pass a drug test within 20-30 days, my husband on the other hand is a bigger guy and it takes hime atleast 60 days or more to pass one.  I have no idea about the placenta testing, I have heard they can test it and see ANYTHING for any amount of time but I don't know if that is a myth or not.  I also don't know how many hospitals drug test it, some say it's only if you are on state medicaid, others say it's only if you have a past of drug use and others say all of them do it.  I would just enjoy my pregnancy and not worry about, theres nothing you can do if they do decide to do it.  I have also heard that they wont just take your baby like that even if you do fail for thc because they don't want to break families apart.  I do on the other hand think it is a good thing that hospital test (if they do) because some women will do meth and all kinds of bad stuff while pregnant and a baby deff does not need to be around that.  Good luck though, I am sure everything will be just fine.