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virginia+maybe 7 weeks pregnant+ smoking weed= child be taken away?
Well I havent had a period since april 30th, it never hit me until recently. I have been dealing with alot of family and personal problems and I think stress might be a factor. But me not being the type who has late periods from stress especially this long. maybe there might be a problem, well besides from that im not from virginia and i live with my fiance' and im not sure of the laws. all my friends that live here dont have children yet so they are no help. Does Va take your baby if you smoked weed? like do they test and find it and just up and take the baby? or do they tell you or what happens? this would be my first pregnany, but i dont want to stop smoking until i know for sure though that where my problem comes in at. because it could be stress and maybe i didnt ovulate for awhile and no period. symptoms i have/ had; hot flashes, needing more sleep, not much of a appetite change, frequent urination, mood swings, bloated belly under navel( sometimes its hard and bloated uncomfy like, other times its normal, mainly after i eat), my breast are swollen( tender for like a week in a half after my last period and disappeared right before my next cycle was supposed to come but didnt), pain during sex( when my fiance is on top of me i feel like bloated uncomfy fullness feeling), cramping feeling like im going to start bleeding but no blood, sometimes in the middle but alot on the left side. no real craving, no vomiting, only nausea when i am really thristy which i am all the time now. my nipples started off going dark but then turned lighter in color instead? well sorry for extra stuff just not sure if i should be worried that i could be pregnant and im waiting until july to see my doctor. just freaking out not sure if those are common symptoms in order to try to clean my system, or should i wait it out. does anyone know how Va laws work and how did they handle the situation?
Ridiculous to even argue about this. Any type of smoke can cause low birth weight and the baby to be stillborn due to lack of oxygen. There are many positive effects of weed, but smoking while pregnant because of a mental dependancy is just selfish, no way around that. If you cant put it down during your pregnancy, you shouldnt get prenant.
It is legal in most states if you have a prescription for use with a legitimate medical ailment. Not for recreational use in Virginia. And I also never use Google for research but read peer reviewed medical journals and don't trust anything on a website unless it comes from a reliable source such as the american academy of pediatrics or the american college of obstetrics and gynecology.
Ive been told to vaporize it instead of smoking it. It wont be harmful to the babies lungs that way but you will want to quit so it doesnt show up in your or the babies system
For adults it is proven to show benefits, but not for fetuses. The same way you wouldn't blow weed smoke into an infants face, don't force them to deal with it in the womb. The reasons my Doctor gave me was because it was linked to low-birth weight, and growth restrictions. It's not the worse thing you can do to your child, but not even close to the best. Again, in my opinion, the risk outweighs any pros and I wouldn't think of purposely putting my son at risk for a high, especially when no studies bring into light any benefits for him. (-:
Like I said, google does not constitute as reliable research, I'm sorry and it's legal in many states for personal consumption, once again please do some research. I have done extensive research on the product as my severely ill younger cousin uses it to control her seizures and I've been in the middle of the research first hand as doctors have discovered it's multitude of beneficial uses for medicine and personal consumption, street and medical grade. Providing its not laced as stated above, but I have never come across any street laced weed, it's more expensive to lace weed so it seems pointless for someone to do that lol
Well infants with mothers who smoked marijuana while pregnant have been shown to need after birth care for symptoms of withdrawal, and non-normal behavioral issues. No matter what, even the risk of it being true is not worth it. I smoked up until I found out I was pregnant, I do not have a problem with it.
My doctor was really okay with it when I was open enough to tell her, and she explained to me the side effects, and the possible risk. I have also done a lot of research on the matter since I found out I was pregnant at 17 weeks, and I was really concerned at what I could have done to him. Ask your doctor about it, they will not often turn you in if you tell them you are attempting on quitting.
My doctor was really okay with it when I was open enough to tell her, and she explained to me the side effects, and the possible risk. I have also done a lot of research on the matter since I found out I was pregnant at 17 weeks, and I was really concerned at what I could have done to him. Ask your doctor about it, they will not often turn you in if you tell them you are attempting on quitting.
On the streets it is often laced with things to gives a better effect or go further. It's been known to be laced with coke and I've even heard of ebauming fluid. Also any smoke effects the baby. Decreased oxygen deprives their oxygen suply.
I am not giving a biased opinion. I have done plenty of research and the evidence doesn't show it's super harmful but also doesn't show it's safe. It's inconclusive. Also medicinal marijuana has been altered to contain less THC. I am a very educated woman so I am just saying what I know. Also it doesn't matter if its harmful or not because its illegal. That should be reason enough to stop and because of that this post will most likely be removed.
Derived from the same base, it's not like one is made from coke and one from meth, they're both composed of the same basic chemical makeup, one is just more concentrated then the other. Seriously, just look into it, no point to argue with me when you clearly haven't done your research and your going off what you've heard others say and off your biased opinion. I believe the woman who posted this deserves a true, science based, completely backed response, not one of bias opinion.
All your symptoms lead to pregnancy. I would go get test done and go book an appt. My ob saw me at 8wks. I don't recommend smoking while pregos either bc you dont want to risk your baby's health or chance of it being taken away
Medicinal marijuana is far different from regular "street" marijuana. You cannot compare the effects of the two.
Sure its been studied knufro, on patients who have been prescribed marijuana for health reasons and until recently it had to be stopped due to the baby not having a choice in what the mother does, hun whether or seems like a good idea or, it's been studied and your wrong. And marijuana is non addictive so the child won't become more dependent because that addictive myth about Mary J has been debunked. Seriously I wouldn't ask this question on here, seems people are just stating their opinions and not actually looking into it before opening their mouths.
Honestly, i would quit just in case, not worth the risk. A study was very recently released on the effects on a fetus, and they are nothing good. It can mess around with the learning part of a fetuses brain, and who knows what else. No matter what, just the risk of something happening is not worth getting a buzz.
Its not good to smoke while pregnant. It deprives baby of oxgyen and increases their risk of future addiction and depndency. Its not the responsible thing to do
I know in VA they test the first stool sample. A girl in my family, we live in VA, Just had her baby and his first stool came back positive for weed (idk how long she smoked for), and now CPS has to come out to the house and she's tested every so often.
Smoking marijuana during pregnancy has not really been studied due to obvious ethical reasons. Any "study" that may be out now is not a true scientific study and is just based off of what is found after the fact (which a lot of other factors could play a part in as well). It is proven though that THC affects developing brain cells of teens who smoke so I don't see why it'd be any different in a developing baby's brain. Baby will be tested at birth and remember although something clears your system is doesn't necessarily clear the baby's system in the same amount of time. Usually it takes much longer.
Smoking anything at all deprives a fetus of oxygen. That is not my opinion, it is a fact.
^^ that is inaccurate, is does not remain in the system that long (16 weeks on), you were miss informed Julymom.
They test every baby. Anything you take drug wise is in the baby's blood from 16 weeks on, I would say stop now just to be sure.
Samantha there is no evidence that suggest marijuana is harmful to a fetus, children of weed smokers actually test better then people who don't smoke, they develop faster. Research it and by research I don't mean Google, go to a scientifically backed website that has actually done testing and are able to sight findings, not a site bashing it from start to finish giving BS statistics. Ok hun, thanks.
Yeah be careful, they just passed / are passing a nation wide bill that criminalizes any pregnant woman who does any drug of any kind, certain states take it father then others but there is a base bill fighting against it. I quit smoking refer at 34 weeks because I don't want to chance losing my baby, I don't feel weed is harmful but my opinion doesn't matter since the government feels otherwise. Be careful hun, baby comes first.
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