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WildFlower

First of all - Thank you for your advice. I like what Erowid had to say. I looked on Erowid and didn't find that information so thanks for posting it.

I've decided that I'm not going to stop smoking bud. There is no reason to. I smoke about 5 bowls a day in a regular sized glass pipe. Probably about a gram and half of chronic a day. And it is amazingly true that the herb really DOES make the discomforts of pregnancy tolerable. My "morning sickness", as they call it, is absolutely terrible. I wake up so sick in the morning that I'm in tears and crying for my mom, and I tolerate it for an hour. Then I burn one on the way to work and I don't get sick again until about 12:30 in the afternoon. Then I get some lunch and burn another one. I smoke one bowl with my fiancé before dinner and two bowls in bed at night during our movie and relaxing time. So I'm just going to roll with it. I'm a long-time smoker and my kid is going to do it on their own will someday anyways...so **** it. If my baby's head is a couple millimeters smaller than normal or it weighs .076 ounces less than the average baby, I'm not gonna sweat it. My vagina will thank me when it doesn't have to stretch that extra bit to get the little guy out. But I really thank you for your help!
Kind of confirmed my own knowledge and beliefs for me. Thanks!

 

Higher Logic

Don't forget to read the link I posted from this forum, it has a lot of different studies in it, especially from Jamacia where the mother's do smoke and breastfeed their babies (and smoke before they are born).

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wizard32

My wife and I have 3 children. My wife suffers from hyperemisis...one of the worst cases seen in the state in which we reside. A common prescribed drug for extreme cases such as my wife's is Zophran, which can cause extreme birth defects. During the 2nd and 3rd pregnancies, my wife smoked marijuana to ease her extreme nausia in stead of using Zophran (marijuana being much cheaper and far safer for the fetus). My wife's case of hyperemisis had her hospitalized for much of her first pregnancy (she did not use Zophran very much...it did not help her nausia), but not so with the 2nd and 3rd (due to her intake of marijuana). Both children were born 100% healthy and are very intelligent (our youngest is 10 months old and is begining to walk and has been talking since 8 months, saying momma, dadda, kick, hi, dog).

Buggzter

Well, I'm presently 21 weeks pg myself, and I still smoke occasionally. Mostly, it's to de-stress (I have family issues that are really bad right now, causing depression) and I only have 1/2 joint max per day I do smoke.

All the research I personally have found on the subject indicates that the only effects on the child are that they get high. If you breastfeed and still smoke, there is the likelyhood that the child will have a harder time learning, but it is ONLY during the period of time that the child is high from the chemicals. Though, babies do feed 4-12 times per day (depending on age). Thus, while breastfeeding, it is a good idea to not smoke often if you still do.

Of course, reducing the amount of oxygen you breath in at any point affects the baby. So if you are in a stuffy house, ourside while smoking, in an airplane (3% less oxygen usually than normal air on sea level), or being smothered, the affects are quite similar. But then there are the OTHER chemicals with smoking MJ that do affect the baby.

So far, I have found no conclusive evidence showing any harm to the unborn child if you smoke moderately or occasionally, although research in the future could change that fact. Plus, I have a few friends with normal to high IQs who's mothers' smoked MJ. One friend who's mother did, though, does have some problems (mental disabilities), but his mother also used a few other drugs just a frequently. Thus, I would say it's fairly OK as long as it is in moderation.

Sudafed and various other over-the-counter medications are OK if you take them RARELY while pregnant. Other drugs are 100% safe, and others should be taken with a reduced frequency while pregnant. Why is marijuana any different? Anything in large amounts can be harmful. Use in moderation. Of course, if you want to be 100% safe, don't use at all. But for those like me, who feel that use is moderate and especially if the baby will come to more harm from the extream stress that is sometimes felt, it is alright to use... IN MODERATION.

~Krys

happyplant

well here's what i can tell you as a medical professional who's specialty is obstetrics. there's no evidence that marijuana crosses the placenta, and the molecular weight is to high (hehe) to go through milk glands...especially by the time breastfeeding has been well established (like a month or so into it). so in moderation, i don't think it's any big deal.

 

grillmeats

MR. Plant, this thread is from 05'.

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happyplant

ummm well ok?? Actually I just learned that from a book for an obstetrics certification exam that i had to take. BTW....that's Mrs. Plant .
I had no idea about this web site until i did a search the other night.

happyplant

Oh crap....look at that...I didn't even bother to look at how old these posts are! Seriously...I'm not even high. My bad Mr. Grillmeats

skylanator

That's your problem right there...you 'heard' of the study... I actually read about the study in my textbook drugs, society, and human behavior by ksir, hart, and ray. The study you're thinking of involved cigarettes not mj.

In jamaica there was a study done and it said babies were healthier if their mothers smoked lightly, possibly due to increased eating by the mothers. Smoking has been shown to be more dangerous in the first trimester because that is when most miscarriages happen. I would say that butter is definitely a better option because the baby does need clean oxygen, not smoke. There is no real evidence that thc hurts the fetus, though.

THC and other cannabinoids bind to two receptors, CB1 and CB2. It isn't actually ever killing your brain cells or anything like that(unlike alcohol). Amotivational syndrome is psychological and builds up over time, but when you stop smoking that will go away...as will the cloudy head shit you can feel over time.

All studies/experiments have failed to find a relationship between smoking and cerebral atrophy...soit really shouldn't hurt your brain...just be careful, you never know...I bet this post is old, but oh well...