Smoking weed while pregnant...

melzer14 · March 2010

I got on my facebook and two of my friends were in an all out fight about if "smoking weed while pregnant is safe for the baby..."

One of the girls said..."I smoked my ENTIRE pregnancy and I still smoke all the time, that doesn't make me a bad mom and my baby is really smart!"

:::bangs head against desk:::

I'm sorry if you are one of those people that think smoking pot while pregnant is okay but I find it disturbing.

I wanted to slap her...people like her should not be allowed to bring children into this world...there should be some kind of IQ test!

Rant over...

MrsHA7 · March 2010

MrsBNDO · March 2010

Awful, just awful.

Ryleigh · March 2010

MrsHA7:

This.

StevieJo · March 2010

MrsBNDO:
Awful, just awful.

This.

Tink0910 · March 2010

MrsHA7:

THIS Yes

melzer14 · March 2010

Ryleigh:
MrsHA7:
This.

Yeah...pretty much my reaction..I had to read it about 4 times before I realized she had REALLY just said that...

mkemily · March 2010

I 100% agree with you!! It makes me angry when I see people smoking anything around children. I don't know what I would do if I saw someone smoking weed around a child.

Brookie-Cookie · March 2010

you need a new friend.

bstrangely · March 2010

well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

KelzinBoston · March 2010

Oh my.

My MIL admits to smoking weed while pregnant...DH is smart, but whenever he does something a little "ditsy" I always tell him it's evident his Mother puffed while pregnant.

kaiteedidit · March 2010

Wow.

X0xtilsterx0x · March 2010

Those people are extremely ignorant to the fact of what that can do to a baby and their development. I wasn't trying to conceive but as soon as I found out a few weeks along, I stopped socially drinking. It terrifies me what that may have done in the first few weeks but since I didn't know there was nothing more I could have done. I'm just glad I wasn't acting like I was in college and drinking and getting hammered everynight. But that is one thing I am and would be afraid. I can't stand people who think it's ok to continue to mutilate not only their bodies but their baby's.

meatball17 · March 2010

I wish, could you imagine how great that would be for the m/s and especially while in labor. Not so good for the snacking...

KSnelson89 · March 2010

I had a friend who did that, has 2 babies and smoked weed when she was pregnant with both of them, reasoning for continuing to smoke with the 2nd? "My son is much calmer than other children and I contribute that to my smoking pot"..so now not only did she smoke while she was pregnant, she smokes in front of them too. She wonders why her son smears poop all over her walls, but as long as he's calm as he's doing it...

Needless to say we aren't friends anymore.

bstrangely · March 2010

X0xtilsterx0x:
Those people are extremely ignorant to the fact of what that can do to a baby and their development. I wasn't trying to conceive but as soon as I found out a few weeks along, I stopped socially drinking. It terrifies me what that may have done in the first few weeks but since I didn't know there was nothing more I could have done. I'm just glad I wasn't acting like I was in college and drinking and getting hammered everynight. But that is one thing I am and would be afraid. I can't stand people who think it's ok to continue to mutilate not only their bodies but their baby's.

so what does it do?

i've researched this pretty extensively, and i have found no study that conclusively shows it does anything. i honestly wish they'd legalize it so that someone could do the proper research.

chelseamillermusic · March 2010

That's awful! I have to admit. In high school there wasn't much else to do around my town.. but I haven't even smoked cigarettes in probably 5+ years?

It makes me uncomfortable to be around someone who even smells like cigarettes..

as for your friend smoking? you can't seriously tell the effects that smoking weed has on you until you quit for a long period of time.

As you realize what normal feels like.. you realize just what its done to your mind and your memory. I can't imagine what long term effects it would have on your baby.

MrsBNDO · March 2010

bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

For smoking a cigarette? I remember hearing that Texas made it a felony (2-20 years) for smoking marijuana while pregnant...and now cigarettes too? Interesting.

TaraJo_1118 · March 2010

This.

bumpuser1691848 · March 2010

bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

Um, it's also not illegal to have cigarettes in your possession. It is to have weed. Big difference.

Bandia12 · March 2010

lmao. I know someone who smoked weed throughout her pregnancy, because her OB told her that it wasn't dangerous... Indifferent

bstrangely · March 2010

MrsBNDO:
bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.
For smoking a cigarette? I remember hearing that Texas made it a felony (2-20 years) for smoking marijuana while pregnant...and now cigarettes too? Interesting.

*facepalm

no... like i said, smoking marijuana is a felony charge, but no one would lock a woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

not even in texas. why is it better to sentence a kid to 20 years without a mother if she smokes a joint?

i'm seriously asking.

melzer14 · March 2010

KSnelson89:
I had a friend who did that, has 2 babies and smoked weed when she was pregnant with both of them, reasoning for continuing to smoke with the 2nd? "My son is much calmer than other children and I contribute that to my smoking pot"..so now not only did she smoke while she was pregnant, she smokes in front of them too. She wonders why her son smears poop all over her walls, but as long as he's calm as he's doing it...

Needless to say we aren't friends anymore.

See people like that...should not be allowed to bring children into this world...geez! That is crazy..

bstrangely · March 2010

kimandhuck:
bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

Um, it's also not illegal to have cigarettes in your possession. It is to have weed. Big difference.

duh... but i'm wondering why it's illegal when no one has ever died from marijuana and cigarettes kill tons of people.

in california they tried to pass a law recently that said you couldn't smoke cigarettes in a car with a child under 7. i voted against it because i didn't think that was reasonable... would kids have to carry ids so the arresting officer could tell if they were 6 or 7? it might be well-intentioned, but utterly unenforceable. and tell me that isn't a totally arbitrary age limit.

bumpuser1691848 · March 2010

bstrangely:
MrsBNDO:

bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

For smoking a cigarette? I remember hearing that Texas made it a felony (2-20 years) for smoking marijuana while pregnant...and now cigarettes too? Interesting.

*facepalm

no... like i said, smoking marijuana is a felony charge, but no one would lock a woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

not even in texas. why is it better to sentence a kid to 20 years without a mother if she smokes a joint?

i'm seriously asking.

*facepalm

Because having marijuana in your possession is illegal. Wow. I didn't think it would be that hard to understand.

crollin · March 2010

That's aweful!

bstrangely · March 2010

melzer14:
KSnelson89:
I had a friend who did that, has 2 babies and smoked weed when she was pregnant with both of them, reasoning for continuing to smoke with the 2nd? "My son is much calmer than other children and I contribute that to my smoking pot"..so now not only did she smoke while she was pregnant, she smokes in front of them too. She wonders why her son smears poop all over her walls, but as long as he's calm as he's doing it...

Needless to say we aren't friends anymore.

See people like that...should not be allowed to bring children into this world...geez! That is crazy..

sweet jesus... my husbands cousin smeared poop all over the wall next to her crib when she was a baby, and she was never exposed to marijuana. lots of babies and toddlers do this because hey, there's art supplies in your diaper!

case closed.

bstrangely · March 2010

kimandhuck:
bstrangely:
MrsBNDO:

bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

For smoking a cigarette? I remember hearing that Texas made it a felony (2-20 years) for smoking marijuana while pregnant...and now cigarettes too? Interesting.

*facepalm

no... like i said, smoking marijuana is a felony charge, but no one would lock a woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

not even in texas. why is it better to sentence a kid to 20 years without a mother if she smokes a joint?

i'm seriously asking.

*facepalm

Because having marijuana in your possession is illegal. Wow. I didn't think it would be that hard to understand.

yeah, i already responded to you. please see above.

jess0884 · March 2010

Wow. Unfortunately we see babies in the NICU with drugs in their little bodies. It's fine with the moms make that decision, but the baby has no choice. Seeing babies go through those withdraws is horrible and disturbing. If people only knew...

bumpuser1691848 · March 2010

bstrangely:
kimandhuck:

bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

Um, it's also not illegal to have cigarettes in your possession. It is to have weed. Big difference.

duh... but i'm wondering why it's illegal when no one has ever died from marijuana and cigarettes kill tons of people.

in california they tried to pass a law recently that said you couldn't smoke cigarettes in a car with a child under 7. i voted against it because i didn't think that was reasonable... would kids have to carry ids so the arresting officer could tell if they were 6 or 7? it might be well-intentioned, but utterly unenforceable. and tell me that isn't a totally arbitrary age limit.

Have you not heard of what 2nd hand smoke does to people, especially kids? My brother was on breathing machines for a year as an infant because my dad smoked around him. I had asthma well into my teen years because my dad smoked around me.

MrsBNDO · March 2010

bstrangely:
MrsBNDO:
bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.
For smoking a cigarette? I remember hearing that Texas made it a felony (2-20 years) for smoking marijuana while pregnant...and now cigarettes too? Interesting.

*facepalm
no... like i said, smoking marijuana is a felony charge, but no one would lock a woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.
not even in texas. why is it better to sentence a kid to 20 years without a mother if she smokes a joint?
i'm seriously asking.

Relax. Your OP was just worded oddly; you were talking about quitting cold turkey and then immediately followed with 20 years for "smoking once" while pregnant - no direct reference to marijuana. Reading quickly, I didn't catch you were making the jump from smoking to "smoking marijuana."

To answer your question, I have to think that it a most rare circumstance would a mother actually get sentenced to 20 years. Or any jail time, for that matter; I find it easier to imagine that if a child tests positive for marijuana at birth, the mother would have to answer to social services rather than the local DA. But who knows. Stranger things happen in the justice system.

melzer14 · March 2010

bstrangely:
kimandhuck:
bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.
Um, it's also not illegal to have cigarettes in your possession. It is to have weed. Big difference.
duh... but i'm wondering why it's illegal when no one has ever died from marijuana and cigarettes kill tons of people.
in california they tried to pass a law recently that said you couldn't smoke cigarettes in a car with a child under 7. i voted against it because i didn't think that was reasonable... would kids have to carry ids so the arresting officer could tell if they were 6 or 7? it might be well-intentioned, but utterly unenforceable. and tell me that isn't a totally arbitrary age limit.

How do you KNOW that no one has ever died from smoking marijuana? It's not legal so there would be no research stating that....it kills your lungs JUST like cigarettes so i'm sure over time it would kill you too...

chantellio · March 2010

Bandia12:
lmao. I know someone who smoked weed throughout her pregnancy, because her OB told her that it wasn't dangerous...

I thought I read somewhere that some doctors actually prescribe it for morning sickness.

emily0829 · March 2010

*butting in from 3rd tri*

My brother is a total loser that smokes weed often. When he found out about my pregnancy, he told me "You should smoke weed. It makes for a well rounded child."

*bangs head against desk*

I don't understand how people can have this logic. [that it isn't harmful to the baby] Marijuana may be a plant, but the THC is what affects YOUR brain and gets you high. Do they not think of what it does for a developing baby in utero? Not to mention the smoke. By smoking, even without the THC, they're depriving the baby of oxygen, leading to the potential for an array of health issues for the baby.

When I told my brother things like this, he will respond with something along the lines of "Yeah well J smoked during her pregnancy and W is just fine!" Uh yeah, he's just fine NOW.... Just wait until he really has to use his cognitive thinking portion of his brain later in life. Come talk to me then.

CAMbaby10 · March 2010

melzer14:
I got on my facebook and two of my friends were in an all out fight about if "smoking weed while pregnant is safe for the baby..."
One of the girls said..."I smoked my ENTIRE pregnancy and I still smoke all the time, that doesn't make me a bad mom and my baby is really smart!"
:::bangs head against desk:::
I'm sorry if you are one of those people that think smoking pot while pregnant is okay but I find it disturbing.
I wanted to slap her...people like her should not be allowed to bring children into this world...there should be some kind of IQ test!
Rant over...

lol, DH and I always talk about how there should be a psychological test given to everyone before they were allowed to have kids... and a drug test might be a good idea too...

ames71 · March 2010

melzer14:
I got on my facebook and two of my friends were in an all out fight about if "smoking weed while pregnant is safe for the baby..."
One of the girls said..."I smoked my ENTIRE pregnancy and I still smoke all the time, that doesn't make me a bad mom and my baby is really smart!"
:::bangs head against desk:::
I'm sorry if you are one of those people that think smoking pot while pregnant is okay but I find it disturbing.
I wanted to slap her...people like her should not be allowed to bring children into this world...there should be some kind of IQ test!
Rant over...

Holy eff.

bstrangely · March 2010

jess0884:
Wow. Unfortunately we see babies in the NICU with drugs in their little bodies. It's fine with the moms make that decision, but the baby has no choice. Seeing babies go through those withdraws is horrible and disturbing. If people only knew...

ok, seriously... what does weed do? have you ever really seen a baby have marijuana withdrawal?

mimi525 · March 2010

MrsHA7:

Ditto

melzer14 · March 2010

emily0829:
*butting in from 3rd tri*
My brother is a total loser that smokes weed often. When he found out about my pregnancy, he told me "You should smoke weed. It makes for a well rounded child."
*bangs head against desk*
I don't understand how people can have this logic. [that it isn't harmful to the baby] Marijuana may be a plant, but the THC is what affects YOUR brain and gets you high. Do they not think of what it does for a developing baby in utero? Not to mention the smoke. By smoking, even without the THC, they're depriving the baby of oxygen, leading to the potential for an array of health issues for the baby.
When I told my brother things like this, he will respond with something along the lines of "Yeah well J smoked during her pregnancy and W is just fine!" Uh yeah, he's just fine NOW.... Just wait until he really has to use his cognitive thinking portion of his brain later in life. Come talk to me then.

Yes Yes Yes

bstrangely · March 2010

kimandhuck:
bstrangely:
kimandhuck:

bstrangely:
well, i quit cold turkey when i got my bfp, but i find it more disturbing that in texas, you can get 20 years for smoking once while pregnant. that's ridiculous. there is no evidence that it does anything... i would just imagine it restricts oxygen the same way cigarettes do (that's why i stopped), but no one would lock a pregnant woman up for 20 years for smoking a cigarette.

Um, it's also not illegal to have cigarettes in your possession. It is to have weed. Big difference.

duh... but i'm wondering why it's illegal when no one has ever died from marijuana and cigarettes kill tons of people.

in california they tried to pass a law recently that said you couldn't smoke cigarettes in a car with a child under 7. i voted against it because i didn't think that was reasonable... would kids have to carry ids so the arresting officer could tell if they were 6 or 7? it might be well-intentioned, but utterly unenforceable. and tell me that isn't a totally arbitrary age limit.

Have you not heard of what 2nd hand smoke does to people, especially kids? My brother was on breathing machines for a year as an infant because my dad smoked around him. I had asthma well into my teen years because my dad smoked around me.

um yeah... and that was cigarettes, right?

can you say a single true thing about marijuana? i only brought up the cigarette law because you said cigarettes were legal and marijuana wasn't.

bumpuser1691848 · March 2010

bstrangely:

jess0884:
Wow. Unfortunately we see babies in the NICU with drugs in their little bodies. It's fine with the moms make that decision, but the baby has no choice. Seeing babies go through those withdraws is horrible and disturbing. If people only knew...

ok, seriously... what does weed do? have you ever really seen a baby have marijuana withdrawal?

Indifferent So you think that because it's a baby, it can't have withdrawls, just like an adult would?! Please, don't ever smoke marijuana again, you've already killed too many brain cells.

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