Adoption FAQ #9

Re: Adoption FAQ #9

• Options

  karalee402

  October 2010

  The best advice I got as far as exposure goes is to find a pediatrician that you're comfortable with (a great plus once the baby comes, anyway!), and call or schedule a visit with him/her to discuss the exact situation or to discuss different substances, in general.  We did that a few times with different situations, and it was great to be able to ask direct questions and get direct answers rather than just surfing online and finding a million different responses.

   

  (LOVE this FAQ, by the way!
  

  "Our children are not ours because they share our genes... they are ours because we have had the audacity to envision them. That, at the end of the day...or long sleepless night, is how love really works." Adoption Consultant Blog
  Personal Adoption Blog
  

  Report0 Reply
• Options

  lilmufish member

  October 2010

  Here's a brief overview for a newbie:

  https://drugabuse.gov/tib/prenatal.html
  

  
  This one's pretty lengthy but very detailed!
  https://www.adoptmed.org/storage/Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposures In Adoption - Davies Bledsoe.pdf
  
  
  

  My Blog Attempt

  Report0 Reply
• Loading the player...
• Options

  hway24 member

  October 2010

  Go Dawgs shared these links in a post a few days ago. Hopefully she doesn't mind me sharing! I haven't looked at them all real thoroughly, but they seem really helpful.

  https://www.adoptmed.org/topics/prenatal-opiate-exposure.html
   
  https://www.medicalassistedtreatment.org/342079/395427.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*
   
  https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/978492-overview
   
  https://www.intoxikon.com/Pubs/Facts%20on%20FETAL%20DRUG%20EFFECTS_4_7_05.pdf

  After 2years TTC and 1yr,2mo waiting for an adoption match, our blessing is here!

  
  

  "You may not have my eyes or smile, but from that very first moment you had my heart"

  
  

  Surprise BFP made our family complete!

  

  Report0 Reply