my friend. =/

ok i need u ladies advice weather ur against this or for it. my friend whos 17 is due jan 10 and she is currently smoking weed while pregnant. i have 2 kids and im totally against it.she keeps hiding it from me trying to say she doesnt and blah blah but even the father of my kids saw her high and smoking a blunt. i dont understand. i dont kno wat to do everytime i tell her she shouldnt be doin this it doesnt phase her she just says im not im not. but I KNOW SHE IS. its not like she does it once in a while either its everyday more than once a day. HELP?

umm im pretty sure EVERYONE here will be against this

Oh my that can cause a number of complications....Idk I wish I could tell u what to do but I dont know. She should be willing to stop for the babys sake...

i agree she should be willing how could u not stop doing a drug for 9 months for the sake of ur babys life. although i see some diffrences between smoking ciggeretes and doing drugs but a drug is a drug and its illegal for a reason

It sounds like she may need serious help to stop, but she has to want too and be able to admit she has a problem with it...

uh; call the police and have her busted for posession. That's a wake up call and it sounds like she needs one. Poor baby.

Unfortunately or not, when you have a baby, you have to be mature enough to put the baby and his/her needs first. You no longer get to be in the spotlight and only think about what it is that you want. If you're not ready to take a step back and do what's right for the baby, you shouldn't be pregnant. So, since she is, its time to step up and be a mom and make the changes that she should to keep her baby healthy and give it an early start on development and health. Now is such an important time for the baby's development!

Call DSS...they'll keep an eye on her and if she's still smokin pot during her third trimester they can give her a drug test and if she fails they will take the baby away....which in my opinion is exactly what she deserves for smokin pot while pregnant

A friend of mine was the same way before she got pregnant she smoked all the time and when she was pregnant she still smoked like once a month, when I confronted her about it she said she thought it was better than people who smoked a whole pack of cigarettes everyday.... I told her she was wrong and that weed killed brain cells... Well needless to say she didn't listen and her son was born with a cleft lip and cleft pallet.... he is 2 years old and had undergone at least 4 surgeries and has many more to come.

Here are a couple sites I found on the topic, I reccommend looking deep into the details. On the surface, ir appears no more dangerous than possibly taking OTC medicine, or smoking through pregnancy, but no of those produce desireable effects.

Was it a planned baby? Planned or unplanned, Maybe mentioning the possibility of raising a handicapped child because of her actions could reverse the situation. If she intends on having more children, possibly the long term effects on her reproductive health could be a deterrent. Also even if her kids never smoke marijuana, there is a possiblilty of them ALSO having reproductive problems when they come of age, due to genetic abnormalities and kifelong hormonal imbalances.

There is not a lot of research on it, but just the possibilty would be enough for me. I really have nothing against marijuana, legal or not, just concern for the baby. Honestly it is no more intoxicating than beer, and no more harmful than a cigarette, and what makes them dangerous is people who misuse it, or possibly getting a hold of tainted product. Thats not saying beer and cigarettes are not harmful, just that it's not really our place to tell someone no when those things are available legally.

Calling the police on it may be a bit harsh, depending on the amount she has, and whether she confesses she could do jail time. Also there is the possibility of them taking her child away. The plus side, they will likely put her in a rehab program and give her the opportunity to prove herself and win her child back. Maybe it could change her life  


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