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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Drug Use During Pregnancy

117 replies

catcolb4 · 22/06/2021 03:14

I will be 37 weeks on Wednesday, June 23rd. I did not find out I was having this baby until I was 15 weeks pregnant. During those 15 weeks, I smoked marijuana almost daily and did cocaine on the weekends. After I found out I was having a baby, I continued to smoke about 3 days a week - primarily for appetite and discomfort - up until about week 28. Since week 28, I've smoked a handful of times. I haven't smoked since around week 32. I did cocaine a few times during the 2nd trimester. I felt terrible about it every time I did. I've done it twice during the 3rd trimester. Once around week 32 (talking like a bump or two - nothing excessive) and I stupidly did it again a couple days ago (again, one or two bumps). I feel like a horrible human being. My drug exposure before pregnancy and during those first 15 weeks were me just being young and "having fun". I know I'm not a drug addict. Addicts feel the need for daily use. I'm not a bad person. I live alone, I pay my rent and my bills on time. I only just went on leave from work today with 23 days til my due date. I have a good work ethic. I'm not a drug addict. My concern is that those times of drug use, specifically the 4 times or so smoking and the two times I've done a little bit of cocaine in this last trimester will show up on the babys drug screening and my very first child will be taken away from me. Am I overthinking? Is that small amount of cocaine even enough to show up in the babys meconium? I'm more so worried about the cocaine over the marijuana, obviously. I've read so many articles and they all say something different. I realize habitual use would show up. But is doing it twice in 10 weeks (assuming the baby doesn't come until at least 38+ weeks) enough for it to show up in the baby's testing? Please, no judgment. I've made mistakes. And I hate that I've made recent ones. But I'm a good person and I want my baby and, frankly, I'm freaking out.

OP posts:
Mallysmomma · 22/06/2021 14:00

Some people really shouldn’t have children; it’s only 9 months, if you can’t abstain from drugs to keep your baby healthy whilst they’re growing inside you then I don’t think you’re really fit to be a mother. I never get upset reading anything on here even if I don’t agree with something but your post makes me want to cry because that poor little baby deserves so much more from the one person who is meant to protect them. Shame on you!

Plantsandwine · 22/06/2021 14:04

@1boo1

Sounds like you're more bothered about being caught out than the effects it could have on your baby..
This. You sound like you are convincing yourself You are not an addict. I really think you need need speak to someone and get help. If you are doing it when pregnant what is stopping you from doing it when that little baby is born?
StealthRoast · 22/06/2021 14:19

I really hope to god this isn’t real. It’s upsetting and has touched a nerve with me as i took prescription painkillers throughout my pregnancy with my lovely dd who is now 10 and the guilt has never left me.

The difference being that my pain was ( and still is ) horrendous and I was under a specialist consultant who deals with pregnancies where women are taking prescribed drugs. I have been in some form of pain for 16 years and i didn’t know at the time that I had MS. Some of my painkillers had to be stopped/tweaked but I still needed what most would class as strong pain relief and I was monitored closely throughout and when my dd was born she thankfully showed no signs of suffering due to it. We stayed in hospital for extra monitoring and although this reassured me I still felt so damn guilty and still do.

You are a disgrace but you already know that. After reading your post I can sympathise with you to a point as I am/was clearly addicted to my painkillers and I accept that. I myself am probably a disgrace too for that matter BUT the big difference is that I was honest from the start and my main concern was my baby. She is now an amazing, intelligent 10 year old who thank god has not suffered as a result of what I did.
I hope you get to say the same.

misskatie90 · 22/06/2021 14:31

@HarrisMcCoo

Enough with the bashing, she was brave enough to post her concerns. I don't condone it, but it's too late now - what's done is done. What can be done is help going forward for this poster. Please seek help through your midwife OP
She was brave enough to post the fact she takes cocaine and weed throughout her pregnancy on an anonymous page? This does not strike brave to me. Brave would be stopping taking that crap as soon as she found out she was pregnant and dealing with the withdrawals and getting through it for her baby. So I disagree she is not brave.
RoyalAcademyOfFarts · 22/06/2021 14:42

Worrying about being ‘caught out’ above the health of your unborn child is pure addiction territory. Your priorities are all mixed up.

My best advice would be to come clean with your midwife and get some support before your baby is born so you can make better choices.

MrsW150917 · 22/06/2021 14:58

This is disgusting and has made my blood boil.

There are people out there who CAN'T have children and would do anything to be pregnant and growing an innocent baby inside them, healthily and safely! And yet you have been taking coke and smoking weed throughout your pregnancy right up until a couple of days ago. And you say you are a "good person and you want your baby"

Poor poor child. You don't deserve a baby.

End of!

Babyg1995 · 22/06/2021 15:04

How many times do you need to say your not an addict you are . To put your unborn child through that is disgusting.

stressbandit · 22/06/2021 15:33

There are obvious signs in new born babies when the mother has taken cocaine. My "Aunt" took cocaine on weekends throughout her pregnancy her son was born with a misshapen skull you can google pics of this, and they tested his urine in his nappy with litmus paper and it came out positive.
Really disgusting to do this and Id be wondering how you are going to cope with being a parent if growing an actual baby inside of you hasn't stopped you doing it.

Fleetw00d · 22/06/2021 15:39

I know you said no judgement but honestly what did you expect, I can understand doing drugs before you found out, you were just having fun I was the same at Uni. But to do drugs while knowing you're pregnant is honestly abhorrent. And not only that but your main concern is the baby passing a drugs test, not the mental and physical damage you have potentially caused your unborn baby. I'm assuming your midwife doesn't know? The baby might need special care once they're born.
This is going to sound harsh but are you really capable of providing your baby with the proper care once they're here, as you haven't while pregnant? I can't help but think the baby would be better off with another family who would love and care for it, and not put it in danger like you have done.
Also what sort of people are you hanging out with that support you doing drugs while pregnant? Where's the dad, or your family?
If you are wanting to keep your baby I highly advise getting off the drugs and putting your baby first from this day forward, if there is any doubt in your mind that you can't do that, then please consider adoption, for your baby's sake.

coffeerose · 22/06/2021 15:49

Poor baby

TreeRoad · 22/06/2021 15:51

I’m a medic and I can safely say that you are a drug addict. An addict isn’t simply someone who feels a need to use drugs every day. You’ve willingly and deliberately jeopardised the health of your baby on several occasions.

I’d let your midwife know ASAP, so that they can prepare for the birth in line with your behaviour. Although I feel like you’ll have no intention of doing that, since you’re only worried you’ll get caught if they drug-test your baby.

In terms of the impact of your drug use, take your pick - premature birth, lower birth weight, withdrawal symptoms, heart problems.

I’m not saying that to scare you, I’m saying it so that you’ll phone your midwife today and tell them. Why continue to risk the health of your baby?

Figgygal · 22/06/2021 15:54

Wtf have I just read?
You couldn’t stop yourself taking drugs when pregnant but say you’re not an addict
Sort yourself out before baby arrives

Motnight · 22/06/2021 15:56

For the first time in your pregnancy put your baby first and tell your midwife what you have done.

Then be honest with yourself and accept you are addicted.

HotWeather · 22/06/2021 15:59

I would be more concerned about the drug use in the first trimester.
I hope you are not going to continue with the Cocaine.

justanotherneighinparadise · 22/06/2021 16:01

For you to make the decision to take drugs once you knew you were pregnant and we’re going to continue the pregnancy shows to me this is more than recreational drugs use. No pregnant woman would choose to take cocaine unless she had an addiction to it. It just doesn’t make sense.

FindingMeno · 22/06/2021 16:04

You need to do the right thing now and be honest.
For the sake of your baby.

cindarellasbelly · 22/06/2021 16:06

OP I think you're fundamentally misunderstanding the timeline here.

You're thinking about a 'drug test' like a test on you - if you wait X amount of weeks, it will be out of your system. But we're not talking about your system, we're talking about the formation of your child. The earlier drug use, in the first and second trimester, may well have affected your baby's development and the placenta. It may be very easy for a medical professional to spot this. It may also be possible for them to reduce some of the risks.

Nobody can promise you anything: but SS like to keep babies with their mothers where it is possible. If you can go to your midwife now, explain that you were using drugs until you knew you were pregnant, and that you tried to stop on your own but were unsuccessful and want support and monitoring, they will try to help you and more importantly they will know what they're dealing with when it comes to alleviating the risk to your baby. It may be that inducing earlier is for the best due to risks to the placenta, it may be there are other interventions. But you need to act now. If they discover after birth, with you having said nothing, the risks to you and your baby change.

Sparrowsong · 22/06/2021 16:07

Sickening. I hate that I am living clean, eating well, avoiding all toxins etc and doing every possible thing, but having 7 miscarriages in a year! You make me ill, people like you don’t know how damn lucky you are.

Sparrowsong · 22/06/2021 16:09

You are an addict and not fit to be a mother right now. Sort yourself out!

Fleetw00d · 22/06/2021 16:11

@Sparrowsong completely agree with you. It's horrible that completely healthy people that actually desperately want a child struggle to conceive, but then people who knowingly take drugs while pregnant have no issues.
Stay strong and good luck with your ttc journey 💚

Sleeplessem · 22/06/2021 16:12

@Sparrowsong

Sickening. I hate that I am living clean, eating well, avoiding all toxins etc and doing every possible thing, but having 7 miscarriages in a year! You make me ill, people like you don’t know how damn lucky you are.
Not the point of your post but I’m really sorry for your losses @Sparrowsong Flowers
Mamamamasaurus · 22/06/2021 16:15

You're more bothered by the fact that this may reflect badly on you (it does) than getting the help and support both you and your baby need.

An addiction doesn't need to be fed every day to be an addiction. You knowingly and willingly took drugs after you found out you were pregnant, as recently as a few days ago. You smoked throughout your pregnancy to suppress your appetite? That's all kinds of wrong (I speak as an ex smoker, quit for both of my pregnancies).

Saying "I'm not a drug addict" doesn't change the fact that that are, indeed, an addict. If you weren't an addict, you would've stopped taking drugs for the remainder of your pregnancy.

To be perfectly honest, I don't know how you look in a mirror.

Speak to your midwife and reassess your priorities. If drugs mean so much to you, consider adoption, it would be kinder to your baby.

Thehenbunringsock · 22/06/2021 17:00

Really hoping this is a troll tbh. Can't comprehend any of it, morally.

LauEli · 22/06/2021 17:39

What have I just read 😳

I can't comprehend any of this. Seems like your trying to convince yourself your not an addict. You haven't once mentioned the damage drugs could have done to your unborn child but hey as long as you get your fix, right?
There are millions of women around the world who cannot have children and then there is you.
I hope for your childs sake this is made up or just someone looking for reactions because otherwise, I only have sadness that your child will have a mother like you

SameToo · 22/06/2021 17:46

Are you expecting people to say it’s fine and pat your head? I had a baby young. I didn’t take drugs, not even caffeine so please don’t try and justify your abhorrent behaviour by being young!