Drugs while pregnant

my gyno prescribed me medication while I was pregnant,it caused me so much anxiety and I felt so guilty even though with out them I couldn't eat enough to keep us both healthy. she was born healthy and still is but I still feel wrong about it. but to take them for your own selfish reasons is complete bullshit.

if you take drugs while pregnant, the baby won't come out normal

ur friend is a retard have a healthy baby

Good for you... like really. Your friend fucked up and probably wants you to fuck your kid up too because she feels bad about it. Thank god you didn't give in like a dumbass.

your the better mom. you are so fair. its ur friend whos not.

honey your pregnant, your hormones are up and down! your perfectly fine for telling her off. but remember one thing!!! "MEND IT DON'T END IT!" i'd just appologize and move on! hope everything goes well.

i also suffer from type 1 diabetes and what she's doing is damaging to the child if that continues the child WILL slowly turn blind.
im not sure about the other conditions but it sounds bad, call social services on that bitch

no your friend is an idiot who the hell would take drugs while they are pregnant thats a serious risk to take your not being unfair you made the right decision to tell her off

if she was abusing any drugs, even prescription or over the counter, while pregnant then she was abusing the child before it was born. and has led to a harmful life for the child.
you can take painkillers for your pain. just in moderation. ask your doctor about the proper amount to take while pregnant.

cheers!

It sounds like you are genuinely concerned, have good reason to be, and are smart enough to intuitively know that drugs (and unhealthful foods) hurt mom and baby during pregnancy AND during birth.

Call child services on this woman. It sounds like she might have Munchhausen's syndrome. Google that and see if it sounds like your friend. Good luck and don't let this lady ruin the child any further.

stop sticking your fucking nose in just worry about your own child.

I think you are super smart to not use any drugs. When my mom was pregnant with me, doctors were prescribing this new drug left and right (I forgot what it was but it was to help with morning sickness). She refused to take it, and a few years later they found out that it was the cause of a lot of abnormalities. However, while your friend shouldn't pressure you to do anything, you will lose her as a friend if you say anything negative about her child or her choices. Plus, I was born 5 lbs 9 ozs, full term, and completely healthy. Some babies are just small and some are big.

If you are concerned then definately call in the social services/ CPS (whatever it is called in your country). She will never have to know it was you.

It is better for her to be investigated and come out as being assessed as OK and no danger to her child, rather than not assessed and in danger.

The potential impact of poorly managed diabetes (particuarly in a child) is profound and could affect her for the rest of her life. Could you live with this on your conscious knowing that you had not done anything to help your friend and her child?

It could be advantageous to your friend for you to call them, to enable her to get any help that she needs.

There are clearly a lot of idiots who have not read your post clearly or do not take it seriously.

Good luck with your own baby - i hope you are enjoying parenthood! :o)

NO NEVER TAKE DRUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No your not being unfair. If you care about the life inside you then you would not do anything that could ultimately cause harm to them, such as the example with your friend.

Honestly from reading everything on here I do think that the mother may have MSP. Though I don't know your 'friend' very well you also have to consider how often she goes to visit the hospital herself or how often she used to before having her child. The fact that she was taking all this medicine, her child has frequent visits to the hospital. On the same note though Diabetes type 1 can cause the immune system to fail if not treated properly. Since she isn't treated the child like she should though you should call CPS on her because she isn't giving her child insulin as often as she should and she is giving the child candy which she should NOT be doing.

you are a good contribution to the world and your baby is lucky to have some one who cares so much this other lady souinds like a demon selfish and evil

I's a good thing you told her off.
I am positive your baby will be SO much healthier than hers.

ASK THE DOCTOR!!! THERE IS RESEARCH into what drugs interact with pregnancy. Why are you posting this here!!!!

Taking presciption drugs without any form of authorisation from a doctor is simply uncalled for.

However if she was in pain why hasn't she visited a medical centre?

Wow. And that's somehow funny to you? I'm here trying to figure out if CPS should be called and you think it's hee-f*cking-larious. What the f*ck did your mom take when you were in utero?

She took Oxycontin and Ambien without real supervision by a doctor and an antinausea drug with supervision. She also ate almost nothing but McDonald's. The baby was 5 pounds at 40 weeks and at 3 years old still fits into clothing for an 18 month old. She has colitis, gamma-globulin deficiency, type 1 diabetes and chronic respiratory illness. I have no idea if the immunity issues are related to the drug use but the small size and failure to thrive are. Her justifications for her behavior were that withdrawal might cause her to lose the baby and this was better for them both. It's hard to see how. The child is constantly at the hospital with infections. The hardest thing of all is that she seems to enjoy administering medications to her daughter. The type 1 diabetes is particularly worrisome. She will feed the child candy, test her sugar and hour later and then remark at how high the sugar levels are without administering any insulin. Like it's an interesting phenomenon of some kind. I feel like something else may be at foot with this lady. Something deeper than just being a pillhead.

If her doctor said she could take the pills while she was pregnant that's once thing, but if she abused drugs while being pregnant then that's a whole different issue. When my baby was born he was only one month early and still only 5 pounds, but I'm petite. He is very short and only 31 pounds and he's 2, but compared to the other 2 year olds he looks their size. You didn't really specify what kind of medical problems her child has so I don't really know if the pills she took hurt the baby or not. If you are in a lot of pain I really don't think one pain pill is going to hurt your baby. People get pain killers injected in their spine right before birth, and usually it doesn't hurt the baby at all, I'm sure you'll be all right. Another thing you have to consider is if you are in a lot of pain than that causes a lot of stress which is bad for the baby, but it's your choice so you were right to tell your friend off if her pill poppin really did give the child medical problems.